# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S671
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

FINANCIAL MATTERS 671

held at regular intervals to co-ordinate the activities of the various
agencies and to lay plans for the effective and efficient conduct of
our mutual task.

Special attention has been paid to the co-ordination of financial
appeals in behalf of the various agencies and to the systematization
of the support of the various works of Christian mercy and special-
ized Christian education conducted within our circles.

The Council of Lutheran Agencies is particularly grateful for
the very substantial help given a number of its members through
the “Building for Christ” crusade. In this far-reaching undertak-
ing for the Savior, Synod itself has put the whole weight of its
assistance behind the work of Valparaiso University, Bethesda Lu-
theran Home, the Lutheran Deaconess Association, and Mill Neck
Manor Lutheran School for the Deaf. The Council expresses its
deep appreciation to Synod for inaugurating this history-making
step, and to all pastors, teachers, and lay workers whose consecrated
service helped make “Building for Christ,” under the Savior’s
blessing, a God-pleasing success.

The Council of Lutheran Agencies voices its sincere thanks
to our congregations for the help they have given its members, and
pleads that our churches will continue to support the God-pleasing
work carried on by the “auxiliary agencies” represented within
the Council of Lutheran Agencies.

Tue Councit oF LUTHERAN AGENCIES
Pau Friepricu, Chairman
Ciarence F. Goiiscu, Vice-President
TueoporE F. Wirrrock, Secretary-Treasurer

Resolution of the Council of Lutheran Agencies
Regarding the “Building for Christ” Crusade
(Memorial 1020)

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod has in the
past triennium established and carried out the “Building for Christ”
crusade; and

Wuereas, Through this history-making step Synod has brought ,

the full support of our church itself behind the educational and
charitable agencies within Synod; and

Wuersas, The “Building for Christ” campaign has also brought
widespread benefits of publicity and public relations to the partici-
pating agencies: Valparaiso University, Bethesda Lutheran Home,