# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S606
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606 FINANCIAL MATTERS

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Report and Recommendations on Non-Budget Items

The following committee was appointed by the President and
Vice-Presidents of Synod “to study the matter of non-budget items
and to submit its recommendations to the next convention”: Mr. E
Balke, Mr. A. Schnack, Mr. A. T. Wilson, and Revs. A. Zeile and
J. E. Herrmann. Mr. A. T. Wilson, because of busy schedules, was
excused at his own request from serving on the committee. Mr. E,
Balke was chosen chairman and Rev. J. E. Herrmann secretary of
the committee.

The action of the 1947 convention on Memorials 803 and 47
(unprinted) was as follows:

“Wuereas, Non-budget items and the manner of their collec-
tion are at times causing concern within Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That the President of Synod appoint a committee to
study the matter of non-budget items and submit its recommenda-
tions to the next convention.”

Your Committee in session on March 25, 1950, agreed that no
full or final solution of the problems assigned to it can be found
at this time. We are agreed that basically the ultimate solution for
the proper distribution of funds must wait upon a deeper appre-
ciation and wider exercise of the principles and practice of propor-
tionate giving and more guidance for our membership concerning
the relative importance of various phases of Kingdom work requir-
ing their support. The whole matter requires further study through
mutual consultation by the Board of Directors of Synod and the
agencies under consideration. Recognizing the need of these agen-
cies within Synod and the splendid service they have rendered,
your Committee is persuaded that its recommendations will prove
helpful to all concerned in the matter of non-budget items. Our
recommendations are not to be considered as discriminatory in
nature, but are offered in order to assist the agencies in their
projects and programs which play a vital but supplementary role
in the work of the Kingdom and Synod.

Your Committee recommends

1, That the Board of Directors of Synod and the agencies in-
cluded in this report organize a co-ordinating council as
soon as possible on which the Board of Directors and all
the agencies concerned be represented. This council shall
serve as a clearinghouse for the timing and co-ordination of
all projects and programs of the agencies belonging to the
council and which call for financial support beyond the
boundaries of any synodical District;