# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S672
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682 ' FINANCIAL MATTERS

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church i
, : — Misso
the Advance Scholarship Fund a budgetary item of Synod itselg
' ms memorial was authorized by the North Wisconsin Dist;
rare ve an Church — Missouri Synod on June 26 1952. at
, Wis. ,
Tue Nort Wisconsin Distrricp
Ronarp W. Goetscx, Secretary

The same proposal was d ichi
(Memorial 19), made by the Michigan District
ACTION ,

Committee 11 recommended, and Synod resolved:

Resolution 10
hut eas, The convention on Thursday, June 18, adopted Reso
ution 9 of Committee 1 (“Today’s Business,” pages 31 and 32); and
Wnereas, It is the opinion of Committee 11 that Memorials

818 and 819, assigned ; : ,
fore be it Sned' to it, deal with the same subject; there-

Resolved, That the convention d
5 leclare Memorials 818 and
as disposed of by the action of the convention referred to aboue

Grants for Lutheran High Schools
(Memorial 820)
; WHEREAS, In our secularistic world Lutheran high schools have
ecome mcreasingly necessary as a means of preserving our youth
in aith through the doubts and temptations of adolescence, and
of training them in Christian service; and
Wuereas, Experience of our existin; i |
r g Lutheran high schools h
shown how richly God has blessed such schools, their students
and our whole Church through them; and *
Wuergeas, Communities exist in our Ch i
EAS, urch which are exceed-
ingly desirous of establishing a Lutheran high school for the

Resolved

1) that Synod set aside $1,000,000 of “Conquest for Christ”

funds toward an active i
program of assistance to communiti i
desire to establish new Lutheran high schools; wes which

2) that the standing offer be made to match from this fund

uri Synod make

FINANCIAL MATTERS ” 683

3) that the matching funds be given by Synod for such purpose
an outright grant, not a loan;

4) that the Board for Parish Education be asked to study this
fatter and, in consultation with the principals of our existing
§ stheran high schools, establish all other terms under which such
ants shall be available, which terms shall be published through-

5) that no single grant shall exceed $100,000, in order that
minimum of ten new high schools may be established with
ich aid;

6) that this offer shall stand for a period of twelve years, or
until the funds have been completely disbursed.
Sr. Paut’s Ev. Luraeran Cuurcn
New Orteans, La.
M. J. Hetitmers, President
M. A. WEcENER, Secretary

Identical Memorials by: Fi
First Enciisn LurHeran CHurcH

New OrteEans, La.
Joun E. Lav, Secretary

RevEEMER Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH |
New Orteans, La.
JoHN BorHMann, President
Won. J. Kinster, Secretary

ACTION ‘
Committee 11 recommended and Synod resolved:

Resolution 11
Wuergas, One of the basic assumptions of Memorial 820 (that
one million dollars of the “Conquest for Christ” funds is available
for the purpose indicated) is hardly valid; and
Wuereas, The past policy of Synod has been to leave the
financing of nonsynodical schools to local congregations and organ-
_ izations; and
Wuereas, The principal financial problems of Lutheran high
schools revolve not around the initial construction, but rather
around the operation and maintenance of the plant and the educa-
tional program; and
Wueneas, Financial support of the type suggested might easily
lead to the formation of Lutheran high schools before reasonable
certainty of adequate financial backing has been established; and