# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S758
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758 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

tongues shall gather around His throne and praise Him eternally
for having washed their sin-stained “robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb” (Rev. 7:14); therefore be it

Resolved, (a) That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
affirm its adherence to, and application of, the Scriptural principles
of fact concerning race relations and church work as adopted by
its representatives in conjunction with representatives of the sister
synods of the Synodical Conference, and as reported in the
Proceedings of the Forty-Second Convention of the Evangelical
Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America of August 12
to 15, 1952, to wit:

“1. God ‘will have all men to be saved and to come unto the
knowledge of the truth.” 1 Tim. 2:4.

“2. His plan of salvation embraces the world. ‘God so loved
the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.’
John 3:16. ‘He is the Propitiation for our sins; and not for ours
only, but also for the sins of the whole world.’ 1 John 2:2.

“3. God’s grace in Christ Jesus should be proclaimed to all
nations in accordance with the Savior’s Great Commission to His
church: ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every
creature. Mark16:15. ‘Ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in
Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth.’ Acts 1:8.

“4. In the execution of Christ’s command, viz., ‘to preach the
Gospel to every creature,’ no line of demarcation should be drawn
relative to nationality, race, or color, ‘for there is no respect of
persons with God.’ Rom. 2:11; Eph. 6:9; Col. 3:25; Acts 10:34.

“D. The holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, is the
recipient of Christ’s injunction to ‘teach the nations to observe all
things whatsoever He has commanded.’ Not only did Christ instruct
His church to ‘teach all nations,’ but also to ‘baptize them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.’
Matt. 28:19, 20.

“6. The church’s chief function and task is to spread the news
of Christ and His salvation to men, women, and children, irrespec-
tive of any national or race make-up, so that souls may be won
for, and retained with, Christ, in whom alone they ‘have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
of His grace.’ Eph. 1:7.”

And be it further

Resolved, (b) That in all problems which arise in connection
with the application and conduct of these above-mentioned prin-