# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S807
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

635. Training of Women for Mission Work
in Foreign Countries

The Board for Missions in Foreign Countries may
make provision for the training of wives and future
wives of missionaries and of women workers in foreign
missions.

637. Resident Superintendents of Missions
in Foreign Fields

The Board for Missions in Foreign Countries, to-
gether with the President of Synod, shall call or
appoint resident superintendents of missions in China
and in India and in other countries that may be added.
The Board shall define the duties of these resident
superintendents.

S. H. 98 ff.

THE CHURCH EXTENSION FUND
ADMINISTRATION
639. Membership of the Church Extension Board

A. The Church Extension Board shall consist of six
members — two pastors, two teachers, and two lay-
men— who shall be elected by Synod in accordance
with its rules and regulations for elections.

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 and the Executive Secretary of the Board.

641. Duties of the Church Extension Board

The Church Extension Board shall administer
Synod’s Church Extension Fund and grant loans in
accordance with Synod’s regulations.

643. Treasurer of Synod as Depositary and Custodian
of the Church Extension Fund

The Treasurer of Synod shall be the depositary of
the Church Extension Board and custodian of its assets.
He shall make the collections, do the essential account-
ing, and make a monthly report to the Board.

645. Report of the Church Extension Board

A report on the total amounts of loans outstanding
and the amounts delinquent in each District shall be
published in the report of the Church Extension Board
to Synod.

LOANS

647. Granting of Loans

Loans shall be granted only to incorporated Districts
and, with the consent of the Board of Directors, to
the Board for Missions in Europe and to the Board for
Missions to the Deaf and the Blind. Each loan shall
be made for a specific ‘congregation or mission station,
and the merits of each case shall justify the loan.