# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S165
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MISSIONS 165

Accepting the India Evangelical Lutheran Church
as a Sister Church

RESOLUTION 19, COMMITTEE 2
Memorial 414, page 401, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The India Evangelical Lutheran Church, formed on
January 8 and 9, 1958, desires to maintain church fellowship with
The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, and other bodies with
which that Synod is in fellowship; and

Wuereas, The India Evangelical Lutheran Church accepts the
sacred Scripture and Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church as the true exposition of the Word of God; and

Wuereas, The objectives of the India Evangelical Lutheran
Church are those of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod;
therefore be it

Resolved:

a) That we join the India Evangelical Lutheran Church in
giving thanks to God for the blessings He has bestowed upon it;

b) That we recognize the India Evangelical Lutheran Church
as a sister church;

c) That we pledge it our assistance in men and money, as cir-
cumstances permit, so that the cause of the Kingdom may be
furthered with the confidence that, under the continuing blessings
of God, the India Evangelical Lutheran Church might soon become
self-sustaining; and

d) That the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries is to
serve as administrative liaison between the India Evangelical Lu-
theran Church and The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Establishing a Third Executive Position
in the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries

RESOLUTION 20, COMMITTEE 2
Memorial 405, page 363, Reports and Memorials

WuerEas, Synod allowed a second executive for our mission
work in Asia and the South Pacific already in 1940, when we had
only 63 missionaries in two countries; and

Wuereas, The work has now expanded to include seven fields
and the services of 148 missionaries; and

Wuereas, The Lord is also blessing our efforts to establish in-

digenous churches, which then call for special consideration; there-
fore be it