Ordination [of Women]

Folder 1

• The Ordination of Women condensed by Raymond Tiemeyer. [Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, c1970] (Library Call #: BV676 .O735 1970 | OCLC: 1074597) [with an evaluation by Martin Scharlemann]
• Septicaemia: A Reply to Bishop [J. A. T.] Robinson and to all New-rationalists by the Rev. Dr. Gerhard Bergmann. London: The Evangelical Alliance, 1964 [See also: Alarm um die Bibel" by Bergmann | CSL Library Call #: BS514.2 .B37 1963]
• Social Statements of the Lutheran Church in America: Sex, Marriage, and Family. New York: Board of Social Ministry LCA (1970?)
• The Ministry: Offices, Procedures, and Nomenclature - A Report of the CTCR, September 1981 (9-2424)
• The Ministry and the Ministry of Women by Peter Brunner. Saint Louis: CPH, 1971 (Library Call #: BV676 .B89 | OCLC: 322221)
• The Ordained Ministry in Ecumenical Perspective (SE/34 Study Encounter 8:4). World Council of Churches, 1972 (22 pages)
• Women as Preachers: Evangelical Precedents by Donald W. and Lucille Sider Dayton. Christianity Today (Volume 19-17, May 23, 1976)

Folder 2

• Blank Form: Certificate of Ordination (LCMS)
• Installation Form: Theodore F. A. Nickel at Epiphany Lutheran Church (Eau Claire, Wisconsin: July 28, 1935)
• Blank Form: Certificate of Ordination (Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States)
• Predigt gehalten bei der Ordination und Einführung des Kandidaten Clarence Kaiser von Pastor Oscar Kaiser (August 30, 1925)
• Credentials of Ordination | The State of Wisconsin (August 30, 1935)
• [Slovak] Pán Farar John H. C. Fritz túto kázeň kazal v Eng. Lutheran Church of Our Savior v New Yorku. Kázeň bola tak samô áj Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jan. 25ho, 1911. Also preached(?) by Andrew S. Lucas at Hurley, Wisconsin (July 4, 1923)
• Sermon: Ordination and Installation of Rev. Theo. Nickel at Bessemer, Michigan (September 4, 1927)
• Correspondence from Paul W Streufert "To The 24 Signers of the "Open Letter" to Dr. J. A. O. Preus" (February 29, 1972)
• Missouri - Free- United - Evangelical (2 pages)
• Exhibit A - The Lutheran Tradition and the Ordination of Women (pages 44-57: March 1969)
• Doing Theology in Relation to Mission (Some Clues from the Confessions) by Robert W. Bertram (December 1, 1970 - for exploratory discussion only, 12 pages)
• Government in the Missouri Synod by Louis F. Rush (4 pages)

Exhibit A

• A Statement of Findings Relating to the Requested Study on the Subject of the Ordination of Women (pages 1-3)
• Minutes: Sub-Committee on the Ordination of Women (LCUSA: November 22, 1968: pages 4-5) by Paul D. Opsahl
• Minutes: Sub-Committee on the Ordination of Women (LCUSA: January 17-18, 1969: pages 6-7) by Paul D. Opsahl
• What in Scripture Speaks on the Ordination of Women? (pages 8-22, January 1969)
• Ordination of Women | 1) Scripture | Literature, Notes, and Comments (pages 23-36)
• Addendum to the Paper, "What in Scripture Speaks on The Ordination of Women?" by John Reuman (8 pages)
• Additions and Corrections to the Paper as Circulated at the Dubuque Conference (pages 71-75)
• Report on a Consultation: The Ordination of Women in Light of Church and Ministry (Wartburg Seminary: Dubuque, Iowa: September 20-22, 1969) (pages 76-86)
• Responses to Questionnaire PE. Ordination of Women (September 20-22, 1969: pages 87-97)
• Action Adopted by the Division of Theological Studies Standing Committee on the Ordination of Women (October 9-11, 1969: pages 89-99)
• Report of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations - Woman Suffrage in the Church (CTCR-9 12022)
• Sociological Factors in the Ordination of Women (7 pages)
• The Ordination of Women into the Ministry (2 pages)
• Psychological Facts in the Ordination of Women to the Pastoral Ministry (5 pages)
• What Theological Reasons are being given Pro and Con on the Ordination of Women? (7 pages)
• Feminism and Christianity (Outline)

Folder 3

• Committee No. 4: Special Resolutions - To Declare Ordination of Women Not a Doctrinal Issue Divisive of Fellowship (4-04: June 9, 1972) | To Deal with Varying Theological Positions (4-07: June 9, 1972)
• Ordination of Women: Selected Bibliography (1955-1968)
• Exhibit A - III. Ordination of Women submitted by Fred W. Meuser. Lutheran Council, 1970
• Present Practices: Ordination of Women (1968, 1969)
• The Ordination of Women: Missouri's View by Martin H. Scharlemann (6 pages)
• An paper on the role of women (kephale, hypotassesthai, etc.) with significant marginalia (title page missing)
• Minutes: Executive Committee - Lutheran Council in the USA (April 6-7, 1967)
• Minutes: Sub-committee on the Ordination of Women - Division of Theological Studies (LCUSA: January 17-18, 1969)
• Woman Suffrage (2 pages)
• Questions Concerning the Ordination of Women by William Larsen(?). Church Council - The American Lutheran Church (June 24-26, 1968)
• Report of the Sub-Committee on the Ordination of Women to the Division of Theological Studies (LCUSA: March 7-8, 1969)
• Minutes: Sub-Committee on the Ordination of Women - Division of Theological Studies (LCUSA: November 22, 1968)
• The Question of the Ordination of Women by Olaf K. Storaasli. Church Council - The American Lutheran Church (June 24-26, 1968)
• The Ordination of Women in the Oikumene by Paul D. Opsahl (January 1969)
• Report: Women in the Church by Cynthia Jo Dentinger (January 12, 1973: 14 pages)