# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S443
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MISSIONS 443

Resolved, (a) That we thank our gracious Father in heaven
for His many blessings bestowed upon our fast-growing mission
for the blind; and be it further

Resolved, (b) That we encourage our Board of Missions for
the Blind to pursue vigorously its work of looking after the spiritual
needs of the visually handicapped through its many excellent pub-
lications.

Resolution 35
Subject: Mission Work Among the Blind

Wuereas, Synod has a duly elected and authorized Board for
Missions for the Blind to promote and administer its mission ac-
tivity among the visually handicapped of our nation; and

Wuereas, An organization known as The Lutheran Braille
Workers, Inc. — a corporation of Lutheran people especially in Cal-
ifornia which in past years has served the International Lutheran
Hour and otherwise has done extensive transcribing of Lutheran
literature (Sunday school materials, etc.) into Braille, and as
a Braille House has on occasion been engaged by our Board of
Missions for the Blind — is operating as an independent group; and

Wuereas, Repeated efforts on the part of the Board of Missions
for the Blind, the President of Synod, and other officials of the
church to co-ordinate the work of the Lutheran Braille Workers,
Inc., with that of the Board of Missions for the Blind have been
futile; and

Wuereas, A representative of the Board of Directors of the
Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc., appeared before Committee 2 and
also before a subcommittee of the same, with the result that the
desired co-operation and integration was still unattained; and

Wuereas, It is imperative that Synod’s work among the blind
be carried on in an orderly fashion without confusion, within and
without The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; be it therefore

Resolved, (a) That Synod’s Board of Missions for the Blind
initiate, maintain, and supervise all mission efforts among the blind
in the name of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; and be it
further

Resolved, (b) That the constituency of Synod be duly informed
that the organization known as Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc., is
not an official agency-of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
nor a part of the Board ‘of Missions for the Blind; and be it finally

Resolved, (c) That we urge the Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc.,
to consider seriously and prayerfully the advisability of integrating
its work program with that of Synod’s Board of Missions for the
Blind.