# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S455
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 455

136 Veterans Administration Hospitals, and this type of work
increase considerably in the next twenty years; therefore be it
‘Resolved, That the Armed Services Commission be continued
encouraged to carry on its program; and be it further
Resolved, That we encourage our congregations to be more
thful in reporting to the Commission the names and addresses
changes of addresses of men in the Military and patients in
erans Administration Hospitals.

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Wuereas, The necessary funds to carry on the work of the
mission are on hand and no request need be made for an
flowance out of Synod’s budget; therefore be it

Resolved, That we express our gratitude to the members of
nod who have generously supported the work of the Commission.

IV
Wuereas, The Service Centers in foreign lands have served and
@ serving as strategical mission outposts of our Church; therefore
it
Resolved, That, where feasible, the Service Centers be con-
ued in co-operation with the respective Mission Boards.

Resolution 18

Resolved, That we instruct the Secretary of Synod to send
copy of Resolution 7 to the Synodical Conference Convention,
ing the attention of the constituent synods to lines 22—25,
which read: “We encourage congregations to be more faithful
eporting to the Commission the names and addresses and
anges of addresses of men in the Military and patients in Vet-
ans Administration Hospitals.”

Report of the Board of Missions to the Deaf
(Memorial 409) ;

_ When Paul and Barnabas returned to Jerusalem after one of
mueir missionary journeys, “they were received of the church and of
mhe Apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had
done with them,” Acts15:4. So your Board of Missions comes
Before you declaring all things that God has done with us in
r blessed work among the deaf and deaf-blind.

Workers Among the Deaf

With thanks to God we can report that we have twenty-five
-time workers, including the Executive Secretary, one part-time
rker who also works for the Board of Missions to the Blind, four