Convention Resolution Statuses - 2019

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	Committee Name	No	Resolution Name	Status	For	Against	Notes
2	National Witness	1-01A	To Encourage God’s People to Engage in Active Witness	Adopted	873	85	with 91.1% voting Yes
3	National Witness	1-02	To Encourage the Planting of Churches	Adopted	900	6	No discussion and 99.3% voting Yes
4	National Witness	1-03	To Study Shared Ministry among Small Congregations	Adopted	908	69	With 92.9% voting Yes
5	National Witness	1-04	To Support the Continuing Legacy of Dr. Rosa J. Young and Commend All Those Who Are Working to Preserve It	Adopted	946	24	With 97.5% voting Yes
6	National Witness	1-05A	To Strengthen Multi-Ethnic Outreach	Adopted			Adopted with verbal affirmation
7	National Witness	1-06A	To Support Marriage, Life, and Family	Adopted			Adopted with verbal affirmation
8	National Witness	1-07A	To Promote Adoption of Policies that Continue Vigilance in Child Protection	Adopted	919	13	With 98.6% voting Yes
9	National Witness	1-08	To Give Thanks to God for 100 Years of LCMS Campus Ministry	Adopted	914	52	With 94.6% voting Yes
10	International Witness	2-01	To Thank God for 125 Years of International Mission through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod	Adopted			By standing & singing the Doxology
11	International Witness	2-02	To Give Thanks to God for the Work of the Office of International Mission in the Asia Region	Adopted	810	16	With 98.1% voting Yes
12	International Witness	2-03	To Give Thanks to God for the Work of the Office of International Mission in the Latin American and Caribbean Region	Adopted	787	12	With 98.5% voting Yes
13	International Witness	2-04	To Give Thanks to God for the Work of the Office of International Mission in the Eurasia Region	Adopted	744	1	With 99.9% voting Yes
14	International Witness	2-05	To Give Thanks to God for the Work of the Office of International Mission in the Africa Region	Adopted
15	International Witness	2-06	To Encourage Support of Short-Term International Mission Activities	Adopted			Adopted with 97.8% voting Yes
16	International Witness	2-07	To Strengthen and Encourage the Partnership of our Congregations in International Mission through the Board for International Mission	Adopted	694	89	Adopted with 88.6% voting Yes
17	International Witness	2-08	To Give Thanks for Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Ministry to the Armed Forces	Adopted			Adopted with a hearty "Yes!" of affirmation.
18	International Witness	2-09	To Encourage and Support International Theological Education by the Synod and Our Seminaries in Aid of World Lutheran Churches	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
19	International Witness	2-10	To Commend the Lutheran Heritage Foundation on its 25th Anniversary	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
20	Mercy	3-01	To Commend and Give Thanks for the Work of Synod regarding Disaster Response	Adopted	897	7	With 99.2% voting Yes
21	Mercy	3-02A	To Commend Lutherans for Life and LCMS Life Ministries	Adopted	951	19	With 98.0% voting Yes
22	Mercy	3-03	To Give Thanks for the Cooperation in Externals with LIRS in Welcoming Refugees and Displaced Persons	No Action
23	Mercy	3-04A	To Encourage Training of Our Pastors, Church Workers and Congregations to Recognize and Provide Pastoral Care for Those Suffering from Clinical Depression, Mental Illnesses, and Other Mental Disorders	Adopted	794	150	With 84.1% voting Yes
24	Mercy	3-05	To Encourage Worker Wellness	No Action
25	Mercy	3-06	To Respectfully Decline Overtures	No Action
26	Life Together	4-01	To Affirm and Celebrate 60 Years of Director of Christian Education Ministry in the Synod	Adopted	887	57
27	Life Together	4-02	To Commend LCMS Deaconesses and Diaconal Work	Adopted	912	30	With 96.8% voting Yes
28	Life Together	4-03A	To Commend to Synod Priorities for Mission and Ministry Emphasis for the 2019–2022 Triennium	Adopted	841	20	With 97.7% voting Yes
29	Life Together	4-04A	To Expand and Strengthen the Input with Which the Synod’s Triennial Mission and Ministry Emphases Are Determined	Adopted			Adopted with majority raising of hands
30	Life Together	4-05	To Commend the Celebration of the 175th Anniversary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in 2022	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
31	Life Together	4-06A	To Amend Bylaw Section 6.2 to Revitalize Synod’s Recognized Service Organization Program	Adopted	699	61	With 92.0% voting Yes
32	Life Together	4-07	To Commend Actions to Synod Boards and Offices to Revitalize Synod’s Recognized Service Organization Program	Adopted	729	34	With 95.5% voting Yes
33	Life Together	4-08	To Thank and Praise God for Concordia Publishing House’s 150th Anniversary	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
34	Life Together	4-09	To Declare April 18, 2021, as “Here I Stand” Sunday and to Encourage Multi-Congregation Celebrations	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
35	Life Together	4-10	To Continue the Celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, including Commemoration of Events from 1519 through 1522	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
36	Life Together	4-11A	To Encourage the Study of the Doctrine of Closed Communion and Faithful Practice in All Congregations	Adopted	586	157	with 78.9% voting Yes
37	Life Together	4-12	To Thank and Praise God for the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of The Lutheran Study Bible	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
38	Theology & Church Relations	5-01	To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium	Adopted			Adopted with a loud affirmation of "Yea, yea, it shall be so!"
