# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S797
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES 795

aged to use the available programs for training counselors of
youth groups (TB:132,5).

Time having been extended by 15 minutes, Synod adopted the
recommendations proposed by Committee 1 governing the financing
of capital investments, and calling upon the Board for Higher
Education to prepare long-range plans of the needs of Synod’s
educational institutions and to present a firm estimate of the
annual budget appropriations for capital investment. Long-range
planning should provide for such increase in physical facilities as
will parallel the anticipated growth in Synod’s membership. By an
amendment to the resolution, page 179, c, Synod recommended to
the Fiscal Conference the appropriations for capital investment
listed there and received estimates for possible approval in the
triennium 1960—1962. The annual Fiscal Conferences were in-

. structed to give due consideration to the consequences of any
significant reduction in the short-range plans for capital investment
approved by synodical conventions (TB:177—179, 27).

On recommendation of Committee 11 the request of Memorial
802 was considered adequately answered in the financial accounts
appearing in the Lutheran Witness and Der Lutheraner. Additional
information is to be sought from the Treasurer of Synod. Synod
expressed appreciation of the work of the staff of the Fiscal Office
(TB:166, 2). Expressing gratitude to the directors and regional
representatives of the “Venture of Faith,” Synod adopted the
resolutions suggested in Overture 807 (Reports and Memorials,
pp. 471—481) and urged all pertinent committees enthusiastically
to carry them out (TB:166—167,3). Synod resolved to have the
delegates of this convention appeal to all congregations to make
regular monthly remittances during the year. Congregations which
have not remitted one half of their commitments by July 15 are
to receive special attention from the pertinent officers. District
Stewardship Committees shall report regularly on the progress
made in congregations which have not remitted their proportionate
share of the 1956 budget to Synod’s Stewardship Department, so
that the proper budgetary adjustments can be made (TB:167, 4).

In the course of the afternoon, greetings were extended to
Dr. Karl Kurth and Dr. Schweppe, who reported briefly on the
work of the Synodical Conference in Nigeria, where out of
a population of 30 million, 29 million still linger in darkness.
He also conveyed the greetings of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Nigeria.

The representative of the American Bible Society pointed out
that the Bible Society has made the Bible or parts of the Bible