# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S380
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

380 MISSIONS

Resolved, That our Secretary of Evangelism inform the respec.
tive directors of evangelism of other synods as to the areas where
such missions are contemplated by our Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That we humbly request the respective directors
of other synods to keep us informed of Proposed missions to be
conducted by their departments.

Finances

When properly organized and directed, these missions are more
than self-sustaining. Evening offerings for the promotion of evan-
gelism are accepted each night and are pooled with the rally offer-
ing. Out of this common treasury all legitimate expenses are
defrayed. The surplus, if any, is forwarded to Synod’s Home Mis-
sion Department for the Promotion of evangelism in The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod.

Action Requested

Because the area evangelism mission has demonstrated its
effectiveness wherever it has been energetically and prayerfully
carried out, and because requests for such area missions are
reaching the evangelism department in increasing number, we
humbly request the Synodical Convention officially to endorse this
program and to provide the necessary help to implement it. Since
evangelism is primarily a lay movement, consecrated laymen could
be used to expand the present staff. The employment of additional

personnel could be defrayed from the surpluses from area missions.

The Lenten Sharing-Christ Plan
“Resolved, That we recommend the Lenten Sharing-Christ
Plan as developed by the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau,
for implementation in our Districts under the direction of the
Mission Board and the District evangelism contact men.”
This was the unanimous resolution adopted at the Evangelism
Workshop for District contact men in May 1955,

Objectives of the Plan
The objective of the Lenten Sharing-Christ Plan is to share
Christ with others by concentrating on these four groups of people:
1. Inactive church members.
2. Unchurched Sunday school parents,
3. Unchurched confirmation-class parents.
4. Prospective members.

A strong feature of the Sharing-Christ Plan is that it puts

the entire congregation to work in a visitation program. Members
of each family make visits or are visited by others.

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