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61st Regular Convention St. Louis, Mo. July 14-20, 2001

July 20, 2001 #48

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LCMS delegates vote to combine two commissions

ST. LOUIS Delegates to the 61st Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church 
Missouri Synod, meeting here at the America s Center, voted July 16 to 
combine two Synod commissions the Commission on Organizations and the 
Commission on Theology and Church Relations.

The Commission on Organizations (COO) was established to provide 
information and counsel to LCMS members and congregations on religious 
organizations, including non-Christian groups and cults. Due to budgetary 
constraints, the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) has 
been providing staff services for the COO since 1993.

The delegates action discontinues the COO as a "separately functioning 
commission" and moves COO functions to the CTCR.

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