To Require Use of Synod Approved Agendas and Hymnbooks at LCMS Youth Gathering

WHEREAS, Synod Constitution VI 4 requires, as a condition of membership in the Synod, the “exclusive use of doctrinal ly pure agenda, hymn books, and catechisms in church and school”; and

WHEREAS, The Synod makes available for use by our churches and schools hymn books whose doctrinal purity has been established to the satisfaction of all concerned; and

WHEREAS, LCMSYouth Gathering,the triennial youth gathering organized by the Synod’s Youth Ministry Office, falls by nature under the category of “church” and such groups are therefore constitutionally bound to the use of “doctrinal ly pure … hymn books”; and

WHEREAS, The Gathering hasin recent years featured assemblies at which the worship materials used have been taken from sources outside those published under the authority of the Synod and whose doctrinal purity is therefore in doubt; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod in convention be memorialized to instruct the Gathering henceforth to draw all worship materials strictly from agendas, hymn books, and catechisms published under the authority of the Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That the North Dakota District withhold promotion and endorsement from the Gathering until such time (as determined by the district’s Board of Directors) that worship materials for the Gathering are being drawn strictly from agendas, hymn books, and catechisms published under the authority of the Synod.