# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1327
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

858 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

To the thousands of consecrated Christian men, women, ang
children who out of love for Christ their Savior and suffering
humanity have contributed a never-ceasing stream of gifts ranging
from five cents to $100,000 we say with deep-felt gratitude: “Thank
you, and God bless you!”

Unfinished Tasks

Because of the great amount of time and effort the work of
the physical and spiritual relief has demanded of the members of
the Emergency Planning Council, we would much prefer to ask
Synod to release the Council from further duties. However, there
are certain phases of work among the displaced people and the
twelve million refugees in Europe which must still be carried on.

The members of our committee believe that they owe Synod the —

benefit of their experience in these fields during the past years,
All other work in Europe should be under the jurisdiction of the
Board for Missions in Europe. The Free Conferences should be
continued as heretofore under the auspices of the President of
Synod.

At the present time we are not requesting a resolution on
the part of Synod for a special collection for further relief funds.
We believe and hope that sufficient funds to take care of the most
crying needs for continued relief will continue in a spontaneous
flow of funds on the part of our Christians as they continue to
be aware of the great spiritual and physical blessings which God
has given unto us here in America over and above our fellow
human beings in other parts of the world.

L. J. Stecx, Chairman

Compiled by E. GzBaver L. Meyer, Executive Director

Establish a Permanent Planning Council
(Memorial 536)

Wuereas, The Emergency Planning Council, created between
synodical conventions, has continued to exist as extrasynodical
machinery; and oe

Wuereas, The Church of Christ is always in a state of emer-
gency and always needs the best planning that it can get; be it
therefore

Resolved, That the E. P.C. be abolished and that the President
of Synod be authorized to constitute and convoke a planning
council of synodical and auxiliary agencies which shall meet at
his call and shall report and be responsible to him.

‘ YorK-SEwarp REGIONAL CONFERENCE
SouTHern NesrasKa District
B. Hom, Secretary

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 859

ACTION
Regarding this report and Memorial 536, Committee 14 brought
in the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolution 9

Wuereas, The Emergency Planning Council has served the
Church faithfully in its manifold phases of work; therefore be it

Resolved, That we express our sincere thanks to all of the
members of the Council and to the various organizations, congre-
gations, and the countless individuals who have generously sup-
ported the Council in its vast program of spiritual and physical
relief.

Wuenreas, A certain phase of the work, namely, the resettlement
of displaced persons and the twelve million refugees in Europe
must still be carried on; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Emergency Planning Council be continued
for the purpose of carrying on work in these fields; and be it
further

Resolved, That the present Council be authorized to continue
to function, since the experience of its members will be of in-
estimable value; and be it further

Resolved, That all other European phases of the past work of
the Emergency Planning Council be placed under the jurisdiction
of the Board for European Affairs.

Heal
Forward European Relief Moneys to Free Churches
; (Memorial 1011)

Wuereas, The director of Hilfswerk, the charities division of
the unionistic EKiD (“Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland” —
Evangelical Church in Germany), has said: “We can say without
exaggeration that the Hilfswerk is the most churchly of all en-
deavors of the Church. As to its construction, make-up, and its
classification it is nothing else but Church. ... In no sense of the
word does it want to stand next to the Church and be something
by itself. For the future of the Hilfswerk it is of decisive im- -
portance that this fact is correctly understood. ... At all events
the purpose of the Hilfswerk is to bring about a development of
the Church into a brotherhood and to further this. brotherhood as
much as possible” (Cp. Wis. Synod. Theol. Quart., July, 1948,
p. 209); and

Wuenreas, Relief contributed by our people through the Emer-
gency Planning Council has hitherto been given to, and admin-
istered by, the Hilfswerk of the unionistic EKiD rather than to and
through our Free Church brethren; and