# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S631 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) FINANCIAL MATTERS 631 ‘jn the event that a congregation withdraws from the Pension Fund _ and/or terminates its membership in Synod; now therefore be it Resolved, That in the event that a congregation withdraws from the Pension Fund, the full amount contributed by the con- gregation, plus accrued interest, shall be returned to the congrega- tion, with this proviso that in no case shall such refund include any amount contributed by the congregation in behalf of a worker who still retains his membership in the Pension Fund, and/or who remains in the service of Synod or its component parts, and/or who is receiving benefits under the Pension Plan; and be it furthermore Resolved, That in the event that both worker and congregatio resign from membership in Synod (Article XII, 4, of the Constitu- tion notwithstanding) the full payment made by the worker to the Pension Fund, and the contribution made by the congregation in behalf of such worker, plus accrued interest, shall be returned to the worker and the congregation, respectively. IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CONGREGATION Missouri SynopD Micuican Crry, Inv. CHarLES E. OLMSTEAD Recording Secretary of the Congregation The same memorial was submitted by Attested: REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, FREEPORT, ILL. Rosert V. Loewe, Secretary Joun N. Sanver, President Rev. C. J. Scoutu, Pastor (Signed) (Rev.) A. T. Krerzmann, Crete, Ill. (Dr.) P. E. Kretzmann, Cuba, Mo. Signatures attested by (Rev.) H. D. Mensine Tinley Park, IIL, April 5, 1950 [831] Pension Fund and Church Extension The following resolution was adopted on June 21, 1949, by the Michigan District at its 71st Convention in Saginaw and is here- with presented to The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod for: action at its 1950 Convention: Wuereas, Neither the General Extension Fund of Synod nor the Extension Funds of the various Districts are able to furnish E