39	Theology & Church Relations	5-02	To Endorse Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church	Adopted			Adopted with a loud affirmation of "Yea, yea, it shall be so!"
40	Theology & Church Relations	5-03	To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Confessional Lutheran Church of South Africa	Adopted	741	161	With 82.2% voting Yes
41	Theology & Church Relations	5-04	To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark	Adopted			Adopted with a loud affirmation of "Yea, yea, it shall be so!"
42	Theology & Church Relations	5-05	To Clarify Status of LCMS Relationships in Sri Lanka	Adopted	824	8	With 99.0% voting Yes
43	Theology & Church Relations	5-06	To Amend Bylaw 3.9.5.2.2 regarding Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with New Church Bodies Formed by Partner Churches	Adopted	852	46	With 94.9% voting Yes
44	Theology & Church Relations	5-07	To Clarify the Relationship between LCMS Partner Churches and the Lutheran World Federation	Adopted			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
45	Theology & Church Relations	5-08	To Commend and Support the International Lutheran Council	No Action			Adopted with unanimous verbal affirmation
46	Theology & Church Relations	5-09A	To Confess the Biblical Six-Day Creation, to Encourage Pastoral Conferences to Study Our Synod’s Statements on Creation, and to Help Congregations Concertedly Address Issues Related to the Intersections of Faith and Science	Adopted			Adopted unamended by majority raising of hands
47	Theology & Church Relations	5-10	To Commend the Lutheran Church—Canada CTCR Report Cremation and the Christian	Adopted	828	84
48	Theology & Church Relations	5-11	To Address Questions about Unity in Doctrine and Uniformity and Variety in Practice	Adopted			Adopted with verbal affirmation
49	Theology & Church Relations	5-12	To Reaffirm Scriptural Teaching on the Royal Priesthood and the Office of the Public Ministry	No Action
50	Theology & Church Relations	5-13	To Reaffirm and Clarify Biblical Teaching on Man and Woman in the Church	No Action
51	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-01	To Support and Participate in the Comprehensive Church Worker Recruitment Initiative	Adopted	868	56	With 93.9% voting Yes
52	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-02	To Promote Residential Seminary Education as the Preferred Option for the Preparation of Men for Pastoral Ministry	Adopted	675	275	With 71.1% voting Yes
53	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-03A	To Enhance the Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) Program	Adopted	643	272	With 70.3% voting Yes
54	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-04	To Support, Encourage, and Expect Continuing Education for all Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Pastors	Adopted			Adopted with majority verbal affirmation
55	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-05	To Thank Those Involved in Rostering Licensed Lay Deacons	Adopted	834	45	With 94.9% voting Yes
56	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-06	To Give God Praise and Glory for Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne’s 175th Anniversary	Adopted			Adopted with a rousing "Yea, yea, it shall be so!"
57	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-07	To Support and Utilize Preach the Word	Adopted	911	34	With 96.4% voting Yes
58	Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries	6-08	To Respectfully Decline Overtures	No Action
59	University Education	7-01A	To Amend Bylaws Related to Structure and Governance of the Concordia University System	Adopted	680	149	With 82.0% voting Yes
60	University Education	7-02	To Nurture Our Lutheran System of Higher Education	Adopted	835	48	With 94.6% voting Yes
61	University Education	7-03	To Direct a Collaborative Process to Propose a New Governance Plan	Adopted	856	115	With 88.2% voting Yes
62	University Education	7-04A	To Advance the Prior Review Process for CUS Institution Presidential Candidates	Adopted	576	378	With 60.4% voting Yes
63	University Education	7-05A	To Recognize and Give Thanks for Work at Selma	Adopted			Adopted with majority verbal affirmation
64	University Education	7-06	To Celebrate and Give Thanks to God for the 125th Anniversary of Concordia University, Nebraska	Adopted			Adopted with a standing, unanimous shout of "AMEN!"
