# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S391
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 391

necessary buildings to get the school under way. The Board
requests that the Board of Directors be empowered to authorize
the Mission Board to proceed with the necessary construction work
at the new schools. The costs are presently estimated at $500,000.00.

Board For Missions In Nort anp SourH AMERICA
Wo. H. Hiimer, Executive Secretary

H. A. Ort, Secretary for Latin-American Missions
O. A. Warcn, Secretary for Evangelism

ACTION
(Referring also to Reports 115 and 116)
Upon recommendation of Committee 2, Synod took action as
follows:
Resolution 36

Subject: Brazil — Reorganization of Training Program

Wuereas, The present shortage of manpower in both churches
and schools is critical; and

Wuereas, The growing mission possibilities of the field cannot
be exploited properly; and

Wuereas, The future internal growth over the next ten years,
computed on the basis of the record of growth, 1945—1955, indicates
approximately a doubling of our membership in Brazil, for which
additional members no additional pastors are available; and

Wuereas, The expansion potentials, especially in central, west,
and north Brazil, in which we have already claimed key places,
cannot be exploited without a very great increase in the number
of pastors; and

Wuereas, Our Christian day schools are possibly in even
greater need because of the acute shortage of trained teachers (for
8,400 pupils in about 148 schools only 36 synodically trained teach-
ers, and 131 lay teachers, only a very few of whom have state
accreditation, are available); and

Wuereas, Forty-five of our already overworked pastors must
continue to teach in the schools; and

Wuereas, The future development and expansion of our school
system waits upon the prepartion of many more Christian day
school teachers; and ,

WuereAs, The Houston convention recognized this need and
authorized the further study and implementation of a plan of reor-
ganization of the theological and teacher-training program in the
Brazil District; therefore be it