# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S314
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

814 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

same boards, commissions, and committees by their r,
executive secretaries or officers, when men are to be
appointed as assistants or associates in their respective
offices. ;
The respective boards may set up desirable standards
petence, experience, and training and may secure the na
possible nominees by all legitimate means, but they shall.
appoint from the persons thus recommended or approy
Synod’s President.

The Committee on Constitutional Matters shall adjx
pertinent regulations of Synod to conform to this provision:

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[511]
Resolution re “Auxiliary Agencies” Within
Wuereas, For certain understandable reasons many cong,
tions have denied themselves the privilege of giving adequ
port to the various “auxiliary agencies” in Synod; and *
Wuerras, Our experience clearly indicates that congrej
show greater interest and financial support when thea
present a unified budget and a co-ordinated appeal for suppor
Wuereas, We have learned that congregations respond
readily and liberally when they have the assurance that
grams and the budgets of the agencies have been appr
a responsible and capable review board; and
Wuereas, We are of the opinion that congregations:
right to request all agencies which appeal to them for
support to channel their appeals through their designate
sentatives; be it therefore
Resolved, That Synod, assembled in Houston, Tex.,
1. Instruct the Council of Lutheran Agencies (should th
cil be approved) to urge upon its members the co-ord
their appeals and budgets as soon as possible.
2. Instruct its Board of Directors to be responsible for
review and approval of the programs and budgets of the
agencies,” which review is to be completed before any oR
said agencies solicit the congregations not located in their s¥¥
District for financial support. :
3. Instruct the Council of Lutheran Agencies (should th
cil be approved), or its individual members, to respect th
of the congregations of any District concerning the me
time of solicitation for support.

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