# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S166
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

166 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 2

Resolved, That Synod allow the creation of a third executive
position under the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries; and
be it further

Resolved, That the executive of this Board has prime respon-
sibility in carrying forward the whole work of missions in foreign
countries and that the other secretaries be termed field secretaries
with more direct responsibility, under the executive, in the ad-
ministration of their work and serving as liaison with specific
geographic areas determined by the Board for Missions in Foreign
Countries; and be it finally

Resolved, That this resolution be put into effect by the Board
for Missions in Foreign Countries with the concurrence of the
Board of Directors.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Entering the Middle East
RESOLUTION 21, COMMITTEE 2

Memorials 415, 416, 417, 418, pages 405—407, Reports and Memorials
Unprinted Memorials 420, 421, and 422

Wuereas, In a certain section of the world hardly touched by
Lutheranism the Lord has just at this time, through The Lutheran
Hour, opened another door to our church; and

Wuereas, The experiences of the past eight years indicate that
there is a challenging mission opportunity in this area; and

Wuereas, In the Middle East we shall be able to widen our ap-
proach to the Muslim; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries,
with the approval of Synod’s Board of Directors, enter the Middle
East as a new mission field.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Missions to the Moslems

RESOLUTION 22, COMMITTEE 2
Memorial 419, page 407, Reports and Memorials
Wnereas, Our church in the Philippines has expressed concern
for the more than 900,000 Moslems in that country; and

Wuereas, Experience has shown that mission work among the
Moslems can be conducted most effectively in conjunction with
an established church; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Missions in Foreign Countries