Addendum to A Social Statement on Death and Dying 

Adopted by the Eleventh Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Church in America Louisville, Kentucky, September 3-10, 1982.

The Twelfth Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Church in America (Toronto 1984) adopted a memorial from the Virginia Synod directing "that all references in the Death and Dying Statement that call death '(a) friend' be changed to 'merciful'."