# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1093
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Resolution 18

w EXTRATERRITORIAL, MISSIONS
_/HEREAS, By the grace of God fine Progress has been achieved

Resolution 19

w th PRAYERS FOR MISSIONARIES
HEREAS, The Lord of the Church invites us to pray for the

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our prayers; therefore be it 4S promised to hear and answer

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lesolved, That we encourage the continued prayers of our
in behalf of our missionaries and workers in the foreign

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esolved, That we encourage
The printing of such prayers in each issue of Portals of

5. The President of Synod to send out prayers to be used in
urches at given intervals (Epiphany, Pentecost, etc.) ;
Our pastors to remember these workers in the General

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tional and private prayers.

a Abolish Present Board of Missions for North and
South America and Set Up Two Separate Boards
(Memorial 403)
.* : Wuereas, The rapid expansion of missions in the United States
and Canada demands all the time and attention of a special mission
board; and
Wuerreas, The tremendous scope of Latin American missions
also requires all the attention and study that a special mission
board could devote to it; and ;
'  Wuereas, It seems to be poor stewardship of men, time, and
money to have a single mission board of thirteen men in charge
of, and sitting in the same sessions on, all missions in the Western
Hemisphere; and
Wuereas, Many difficulties faced by our Latin American
workers are at least partly due to lack of information between
‘the mission fields and the Mother Church, and hence also due to
lack of adequate funds; and
Wsereas, Latin American work is actually foreign mission
work in foreign languages and. countries; and
Wuereas, Synod requires that the fields of China and India
be represented on the Board for Foreign Missions by at least one
man with experience in each field; and
Wuereas, The present Board of Missions in North and South
America has no representative whatever with personal experience
in the Latin American field; we therefore

Request Synod
1. To abolish the Board of Missions in North and South Amer-

ica in its present form;