# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S419
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MISSIONS 419

Resolved, That this Centennial Convention express its grati-
tude to Mr. Chas. Burde by a rising vote of thanks and that the
Secretary send Mr. Chas. Burde an appropriate written expression
of our gratitude for services rendered.

Resolution on Church Extension Loans

Wuereas, Present regulations require. the Board of Directors
to sanction any loan from the General Church Extension Board
amounting to more than $10,000; and

Wuereas, This regulation handicaps the Board and District

Boards in granting loans, because the present high cost of building
makes $10,000 a very inadequate amount in most church building
programs; therefore be it .

Resolved, That this Centennial Convention amend these rules
to raise the amount of the loans to be granted by the General
Church Extension Board up to $20,000 before they need to consult
the Board of Directors of Synod.

Report of the Army and Navy Commission
(Memorial 404)

Before God and the Church the Commission gratefully ac-
knowledges the willing and generous and prayerful support which
pastors and people of our Church gave to the world-wide spiritual
welfare program for those in the military services.

Throughout the program we enjoyed the confidence, the good
will, and the help of the War Department and other governmental
agencies. ;

Our Church has gained a tremendous amount of good will
among the service people through its wartime ministry. This
good will must be capitalized. Every local congregation should
initiate and carry through an extensive and intensive missionary
program among the unchurched veterans and their families.

Another heavy obligation of our Church is our ministry to
the returned service personnel. We must try to reintegrate our
own veterans into a life of active service in the Church. We must
harness them to the Church’s endeavors and projects.

No pastor or congregation should overlook the men in the
service now and place them in the category of “forgotten men.”

Quite a number of our servicemen who saw duty’ overseas
observed the work of the missionaries in heathen countries, and
many have had a rebirth on the value of missions. They have
made new and favorable appraisals. Their enlarged interest in
mission work should be used in promoting the mission program.

The Committee on the Revision of the Handbook is pro-