# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S439
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 439

edge that thirty people are presently enrolled in the Mission De-
partment of our St. Louis Seminary in preparation for service in
the foreign fields of the church.

Resolution 32

Subject: Field Visitations

Wuereas, It is essential for the effective administration of our
church’s mission program to obtain firsthand information from, and
to consult with, the missionaries on the field as well as to explore
new fields, and to maintain the proper balance of evangelistic, edu-
cational, and service opportunities in our respective mission fields;
therefore be it

Resolved, That our mission executives be encouraged to make
visitations to the fields as often as is necessary.

Resolution 43
Subject: Closer Relationship Between Churches

Wnereas, The blessings of our Lord have permitted us either
to establish churches or enter into fellowship with existing church
groups in the far-flung areas of the globe; and

Wuereas, It is the policy of our church body to establish, if
possible, an indigenous church in the respective mission fields; and

Wuereas, These church groups in other countries would be
strengthened and encouraged by broader contacts with the mother
church; and

Wuereas, Such a close relationship would serve to strengthen
also the churches which are in fellowship with us; therefore be it

Resolved, (a) That the President of Synod be requested to
appoint a committee to study the possibility of establishing a closer
relationship with the churches which are in fellowship with The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; and be it further

Resolved, (b) That this committee report its findings in detail
at the next convention.

Report of Board of Missions for the Blind
(Report 414)

Your Board, created at the Chicago Convention in 1947, when
the Board for the Deaf and Blind was divided, has continued to
experience God’s blessings in an area of most unusual mission
activity. It is our privilege to bring Christ and His Gospel to
the visually handicapped, the near-blind, and the blind. We
bespeak your prayers and support and herewith submit our report
for the past triennium: