# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S76
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

76 CONVENTION MINUTES

Committee 12 — Public Relations

Resolutions were adopted gratefully declining to make the fish
the symbol of our church (TB 223, 6) and commending KFUO for
its expanding services to the church (TB 223, 7). The chairman
stated that this concluded the committee’s report.

Committee 2— Missions

A resolution was presented (TB 242, 35) proposing that here-
after the Board for Missions in North and South America be ap-
pointed by the President rather than elected. The convention
decided to defer action until it had received the report of the
committee which is studying the proposed changes in nomination
and election procedures. Another resolution (TB 173, 27), with

reference to the work in England, was read but discussion
poned.

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Public Statement on Education

The statement prepared by Committee 4 setting forth our

Synod’s position with respect to public and parochial education
was adopted.

Presentation

On behalf of the Hawaiian Lutherans, Pastor Winfred Schroe-
der presented a plaque to Dr. Behnken as President of Synod.

Election

It was reported that the following had been elected to the
Board of Directors at this point: Pastor E. T. Bernthal and Messrs.

Henry Buck, John Boehne, Jay Pfotenhauer, William Fenske,
Walter Koch.

Committee 4— Parish Education

The convention took up a resolution (TB 211, 1) designed to
promote parochial schools more vigorously through District Boards
of Education and Mission Boards. A lengthy amendment with
reference to the advisability of new congregations’ establishing
schools failed to carry. By means of another amendment, “b, 1,”
which requested District Boards of Education to make the identifi-
cation of congregations that could have schools a regular part of
their work, was eliminated. The resolution was then adopted as
amended. Resolution 2, which dealt with various means of im-
proving our schools, was presented. By amendments the word
“continuous” was substituted for “periodic” (line 32) and the
word “their” inserted after the word “and” in lines 27 and 31. The
resolution was then adopted as amended. (TB 212, 2)

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