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Fact Finding Committee

 Series

Folder List

  • 01 Convocation
  • 02 [Council of District Presidents]
  • 03 [Fact Finding Committee-Historical Background]
  • 04 Fact Finding or Fault Finding
  • 05 Fact Finding Committee #2 [Confidential “Appraisal of Faculty Interviews”; “Summary of Report to Pres. J.A.O. Preus]
  • 06 FAAL [Free Association for Lutheranism Newsletter, 1971]
  • 07 Faith Forward [“Law and Gospel” by A. R. Kretzmann, 1964]
  • 08 Faith Forward-First Concerns [Plenary Meeting, 1965]
  • 09 Ehlen [,Arlis J.]
  • 10 ELIM [ELIM update, 1975; Catechism on Lutheran Church in Mission]
  • 11 Constitution [“Remembering Zion” by Aug. Suelflow in Concordia Journal/Oct 1975]
  • 12 Committee to Study Censorship Policies
  • 13 Comm # 11 [Overview of ways in which the media reports on LCMS matters.]
  • 14 [1973 Convention Materials]
  • 15 # 6 [Information from and concerning various non-LCMS educational institutions; selection of Purdue University president.]
  • 16 Committee 5 [information regarding bylaw changes]
  • 17 Brother to Brother [Information from J.A.O. Preus regarding the “Key 73” initiative.]
  • 18 [Board of Control minority]
  • 19 Synod-News Clippings
  • 20 [St. Louis Seminary-Board of Control; correspondence and speech of Walter Dissen]
  • 21 [St. Louis Seminary under Liberals]
  • 22 Sem stuff [newspaper clippings, River Forest daily bulletins, Tietjen circular letter]
  • 23 Synod [Statements on Scripture; Anaheim Report]
  • 24 Synod Controversy-Issues [Issues in Christian Education]
  • 25 [St. Louis Seminary-New Era; “Concordia Comments newsletter by Ralph Bohlmann]
  • 26 [St. Louis Seminary-Accreditation]
  • 27 Scharlemann
  • 28 [“Response” St. Louis. 4/4/72; Response to “A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles]
  • 29 “Response” [detailed response to the faculty’s response to “A Statement”]
  • 30 Tietjen Suspension
  • 31 Tietjen [Reviews of some of Tietjen’s writings]
  • 32 Legal [Opinions from lawyer Roberts P. Elam on legality of dismissing the Seminary’s Board of Control, dismissing Pres. Tietjen, closing the Seminary and making it an extension of Springfield, and how that would affect faculty tenure]
  • 33 [President J.A.O. Preus Addresses]
  • 34 [“Report of the Synodical President to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod In compliance with Resolution 2-28 of the 49th Regular Convention of the Synod, held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 9-16, 1971". (Blue Book)]
  • 35 Floor Committees-New Orleans Convention
  • 36 Otten Matter [Letter from J.A.O. Preus to Mr. Elmer H. Theis]
  • 37 [“Lutheran Witness” responses to Zimmerman article against theistic evolution]
  • 38 New Orleans Convention
  • 39 Committee 3-New Orleans
  • 40 Harms
  • 41 Lutherans [Lutheran World Federation membership figures]
  • 42 Habel and Replies
  • 43 [“Faithful to Our Calling, Faithful to Our Lord”]
  • 44 [Legal advice and correspondence with the media]
  • 45 Political-Liberal [newspaper clippings, ALPB “Forum”]
  • 46 Political Swanson [Correspondence of Chet A. Swanson defending ‘Christian News’]
  • 47 Political-Conservative
  • 48 Synodical Problems [circular letters, press releases]
  • 49 Missouri-Free, United, Evangelical and related materials
  • 50 [ELIM, River Forest]
  • 51 St. Louis Seminary [Reports from the Commission on Accrediting of the American Association of Theological Schools]
  • 52 [“In Touch”-monthly newsletter of The Lutheran Faculty Federation]
  • 53 [Seminary Faculty Meeting with J.A.O. Preus-17 May, 1972]
  • 54 [“Laymen’s Analysis” publication- 1 November, 1974]
  • 55 ELIM
  • 56 St. Louis Sem [Fact Finding Committee Costs]
  • 57 [“An Answer to ‘An Answer’” (An Answer to the January 5, 1971 Resolution and Letter of the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis)]
  • 58 Faculty Material
  • 59 [St. Louis Seminary Charter]
  • 60 [Seminary Faculty Resolutions]
  • 61 [March 20 Board of Control meeting]
  • 62 Jan 5-71-SEM FACULTY [Faculty Resolution sent to J.A.O. Preus]
  • 63 [An Answer to the Jan. 5, 1971 Resolution and Letter of the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis]
  • 64 Board of Control-J.A.O. Preus [correspondence between J.A.O. Preus and the Board of Control]
  • 65 [“Beliefs about Issues in Resolution 3-09 of the New Orleans Convention of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (A Sociological Study)” by Rev. David W. Molber, June 1975]
  • 66 [St. Louis Seminary-Finance]

Dates

  • Creation: 1950 - 1980
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1971 - 1974

Extent

66 Folders

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Repository Details

Part of the Concordia Historical Institute Repository

Contact:
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