# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S657
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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FINANCIAL MATTERS

Report of the Department of Stewardship
Missionary Education, and Promotion
(Report 807)

This department is the creation of the 1950 Convention of
Synod. The head of this department was officially appointed in

1950. In 1952 Rev. Waldo Werning was appointed Assistant Stew-

ardship Counselor by the Board of Directors of Synod. Rev. R. C.

_Muhly was appointed by the Board of Directors in the late spring
_ of 1955.

The functions of the department are threefold:

1. To promote a sustained program of Christian stewardship
covering the total life of our members, particularly as these lives
fit into the God-given purposes for Christian congregations and

their mutual endeavors for Christ through District and Synod.

2. To promote a year-round program of missionary education
and information, keeping constantly before our congregations and
their members the Kingdom program they are carrying on through
Synod.

3. To promote evangelical ways and means of gathering suffi-
cient offerings from our people to supply the growing needs of
our church’s expanding program.

The Six Basic Goals of the Over-All Program

1. The more complete dedication of the lives of our members
to the Lord Jesus Christ and the cause of His kingdom.

2. Education in the principles and practices of Christian stew-
ardship as they apply particularly to their membership in a Chris-
tian congregation and its outreach through Synod.

3. A fuller understanding and appreciation on the part of our
members of the purposes for which God establishes congregations
as well as the privileges and responsibilities of church membership.

4, The development of adequate congregational programs which
enlist the talents of our members in achieving the God-given pur-
poses of a Christian congregation.

5. Fostering the spirit of missions among our people through
an ongoing program of missionary education and information.

6. Promoting the grace of proportionate giving among. our
members so that a truly God-pleasing percentage of their income
is given to the Lord for His cause at home and abroad.

Development of the Program

While the leadership for the development of the program is
the responsibility of the department’s staff, the program itself is