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Missouri Synod declines union with other Lutherans
The 43rd triennial convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod met in St Paul Minnesota with over 1 000 attendees. President Eisenhower sent greetings and was thanked for his recovery from illness. Dr John W Behnken was reelected for an eighth three year term and announced it would be his final term. The body rejected organic union with the United Lutheran Church in America and Augustana Lutheran Church while expressing willingness to pursue doctrinal unity. Mission work in Canada Central and South America India China the Philippines New Guinea Japan and Africa was highlighted. The convention urged amalgamation of small parishes to conserve professional manpower and noted 88 parish amalgamations since 1953.
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Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
City Auditorium
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Minn
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Missouri Synod Lutheranism
Minnesota
Eisenhower
John W. Behnken
Missouri Synod
Behnken
Lutheran World Federation
American Lutheran Church
Synodical Conference
Wisconsin Synod
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United Lutheran Church In America
Augustana Lutheran Church
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Canada
Central and South America
India
China
Philippines
New Guinea
Japan
Africa
Houston
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United States