# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S896
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396 MISSIONS

II. Conclusions and Recommendations

Your Board is cognizant of the fact that the synodical conven-
tion no longer votes appropriations for the current expenses of
Standing boards and committees, but that this function has been
delegated to the Fiscal Conference in conjunction with the Board
of Directors. We believe, however, that Synod will be interested
in knowing the financial Program which an aggressive mission
policy in Europe will call for within the next triennium.

Recuuar Susswies
1. It is quite certain that during the coming triennium the
regular subsidies for the various Free Churches in Europe will

exceed to a considerable amount those granted by the Board for
Home Missions in Europe for 1947, to wit:

Denmark oo $ 3,876.34
Finland pone 5760.07
Belgium oo 2,900.00
France and Alsace tenn 557,01

$18,093.42

The amount of subsidy for the current expenses of the Free
Churches in Germany have not been included in this sum because
no definite figures were available when this report went to press,
However, in view of the great opportunities to extend sound Lu-
theran doctrine, particularly because of the addition of the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Free Church of Old Prussia (Breslau), the neces-
sary subsidy will be a minimum of $25,000.

SPecraL Prosects
2. In addition to the regular subsidies there are special projects
which will need our financial support during the coming tri-
ennium. No definite sums can be mentioned at the present time
for these various projects; but if our Church is to make full use
of its missionary opportunities in Europe at the present time, special
sums will have to be available to carry on the following:

a. Providing Pastoral Care for German Refugees

This work will call for the expenditure of moneys to salary
missionaries and to furnish these missionaries with transportation
facilities. Trailer missions are one answer to this problem.

b. The Theological Seminary
While the National Advisory Emergency Planning Council has
been rendering invaluable aid to the Free Church in the establish-
ment of this school, whatever necessary support is needed for the
current expenses beyond the ability of the Free Church to finance