# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S738
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

738 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

2. Recommend to ail synodical Districts the establishment of
District welfare committees or boards, which shall advise the con-
gregations of the respective Districts as to the needs of welfare
agencies of the church, suggest ways and means of supporting
them, and in general, aid the congregations and the welfare com-
mittees of the congregations in the task of wisely and equitably
ministering to the necessities of fellow Christians and others who
may be in need of charity;

3. Direct the Department of Social Welfare to assist synodical
Districts and individual congregations in establishing such welfare
committees, aiding in defining their functions in detail, and, in
general, counseling them in all matters pertaining to the adminis-
tration of welfare activities whenever called upon to do so;

4. Direct the Department of Social Welfare to prepare manuals
for the use and guidance of District welfare committees and con-
gregational welfare committees, to publish them after being
approved by the Board of Directors, and to distribute them to
our Districts and congregations without charge.

Report of the Concordia Historical Institute
(Report 1010)

For almost 30 years the Concordia Historical Institute under
the guidance and benediction of the heavenly Father, with the
kind support of Synod and its many friends, has been able to
carry out its single purpose to tell the story of God’s footprints
in the sands of time. Its goal is not only to record the major
events in the life and activities of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, but also to make this material available for posterity and
to assist in developing more conscious Lutherans who are aware
of their past heritage.

Organized on March 31, 1927, the Institute has at all times
been blessed with a conscientious and alert leadership.

Purposes
A. To cultivate a more general interest in the history of the
Lutheran Church of America, particularly of The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod;
B. To stimulate historical research and to publish its results;
C. To collect and preserve articles of historical value;

D. To serve as the official historical depository of The Lu-

theran Church — Missouri Synod.

Assiduously we have applied ourselves to these purposes.
We have been operating on the premise that a well-informed

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