# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S870
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870 MISSIONS

To Raise Salary Scale of Foreign Missionaries
(Memorial 416)

Wuereas, The salaries of most of our foreign missionaries are
too low to afford them enough bodily comfort and peace of mind
to do their work as they would like, free from financial cares and
handicaps; and

Wuereas, The love of those Christians who send out these men
and their families to do the Lord’s work for them in foreign fields
should be expressed in a material way; and

Wuereas, The work of the missionaries is hindered by financial
cares; and

Wuereas, Many foreign missionaries after they have been
trained and have gained valuable experience deem it too great a
hardship to return after furlough with their families to their re-
spective fields because of inadequate salary and poor living con-
ditions, so that another man must be trained and sent at great cost
of money to Synod and at great cost of time and experience lost
in the mission field;

Therefore, being convinced that it shows both lack of love and
poor stewardship of money, time, and talents for Synod to continue
paying low salaries to its foreign missionaries, we petition Synod,
which meets in session in this year of our Lord 1947, to raise the
salary scale of our foreign missionaries and workers, to provide a
living that is comfortable and free from burdensome and hindering

financial cares, Messtan LutHeran Cuurca
Nogatrtos anp Hoover Sr., San ANTONIO, TEX.
Norman V. Aszort, Pastor
Frep H. Wenor, Secretary

ACTION

Concerning this report and the pertinent memorials Com-
mittee 2 submitted the following resolutions, which were adopted:

Resolved, That the Board of Foreign Missions be authorized to
engage a full-time assistant or assistants to the Executive Secre-
tary as speedily as possible and as the need demands; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Board of Foreign Missions be encouraged
to call experienced men to the cities of the Orient to work among
the peoples who are not natives.

Wuereas, Your Committee has noted the fact that your Board
of Foreign Missions has particularly in recent years striven to
build an indigenous Church and to train the native Christians, to-
gether with the missionaries on the foreign field, to take more and
more responsibility; and