# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S804
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

B. The Board shall be empowered to fill any va- ,

cancy which may occur, subject to the approval of
the President of Synod.

C. The Secretary of Missions shall be an advisory
member of the Board.

625. Organization, Meetings, and Committees
of the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries

The Board for Missions in Foreign Countries shall
elect its officers and shall meet as often as may be
necessary. It shall appoint committees from its own
membership, one committee for missions in China,
another for missions in India, and such other com-
mittees as it may deem necessary.

627. Functions and Duties of the Board
for Missions in Foreign Countries

A. The Board for Missions in Foreign Countries
shall conduct the missions in India and China and
such other missions as may be undertaken among
non-Christian peoples. .

B. It shall be authorized to call, recall, and dismiss
missionaries.

C. It shall determine the general policies and prac-
tices which are to prevail in these missions, assign the
districts or stations in which the missionaries shall
work, and decide on all extraordinary matters and
matters of great importance.

D. It shall draft the necessary regulations for its
committees, which committees shall transact such
routine business as is assigned to them by the Board.

629. Executive Secretary of the Board
for Missions in Foreign Countries

A. An Executive Secretary shall be appointed by
the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries, with the
approval of the President of Synod.

B. The Executive Secretary of the Board for Mis-
sions in Foreign Countries shall devote his entire time
to the work of missions in foreign countries under the
direction of the Board, to which he shall be responsible.

631. New Fields in Missions in Foreign Countries

In the time intervening between conventions of
Synod, the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries
may, with the approval of the President of Synod,
the Board of Directors, and the College of Presidents,
begin work in foreign countries other than China
and India.

633. Educational Activities in Missions
, in Foreign Countries

The Board for Missions in Foreign Countries, in
conjunction with the Board of Directors and the
faculty of the St.Louis Seminary, shall make the
necessary provisions for the specific preliminary train-
ing of its missionaries.. ,

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