# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S413
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MISSIONS 413

. 6, That the work among the blind be under the supervision

of a commission responsible to the Board of Home Missions in

North America.

a. This board is to consist of two pastors and one layman and
is to be elected according to the rules of Synod.

b. This commission is to co-operate with, and carry on, its
work through the District Home Mission Board.

c. This commission is to appoint a director of Mission Among
the Blind and such other personnel as may become necessary.

d. This commission is to promote and augment the library for
the blind; interest itself in and, if possible, introduce the
use of talking books and similar modern aids; provide more
help and equipment for transcribing books and pamphlets;
publish literature for the blind also in Spanish and in German.

7. That more funds be made available for mission work among

the blind. Conrap J. ENcenper, Chairman

L. Henze
Victor Mennicxe, Secretary

Separate Mission Boards for the Deaf and the Blind
(Memorial 411)

Wuereas, It is common knowledge among those dealing with
the blind that the blind and deaf have nothing whatever in com-
mon except that both groups are handicapped, and

Wuereas, It also is well known to be impracticable for the same
missionary successfully and effectively to conduct mission work
at the same time among both the deaf and blind, due to the vast
and wide differences of viewpoint and mode of living experienced
by these two groups, and

Wuereas, Progress and advancement in the work among the
blind and the deaf-blind is being made by non-Lutheran church
bodies, and

Wuereas, Work among the blind and deaf-blind is carried on
through the medium of correspondence in Braille, and

Wuereas, There is much work to be done among the blind in
Latin America (Mexico, Central and South America, and the
Philippine Islands) in Spanish Braille, in co-operation with the
Lutheran Hour, ,

Therefore, I, the undersigned blind member of the Missouri
Synod, desire herewith most sincerely and earnestly to request
the Centennial Convention of our beloved Church to grant the
following requests: