# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S79
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES 79

sonal witnessing and in the public teaching program God’s doctrine
is communicated to the world. It must be our concern to communi-
cate as effectively and as correctly as possible. As we teach the
doctrine, we have the assurance of triumph. Dr. Behnken thanked
the essayist for his presentation.

Committee 16 — Nominations

The convention adopted the slates for the following boards:
European Affairs, Missions to the Blind, Missions to the Deaf,
and Parish Education.

Dr. Grumm
By a rising vote Dr. A. H. Grumm was unanimously elected
Honorary Vice-President.

Committee 11 — Finances

Before the Committee on Finances presented its report, the
President reminded the delegates of the following Handbook re-
quirements: (1) All appropriations demand a two-thirds affirma-
tive vote; (2) all expenditures authorized shall be subject to
appropriations of the Fiscal Conference.—The question of free
examination of, and discounts on, textbooks was referred to the
Board of Concordia Publishing House (TB 246, 1). Expressions
of thanks were extended as the reports of the following were
adopted: Board of Directors (TB 246, 2), the Synod’s Treasurer and
Fiscal Office (TB 247, 3), former Treasurer Dr. W. H. Schlueter
(TB 247, 4), the Board of Trustees of the Synod’s Trust Funds
(TB 248, 5). It was resolved to endorse a new, intensified mission
education program (TB 248, 6). After Resolution 7 had been
amended with the insertion into line 11 of the words “and effec-
tively executed,” the discussion on the resolution itself was broken
off. (TB 249, 7)

Elections

It was reported that the following had been elected to the Board
for Missions in Foreign Countries: Pastors Paul Mehl, L. M. Peter-
sen, Paul Martens, Victor Bartling, T. A. Weinhold, H. Earl Miller.
Laymen: Paul Bente, Charles Obermeyer, Paul Simon, Fred Kuhl-
mann, and Louis Dau.

Committee 4—- Parish Education

Congregations were encouraged to set up machinery for the
recruitment of full-time workers (TB 213, 3), to make full use of
the talents of parochial school teachers (TB 214, 5), and to make
use of released time and other weekday opportunities (TB 217, 9).
The convention took steps for the production of more school text-