65	University Education	7-07	To Respectfully Decline Overtures	No Action
66	University Education	7-08	To Aid Our CUS Schools in Clear Confession	Adopted	728	244	With 74.9% voting Yes
67	Finances	8-01	To Encourage Congregations to Support Pastoral Formation	Adopted	786	47	With 94.4% voting Yes
68	Finances	8-02	To Encourage a Synodwide 1.1.1 Funding Model for Defined Mission Outcomes	Adopted	705	118	With 85.7% voting Yes
69	Finances	8-03	To Ensure Timely and Transparent Financial Reporting in the Synod	Adopted	794	21	With 97.4% voting Yes
70	Finances	8-04	To Respectfully Decline Overtures	No Action
71	Structure & Administration	9-01	To Amend Various Bylaws for Purposes of Clarification	Adopted	869	52	With 94.4% voting Yes
72	Structure & Administration	9-02	To Amend Various Bylaws to Address Practical Considerations	Adopted	937	25	With 97.4% voting Yes
73	Structure & Administration	9-03	To Amend Bylaw 3.7.1 to Clarify the Commencement Date for Members of the Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans/Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services and Eliminate Obsolete Provisions	Adopted	940	12	With 98.7% voting Yes
74	Structure & Administration	9-04A	To Amend Bylaw 3.1.8 to No Longer Require Publication of Delegate Mailing Addresses	Adopted	847	120	With 87.6% voting Yes
75	Structure & Administration	9-05	To Amend the Constitution to Address Individual Membership and Advisory Representation	Adopted	873	77	With 91.9% voting Yes
76	Structure & Administration	9-06	To Add Bylaw 3.3.4.10 to Clarify Access by the Board of Directors to Information of Synod Agencies	Adopted	800	147	With 84.5% voting Yes
77	Structure & Administration	9-07	To Amend Synod Bylaws 3.12.2.1 and 3.12.2.2	Adopted	677	281	With 70.7% voting Yes
78	Structure & Administration	9-08	To Amend Bylaws to Clarify Multi-congregation Parish Representation at the Circuit Forum	Adopted	815	128	With 86.4% voting Yes
79	Structure & Administration	9-09	To Amend Bylaws to Change the Board of Directors’ Means of Representation on Synodwide Corporate Entities Boards of Directors	Adopted	937	31	With 96.8% voting Yes
80	Structure & Administration	9-10	To Create a Task Force to Study a Four-Year Convention Cycle	No Action
81	Structure & Administration	9-11	To Address Residency Requirements for District Regional Positions	Adopted	928	9	With 99.0% voting Yes
82	Structure & Administration	9-12	To Clarify the Meaning of Parish as it Relates to Congregational Representation at District Conventions and Election of the Synod President, and to Distinguish Assisting Capacity Pastoral Calls	Adopted	831	32	With 96.3% voting Yes
83	Structure & Administration	9-13	To Amend Bylaw 3.12.2.7 (d) to Permit Floor Nominations by the Region in Election of Regional Vice-Presidents	No Action
84	Structure & Administration	9-14	To Amend Bylaw 3.1.3.1 Regarding the Election of Nonvoting and Advisory Delegates	Adopted	926	28	With 97.1% voting Yes
85	Structure & Administration	9-15	To Respectfully Decline Overtures	No Action
86	Structure & Administration	9-16	To Amend Bylaw 3.12.2.3 to Allow District Presidents Access to Congregational Registration Status in the Presidential Vote.	Adopted	534	410	With 56.6% voting Yes
87	Structure & Administration	9-17	To Study Voting Privilege in the LCMS	Adopted	669	251	With 72.7% voting Yes
88	Structure & Administration	9-18	To Recognize That the Holy Spirit Has Free Course in Synod Elections	No Action
89	Structure & Administration	9-19	To Bring Bylaw 3.12.2.4 into Alignment with Bylaw 3.12.2.2, and to Adjust the Election Time Schedule.	Adopted	805	86	With 90.3% voting Yes
90	Ecclesiastical Supervision & Dispute Resolution	10-01	To Amend Bylaws to Clarify Dispute Resolution Processes	Adopted	879	52	With 94.4% voting Yes
91	Ecclesiastical Supervision & Dispute Resolution	10-02A	To Amend Bylaws to Clarify Call and Roster Matters	Adopted	875	110	Adopted 88.8% voting Yes
92	Ecclesiastical Supervision & Dispute Resolution	10-03A	To Give Thanks to All who Worked to Complete the Process Outlined by 2016 Resolution 12-14, “Regarding the Right of an Accuser to Appeal When a District President or President Fails to Act or Declines to Suspend”	Postponed			Postponed indefinitely 60.1%
93	Ecclesiastical Supervision & Dispute Resolution	10-04	To Encourage Proper Pastoral Oversight in Administration of Lord’s Supper through Visitation of Ecclesiastical Supervisors	No Action
94	Ecclesiastical Supervision & Dispute Resolution	10-05	To Affirm the Advisory Role of District Presidents in Their Service of Calling Congregations of the LCMS	No Action
95	Ecclesiastical Supervision & Dispute Resolution	10-06	To Respectfully Decline Overtures	No Action
96	Church & Culture	11-01A	To Give Guidance and Encourage Action on Beginning-of-Life Issues	Adopted	914	22	With 97.7% voting Yes
97	Church & Culture	11-02A	To Encourage Faithfulness Regarding Marriage	Adopted	898	34	With 96.4% voting Yes
98	Church & Culture	11-03A	To Encourage Synod to Develop Resources to Aid Congregations and Schools regarding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues	Adopted	916	30	With 96.8% voting Yes
99	Church & Culture	11-04A	To Affirm the Common Humanity of All People and Ethnicities	Adopted			Adopted by a hearty "Yea, yea, it shall be so!"
100	Church & Culture	11-05A	To Encourage Responsible Citizenship and Compassion Toward Neighbors Who Are Immigrants Among Us	Adopted	891	106	With 89.4% voting Yes