# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S791
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

752 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

Resolved, That General Synod, in convention assembled, does
hereby note the existence of Good Shepherd Home, prays for
God’s continuing blessing on it, and recommends its services for
consideration by those in need of them.

Race Relations as Such
(Memorial 407)

Wuereas, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, when properly taught
and faithfully accepted, unites people in the body of Christ, the
communion of saints; and

Wuereas, This unity has its expression in all phases of the
life of the church; and

Wuereas, The temper of our times is toward the desegregation
of the racial groups in our land, to the end that members of all
groups may freely enjoy the blessings of our institutions, not indeed
as groups but as individual citizens; and

Wuerras, In every phase of our national life it is necessary to
demonstrate to the peoples of the world that we are sincere in our
desire that all people may have equal opportunity for justice and
economic and political stability; and

Wuereas, The church is not unconcerned for the well-being
of the nation and society in general; and

Wuereas, The church today, as perhaps never before, has
opportunity to bring its message of salvation through Christ to
all people, and the people look for evidences of our sincerity in
the outward expression of the unity of faith that we profess, in
the togetherness that we practice, sometimes contrary to the ways
of the society in which we move; and

Whereas, The church not only can, but has the God-given
responsibility to, establish a pattern of living which symbolizes
unity in a world of hatred, sinful pride, and disunity; and

Wuereas, The Holy Scriptures are replete with forthright
statements acknowledging all men the sons of Adam, members of
the same human family, equal both in sin and in the love of God
in Christ Jesus, to be united in His mystical body, which is the
church, to enjoy the fellowship of the saints in the local con-
gregation; and

Wuereas, The Holy Scriptures make it the duty of members
of the church to seek the welfare of all men, not only by giving
to the needy but also by working toward the establishment of
such a pattern of living for all people as they (members) would
like to have for themselves, in education, in work, in housing,