# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S432
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

432 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Resolved, That the new edition of the Handbook be a loose-
leaf book; and that a copy of the Handbook be sent gratis to every
member of Synod — congregations, pastors, teachers, professors —
and members of Synod’s boards; and be it further

Resolved, That Synod make available to all: members of Synod
and of Synod’s boards without charge a supplementary service
to keep the Handbook current.

Resolution V: Complete Index
Wuergas, A complete index of the Handbook is essential to
ready use of the book; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Committee on Constitutional Matters ap-

point a competent person to prepare a complete topical and alpha-
betical index for the Handbook,

Co-Ordination of Synod’s Work
(Memorial 504)
A study of the Synodical Handbook reveals these important
facts:
1. Synod’s activities are expanding in all departments.
2. The result of such expansion is that more than ever before
the work is overlapping.

3. There is a growing need for proper co-ordination of these
expanding activities,

1. Expanding Activities

Mission work includes work on all continents, in many lan-
guages, on college campuses, in the slums, among the deaf and
blind, among the men in the armed forces and in veterans hospitals,
by word of mouth, by teaching and preaching, by means of the
radio. The educational departments have expanded their activities
to include all of our people “from the cradle to the grave,” in the
home, on the primary and secondary levels, in higher schools of
learning, in the congregation. Our finances include pensions, sup-
port, relief on a world-wide scale, publications, underwriting and
conducting huge building programs, paying for our mission and
educational program. The total expended reaches many millions
every year.

2, Overlapping

As a result of such expansion, mission problems more than
ever before have become educational problems. The “Each One
Reach One” program makes use of vacation Bible schools. Mis-
sionaries to Spanish-speaking people — just to mention one group
of many — wrestle with the problem of Bible versions, translations