# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1122
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452- MISSIONS

executive committee and special subcommi i

Board personnel became necessary when Rev. Benes ee fe the
to an office in the Central District; when Rev. Strieter weenie
a call to Venezuela, and when the Lord called Dr. Keinath “eed
eternal rest. Messrs. Holt and Voertman resigned from th n. Ris
under pressure of their business affairs. The Rev Walt ard
Raedeke, Prof. L. M. Petersen, Mr. Richard K. Fox Sr 1 A.
Paul 1 ummer became members of the Board. pe Bn Me.

€ have already alluded to an official trip of visitati
Rev. Herman H. Koppelmann, Assistant Executive Secretar na

he visited New Guinea, Australia, Indi

Macao, Formosa, the Philippines, Japan am Hong Kong,
In August, 1951, the office of the Board for Foreign Missi

was moved into the new synodical office building, where it ; on

the same floor with all the other mission offices of Synod Thi

makes it possible to have regular meetings with the other mission

executives, i
the ws wes and this has Proved very helpful for the conduct of

ern

MISSIONS 453

»yigorous mission outreach is of critical importance if the Church

jp to be kept alive, awake, throbbing with love and moving with
‘“gourage, to the honor of our God and the welfare of dearly bought

Ricuarp K. Fox, Sr.

souls. == _-R.G. Lance, Chairman
“ Pau. E. KuMMER

W. A. RAEvEKE, Secretary

Witit1am ARNDT Louris PRANGE

Pau Mex HERMAN H. KoprpeLMANN

L. M. Petersen Ass’t Executive Secretary
JOHN RUNGE O. H. Scamapr

Louis Dau Executive Secretary

ACTION
Concerning our Missions in Foreign Countries, Committee 2
recommended, and Synod resolved:

Resolution 38
SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF BOARD FOR MISSIONS
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Wuereas, This year of our Lord, 1953, marks the 60th anni-
versary of the appointment of the first Foreign Mission Board in

Wuereas, The Lord of the Church has graciously showered His
divine benedictions upon our several foreign missions since our
first missionary entered the field in India in 1894; be it therefore

Resolved, That we raise our hearts in gratitude and praise to
the Almighty for the limitless success He has bestowed upon our
Church in its program of far-reaching mission activity; and be it
further .

Resolved, That we take cognizance of this anniversary occa-
sion by rededicating ourselves to our glorious privilege and duty
of “going into all the world” and “preaching the Gospel to every
creature,” to the end that the Holy Spirit may continue to “add
daily unto the Church such as should be saved.”

With reference to Unprinted .Memorial No. 32, Committee 2
recommended, and Synod resolved:

Resolution 37

Wuereas, In an unprinted memorial entitled “Mission Work
in Foreign Countries” a caution is expressed against co-operation
in externals with church groups with whom the Missouri Synod
is not in fellowship lest it lead to co-operation in essential churc
work; be it therefore

Resolved, That our missionaries at home and abroad be cau-
tioned to exercise care so that the Scriptural principles of church
fellowship are observed.