# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S542 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 542 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS Committee 3 submitted the following resolution, which was adopted: Wuereas, Our fraternal relations with the National Evangelical Lutheran Church, according to the report of our Committee on Finnish Relations, are most cordial; and Wuereas, Our Committee on Finnish Relations reports that the National Evangelical Lutheran Church may be in need of our help i: to send a bilingual pastor to the Finnish settlements in northern ! Queensland, Australia; be it therefore Resolved, That our Synod empower our Home Mission Board to grant, during the next triennium, the National Evangelical Lu- 4 theran Church such support as it might find necessary for this pastor.