# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S265
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 265

percentage of France’s population has no living religious
atever. It can, therefore, readily be understood that our
ians in France are deeply concerned about the spir-
are of their fellow countrymen. As in other European
; so also here the mere outward relationship of the people
‘Roman Catholic Church presents special problems for
work.

wr Church cannot be incorporated as a Church and has
g before the law. It is regarded as a sect. The Welfare
was formed, as first-century Christians organized burial
gain some status before the law.

e antagonism of the French against the Germans prob-
Iso turned the native French against the work of the
h, so much of which in the past was, by force of cir-
s, bilingual.

‘The location of our church in Paris, hidden away from
Yiew within a large business and apartment building, and
ed and time-consuming efforts of the pastor have con-
srevent any kind of an encouraging growth in this city
ns, many of whom are unchurched.

e problem of providing French native pastors who have
erly trained theologically is most formidable.

Recommendations.

‘That competent representatives of the Free Church in
ariake renewed efforts to secure government recognition and
egistration as a Free Church.”

tr: The first recommendation of the Survey Commission
8 yet been carried out, but efforts toward this end are
de’and there may well be some tangible evidence of
the time Synod is assembled in convention at Houston.

at the main and advertised services of the Evangelical
ee Church of France in Paris and Rouen be conducted
If services in German are still needed, they should
mpletely separated from the main services.”

tT: Recommendation No. 2 has been carried out. There
present time no German services conducted in Paris;
e few German services which are being conducted are
votions in the homes of the German-speaking members;
ew.instances where German services are stil] conducted
eh they are conducted at hours totally separated from

rvice.

that the congregation in Paris consider the advisability of
’ is left of their equity in the present property and of
in a community where some large new housing project

a