# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S482
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

482 FINANCIAL MATTERS

mum of about $8.54 per member is asked of the average:
to meet District and Synod’s missionary needs. That’s a
than half of what the average member gave last year, Sp
can do better than that!
We cheer the man who, tired of the pro and con -of:
concerning his congregation’s giving to missions, stood ups
meeting and cried out: “Mr. Chairman, I move that in’@
name we finally begin to move the world!”

Recommendations

1, We urge that all congregations of Synod seriously’ sf
newly launched Synod-wide stewardship program with tk :
mind of adopting it and adapting it to their own peculiar:n
circumstances. The program includes stewardship educatié
of life, missionary education, and growth in the grace of i
Kingdom purposes in the parish, the District, and Syng
organizational plan is closely tied in with that of Synod itsé

lication is read by as many of their members as possibl
Call will give our members the information they must hay
expect them to give more liberal support to missions
monthly publication costs only 75 cents per year. In bulk
only 50 cents per year if mailed to a single address.

3. To better inform our people about the mission wo
Church, the new mission movies on New Guinea, Niger
Guatemala, Mexico, etc., ought to be shown in the co
of Synod. More movies will be available soon. Use th

4. Many of our congregations have only one mission;
each year. We urge the observance of two mission festiij
in the first half, the other in the second half of the years
mission of the Church is missions, our people must be inte
and inspired. more frequently.

5. We recommend that our congregations strive tow
minimum goal of giving one dollar for missions to every
home purposes. Many of the major denominations in Ame
asking their people to give one dollar for missions to eve
used in the local parish. While we recognize that a minorii
congregations are already giving this amount and more, b
majority are giving much less. At the present time mo:
congregations .are giving only 10 to 12 per cent of the
income for missions, while a number are giving still les
much less. If our congregations would strive for the ni