# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S174
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

174 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 2

pansion rates, both long-range and immediate, for the inaugura-
tion of new projects, making available financial assistance as
needed;

e. supply every District with the information needed to eval-
uate the projects it proposes to undertake, taking into considera-
tion available manpower, available financial resources, and
a comparison with other opportunities in North America;

f. communicate all information regarding immediate and fu-
ture expansion needs to the Church Extension Department so that
this department will be in a position to make available the Church
Extension funds needed;

g. arrange mission conferences of representatives of the Mis-
sion and Church Extension boards of the Synod, of the Districts,
and of the mission fields for the purpose of discussing problems,
opportunities, and mission procedure;

h. determine the general policies and practices which guide,
direct, and govern the church’s work in the mission fields of the
Western Hemisphere, and provide the guidance and help neces-
sary to achieve the church’s objective in these areas;

i. furnish mission personnel as available and needed for the
mission fields under its immediate administration, assigning them
to the fields and stations in which they shall work;

j. make necessary provisions for the specific missionary train-

ing and orientation of mission personnel;

k. begin work in new extraterritorial mission fields by synod-
ical resolution or with the approval of the Board of Directors and
the College of Presidents;

1. annually submit a budget to the Board of Directors of the
Synod for recommendation and referral to the Fiscal Conference.

1I. The District Mission Boards

Every synodical District shall elect, or otherwise provide,
a District Mission Board whose functions within the District shall
express the functions outlined for the Board for Missions in North
and South America. In carrying out these functions every Dis-
trict Mission Board shall:

a. keep itself informed concerning all mission developments
and opportunities within its District;

b. investigate and utilize new and established techniques and
procedures which will expedite its work and help to realize the
mission potential of its District;

c. regard the mission performance of all congregations in the
District as a responsibility toward which help, encouragement,
and guidance are to be directed;