Version History
Current published version
Today's Business, Issue 1. pp. 66-67. Original floor committee resolution.
No later published versions have been added.
Official Resolution Source Text
Resolution: 1-12
Canonical number: 1-12
Committee: National Witness
Source: Today's Business, Issue 1
Printed pages: pp. 66-67
PDF pages: 66-67
Version: original, current-published-proposal
Source reference: Issue 1, pp. 66-67
Line numbers follow Today's Business, Issue 1, with numbering reset on each printed page, so delegates can compare this page with the official PDF.
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- To Support Campus Ministry
- RESOLUTION 1-12
- Reports R1.2.1, R6, R14.1, R25, R31, R35, R53, R55 (CW, 16–19, 53–54, 86–89, 109–10, 115–16, 119–20, 136–39;
- Overtures 1-04–05, 13, 21 (CW, 278–80, 284, 288)
- WHEREAS, Young men and women continue attending colleges and universities throughout the nation in significant
- numbers, and these campuses are to be regarded as mission fields for the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and
- WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) has a long and faithful tradition of campus ministry
- through congregations, Lutheran Student Fellowship, LCMS U chapters, and other ministries that connect students and
- scholars with Word and Sacrament ministry; and
- WHEREAS, There are currently 165 LCMS U chapters (lcms.org/how-we-serve/national/campus-ministry/lcms-u-
- chapter-map) and many congregations engaged in some form of campus ministry throughout the Synod; and
- WHEREAS, 95 percent of the Synod’s congregations are located within a 45-minute drive of a college or university
- campus (LCMS Youth Ministry, youthesource.com/2021/09/starting-a-campus-ministry/); and
- WHEREAS, College and university students often experience significant spiritual challenges and temptations during
- these formative years of life, while many others arrive on campus with little or no knowledge of Christ and His Gospel;
- and
- WHEREAS, Research indicates both increasing religious disaffiliation among college-age adults and growing openness
- among many young adults to serious conversations regarding faith, truth, purpose, and the Christian life; and
- WHEREAS, The nation’s colleges and universities also provide significant mission opportunities among international
- students, many of whom come from nations where Christianity is a minority faith or where Christian witness is restricted;
- and
- WHEREAS, Campus ministry provides opportunities both to sustain and strengthen Christian students in the faith and
- to proclaim Christ to those who do not yet know Him; and
- WHEREAS, Campus ministry serves as an important setting for identifying, mentoring, and encouraging future pastors,
- teachers, deaconesses, directors of Christian education, and other church workers; therefore be it
- Resolved, That the Synod in convention give thanks to almighty God for the faithful church workers, congregations,
- LCMS U chapters, and others engaged in campus ministry throughout the Synod; and be it further
- Resolved, That the Synod encourage continued investment in campus ministry as a significant mission priority and
- that the Synod Board of Directors reinstate, through the Office of National Mission, a full-time staff position for supporting
- campus ministry.
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- The Chief Financial Officer and LCMS Accounting and Financial Services staff, in consultation with the Finance
- Committee, anticipate an annual cost of $200,000 for the position and additional incremental cost including associated
- travel and incidentals (estimate required by Bylaw 3.1.7 [g]).
