# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1110
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ComMMENT:. Recommendati
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the extent that the brethren in Finland pes heen implemented to
commendation of the European een informed of the

Board for European Affairs joins. Tene Gommission, in which the

that is alw: i
mendatinn in ret nee P ossibility of reconsidering wie weve,
years 1955 and 1956," or Circumstances as they develop ‘in “the

its three pastors by death. The Rev. Vaino I. § has lost one of

Regarding Finland Conmnitios 2
resol , recommended, and Synod
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in the membership of our Lutheran me
State Church, mtn .mem
of the government make

a constant decrease
n Free Church of Finland; and
bership of the Finnish people in the
gnition of the Free Church on the part
the work of our brethren extremely

training is very difficult for us to solve; and Proper theological

WHER i
EAS, Our brethren in the National Evangelical Lutheran

r the next five Years®

mfiirch in our country are of Finnish background and conversant
the Finnish language; therefore be it

esolved, That we bring the situation in Finland, with its
dant problems, to the attention of our brethren in the National
«gelical Lutheran Church in our country, and ask them to

: keep jn touch with the Lutheran Free Church of Finland and to

become of real service to our brethren in that country; and be

it further
Resolved, That we support this work with our prayers and
necessary financial aid.
vill. Lutheran Council of Europe
“At the convention of Synod in the year 1950 the Board for
European Affairs was authorized ‘to create an advisory couricil or
councils in Europe, composed of clergy and lay members of sister
churches, whose duty it shall be to counsel with the Board for
European Affairs in all matters given under its care.’ The Board
for European Affairs instructed the Commission to discuss this
matter while meeting with the officials of the several Free Churches
in Europe. This was done. It was thought that the Free Church
of each country might elect one pastor and one layman as repre-
sentatives to represent the respective Free Church on such a coun-
cil and that this council, meeting once or twice a year at some
central point, possibly in Germany, could discuss the needs of the
Free Churches in the several countries and arrive at definite rec-
ommendations which could serve the Board for European Affairs as
a guide in determining the amount of support and other needs to
be supplied in any given country. Such a council would also serve
to make the Free Churches of Europe all the more an indigenous
Church. .
“Although the idea was received quite favorably by some, it
did not meet with a ready response on the part of many. We be-
lieve that this was due mostly to the unsettled political and eco-
nomic conditions prevailing in Europe at this time. It would, there-
fore, be unwise to urge the establishment of such a council at this
time. Your commissioners are of the opinion, however, that this
plan has great merits and should, therefore, be taken up again
after political and economic conditions of Europe -have become
more settled, at which time this plan might find more general sup-
port also in Europe. The Board for European Affairs is encouraged
to keep this in mind.”
ComMENT: The Board for European Affairs agrees with the
above recommendation and feels that at the present time no change

should be made.
ACTION

Regarding such a Lutheran Council of Europe, Committee 2
recommended, and Synod resolved: