# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S771
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CONVENTION MINUTES

771

4;, Church Extension Board: the Rev. Messrs. A. W. Born, 298
otes, H. Zehnder, 282 votes; Teachers G. Bode, 281 votes, F. Lietz,
votes; Messrs. Leo Kuhlman, 235 votes, H. W. Krieger,
226 votes.

—. Board of Missions to the Deaf: the Rev. Messrs. Ernst R.
BDrews, 296 votes, W. A. Buege, 294 votes, E. Schroeder, 281 votes;
'Messrs. J. P. Miller, 311 votes, C. F. Kruse, 281 votes.

; Adjournment with the votum.

Session 8
June 22, P.M.

The eighth session was opened with devotional exercises con-
: ducted by the Rev. C. F. Kellermann, President of the Florida-
E- Georgia District. The minutes were read and adopted with the
F substitution of the word “offering” for “collection” with reference
: to the “Conquest for Christ.”

4 Synod commended Concordia Publishing House, its Board of
' Directors, its manager, and staff for outstanding service. Under
proper authorization of the Board of Directors CPH was encour-
aged to improve its office facilities. The General Literature Board
is to continue planning for additional volumes of the Commentary
of the Bible and for a translation of Luther’s Works. Acknowl-
edging the faithful service of the Young People’s Literature Board,
the convention urged Synod’s members to choose their reading
matter cautiously. Reviews of worth-while books are to be cir-
culated, and suitable manuscripts are to be solicited. Decreased
teaching loads and leaves of absence were recommended for men
to whom the preparation of necessary theological materials has
been assigned, substitute teachers to be provided with the financial
aid of Concordia Publishing House.

Synod authorized the publication of a Journal of Practical
Church Work to be edited by an editor assisted by a six-man
editorial committee from the Departments of Missions, Steward-
ship, and Education. The editor is to be appointed by the Praesi-
dium. The magazine is to be distributed gratis to pastors, called
teachers, and congregational chairmen of the committees in ques-
tion. The cost is to be distributed over the budgets of the three
departments.

Synod recommended that congregations and salary-paying
boards subscribe to Concordia Theological Monthly or Lutheran
Education for pastors, missionaries, and teachers. The Synodical
Centennial Committee was commended for its faithful work and
instructed to publish an index to Pieper’s Christian Dogmatics.

Synod adopted the resolution on Bible translations, declined