# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S271
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 271

; smMENT: As far as our knowledge goes, this recommendation
n carried out through a special grant for the establishment
volving Church Extension Fund. This grant was made by
d of Directors from Peace Thankoffering and Centennial
‘koffering funds.

rz ‘hat consideration be given to the possibility of resettling
f the millions of refugees, still without home and without
1 employment and without adequate church ministrations, in
Vest Zone. Two possibilities present themselves:

To carry on this work in collaboration with the Lutheran
4° Federation and through co-operation with the proper gov-
ent. authorities in our own country (emigration).

io make moneys available for loans to individual families
they can purchase a plot of ground in new communities
e being established in the West Zone and to whom the
government and German banks will then loan additional
vhich will enable them to build a home and to re-establish
ves (settlements — Siedlungen). Such a settlement could
blished with a church and school bought by our Synod
fliated with the Free Church.

oth of these possibilities should be further explored under
dance of our Board for European Affairs.”

SOMMENT: Since Synod in its resolution at the Milwaukee
antion specifically excepted the work among refugees from
risdiction of our Board, this recommendation was none of
soncern. The Board which handled this matter will un-
y make its report to Synod.

‘That the theological seminary now located at Oberursel
sated. Presently it finds itself in a community where there
blished Free Church congregation and where an intimate
ce with congregational life is made very difficult for the
The cost of traveling to Frankfurt to attend services,
thing of other congregational meetings, in one of the two
hurch congregations located in that city, is prohibitive for
ity of the students and very time consuming.

be-city of Frankfurt is also without a university with a
al department, thus making it difficult for the theological
fat our seminary to supplement their studies with work
logical school of a recognized university, although such
egarded by our faculty at Oberursel as an important
ithe theological training of their students. This is a subject
lt the Board for European Affairs, together with the officers
pe Churches and the members of the faculty ‘at Oberursel,
e- immediate attention with a view toward an early
the school to Berlin (see par. E, point 3, below).”