# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S102
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

102 CONVENTION MINUTES

Committee 4— Parish Education

The convention declined Memorial 635, which had requested
a change in the statement on interfaith marriages (TB 220, 12).
It declined Memorial 634 in respect to the book Engagement and
Marriage but urged further study of this book (TB 287, 20), after
a motion to postpone action had been defeated 148 to 279 and after
an amendment had cairied, striking from lines 17 and 18, p. 288,
the words “with a view to clarifying and unifying our teaching
and practice.” Resolutions were adopted to strengthen the family
life (TB 401, 21), to encourage children’s church attendance (TB
401, 22), to suggest more frequent church services (TB 402, 23
with the words “sacramental attendance” inserted after “worship”
on line 32, p. 402), and to recommend planned parish programs
(TB 403, 24). A resolution to appoint a full-time editor of week-
day materials was defeated (TB 404, 25). By a close standing vote
of 198 to 171, congregations were urged to analyze their educa-
tional programs and where needed to establish the office of director
of Christian education. A motion from the floor, which carried,
requested our present staff to provide weekday materials.

Committee 6 — Constitutional Matters

The convention decided hereafter to permit properly secured
loans from the Pension Fund Reserve to incorporated member
congregations of the Synod (TB 416, 32). New Handbook regula-
tions were adopted governing the Board for Parish Education (TB
150, 19), changing the name to “Board of Parish Education”
(TB 151, 20), recognizing The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
Foundation (TB 195, 24), providing for the earlier appointment
of convention-arrangement committees (TB 331, 27), as well as
regulations governing the Board of Appeals (TB 331, 28), the elec-
tors for the South American educational institutions (TB 333, 29),
and the election of District officers (TB 334, 30, carried by more
than the required two-thirds vote). In Resolution 24 (TB 195)
the standing Committee on Constitutional Matters was authorized
to add whatever additional statements might be required in the
Handbook in order to bring it up to date (also TB 489, 37). The
convention held that the minority reports on the Synodical Survey
Commission had been sufficiently treated in Resolution 31 (TB
469, 36). Thanks were extended to various committees (TB 468, 35).
Committee 6 also offered a proposal that all reports and memorials
be presented fourteen weeks in advance instead of ten, and that
the book of Reports and Memorials be made available eight weeks
in advance of the convention instead of four. This was adopted.
The committee was then dismissed with thanks.

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