# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S99
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CONVENTION MINUTES 99

a committee to consider the question of an annual Synodwide
financial appeal for Lutheran charity agencies (TB 257, 14), urged
that financial statements of such agencies be submitted directly to
their constituencies and placed on file with the Board of Directors
(TB 257, 15), declined to enter into a group insurance plan (TB
298, 16) and to set up an official fund-raising service (TB 373, 17).
The convention refused to consider a substitute motion on the
latter question. The assembly adopted Handbook revisions regard-
ing finances (TB 373, 18; TB 376, 22), created circuit cabinets to
assist the circuit counselors (TB 420, 24), urged all congregations
to set aside at least one third of their contributions for Synod and
the District (TB 420, 25) and to inform the District President no
later than February 1 of the amount which they are willing to
raise for this purpose during the current year (TB 422, 26), en-
couraged greater use of the convention filmstrip and recording
(TB 422, 27), adopted a projection of Synod’s program (Reports
and Memorials, pp. 484, 485) as a guideline for budgets for the next
six years (TB 445, 28), and directed that all expenditures author-
ized by this convention be subject to appropriations by the Fiscal

Conference (TB 486, 29). The committee was dismissed with
thanks.

Elections

The following were elected to the Committee on Nominations:
Pastors M. Zschoche, A. Burroughs, R. Jesse, W. Graumann,
P, Fiess, F. Geske, E. Kieninger; Teachers W. Hartkopf, H. Miller,
L. Schwich; Laymen C. Amling, O. Schmidt, H. Bacher, E. Heiden,
B. Jutzi. The chairman of the Elections Committee stated that
if anyone elected to office declines to serve, the person next in the

balloting will replace him. The committee was then dismissed
with thanks.

Committee 2— Missions

It was resolved to divide the Church Extension Department
into two divisions: Expansion and Investment. The words “to the
District Church Extension Funds in behalf of” were inserted into
lines 19 and 20 (TB 271, 38). After several technical amendments,
duly noted, extensive Handbook revisions on the Church Extension
Fund were made. (TB 457—461, 39—49, replacing TB 272—282)

Committee 6 — Constitutional Matters

The resolution concerning the report of the Synodical Survey
Commission was again placed before the body. After the previous
question had been moved, the motion to defer was defeated. The
word “under” was inserted by amendment (p. 310, lines 34 and 39,