# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1334
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

866 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

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Wuereas, Congregations have sent the drawings of their
building plans to one or the other member of the Committee on
Church Architecture; and

Wuereas, Such drawings are checked in regard to design,
structural safety, and safety codes, and often require much revision;
therefore be it

Resolved, That congregations of Synod using the facilites of
the Committee on Church Architecture send only their preliminary
drawings and not finished working drawings.

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Wuereas, Synod’s Committee on Church Architecture is com-
posed of a number of architects who find it difficult to attend
meetings at unusual times; and

Wuereas, Prior to the war, this Committee met at the time
of the Delegate Synod conventions, which practice was discontinued
during the war years; therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod recommend to the Committee on Church
Architecture to resume the practice of holding its meetings at the
time of the Delegate Synod convention.

Valparaiso University

Since our Lutheran University has now been under the
management of members of our Synod for twenty-five years,
Committee 14 submitted the following resolution:

Resolution 15

Wuereas, Twenty-five years ago this summer a group of
Lutheran men purchased historic Valparaiso University to further
the ideals of Christ-centered lay education; and

Wuereas, The Lord of the Church has blessed the labors of
these men and their many successors, so that today Valparaiso
University is recognized for its sound academic achievements as
well as its Christian spirit of learning; therefore be it

Resolved, That we heartily thank God for His manifest
blessings and that we continue to pray for His continuance of
the same to Valparaiso University in this its silver anniversary
year and in all the years that lie ahead.

ACTION
This resolution was adopted.

: the following resolution:

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 867

State of the World

Taking cognizance of disturbing world conditions, the con-
ention, acting upon the recommendation of Committee 14, adopted

Resolution 16
We, the delegates of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,

_ assembled in convention at Milwaukee, Wis., offer the following

statement of our deepest feelings and convictions amid the tense
crisis now developing in the world:

1. We sincerely repent of our sins and shortcomings. We ac-
knowledge our failure to do the will of God as we ought; our
diffidence in bringing the Gospel to the nations who do not yet

a know our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom alone is peace of
1 heart and mind; our coldness in neglecting to witness to the warmth

and power of the Gospel through our lives; our selfish attachment
to the things that are seen and the things that perish; our failure,
and often our refusal, to use God’s gifts as good stewards of the

_ grace of God. We confess our share in responsibility for the heavy

hand of God’s judgment now resting on the perplexed and dis-
tressed peoples of the world.

2. We trust in Jesus Christ, who died that men might live.
We are sure that our God is a merciful God as we know Him in
Jesus Christ and believe that even now He will forgive -our
negligence and avert the looming disaster overshadowing the
world,

3. We pray for peace. We ask God to grant harmony to the
disunited and oppressed peoples of the earth. We implore Him to
make it possible for all nations to solve their differences without
resort to armed conflict.

4. We appeal to the leaders of all countries to consider while
there is time the bitter fruits of war and to weigh every decision
with deliberation during these ominous days.

5. We pledge ourselves to stand shoulder to shoulder with
our fellow Americans that the voice of our nation and, if neces-
sary, its arms may be raised for what is right in the sight of God
and good for the peace of the world.

6. To that end we resolve to dedicate ourselves to earnest,
fervent prayer, and therefore call at this time upon the honorable
President of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to lead the

_ convention in its petitions to the Throne of Grace for our country

and the peace of the world. -

In the following prayer, which is to be made available to all
congregations, Dr. Behnken led the convention: