# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S54
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54 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

and the establishment of schools and seminaries. Since the war
the demand for nationalization is more pronounced than ever.
We dare not ignore this trend of the day. We must agree to train
a national ministry in every country which we plan to evangelize.

If our missionaries are to build a new Church on foreign soil,
the courses offered in the Mission Department of the Graduate
School must be given in a more thorough manner than it now can
be done with but one full-time instructor. As it is now, the Mis-
sion School is undermanned. We therefore heartily support the
request of the Board of Control for additional help.

Housing Facilities

Housing facilities for missionaries desiring to enter the Mis-
sion School cannot now be offered. We have no such facilities.
There is only one two-family flat available. This is occupied by
two missionaries of the Foreign Mission Board. The lack of housing
facilities has been the real hindrance in the expansion of the Mis-
sion School. Only a few of the returned missionaries could avail
themselves of the opportunity given them at the Mission School.
Graduates of the Seminary can be housed in the Seminary dormi-
tories, but we have no homes to offer to our prospective women
workers,

A conservative estimate of our needs prompts us to request
the purchase or the erection of an apartment house (or houses)
fully equipped to place approximately eight to ten families and
single women workers into larger or smaller apartments. $100,000
to $150,000 might cover the cost.

It shall, however, be understood that these apartments shall
be rented to Mission Boards having missionary personnel or pros-
pective missionaries or women workers attending the Mission School.
The rental figure is to be fixed for each apartment at a cost which
will insure Synod a reasonable return for interest on the invest-
ment made, plus the cost of maintenance.

One of the Mission Boards estimates the rent which it will
pay during 1947 for its missionaries who are now in attendance
at the Mission School between $2,500 and $3,000. A considerable
saving will be effected if Synod owns a suitable mission house or
houses.

The Mission School has no adequate library. We suggest that
Synod appropriate $5,000 to establish a library, in addition to the
requested $500 per annum for its maintenance and enlargement.

A Centennial Memorial

Be it suggested that the Venerable Delegate Synod assembled
at the Centennial Convention in Chicago, in deepest gratitude to
our Lord who has privileged us to preach the Gospel throughout