# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S184
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184 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 2

Duties of Executive Secretary of Medical Missions

As a member of the secretarial staff of the various Mission
Boards of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod engaged in
medical missions, the Executive Secretary shall:

a. Direct and administer all medical mission work for the
various Boards involved;

b. Maintain good liaison with other agencies interested in med-
ical missions;

c. Recruit, interview, and approve medical personnel for ap-
pointment by the Mission Board concerned. The appointment of
medical personnel or the acquisition of medical equipment or
properties will be made only after the advice and approval of the
Executive Secretary of Medical Missions;

d. Give counsel and guidance in training medical personnel.
He shall recommend worthy candidates for special grants or
scholarships;

e. Give counsel and guidance to missionaries and boards in
regard to health problems and arrange for pertinent examinations;

f, Advise concerning the expenditure of special funds raised
for medical mission work;

g. Submit plans and programs for the conduct and expansion
of medical mission work, taking into full account both professional
medical experience and mission objectives and policies;

h. Offer advice, upon consultation with the Boards concerned,
to various agencies within the church, e. g., the Lutheran Laymen’s
League, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, the Wheat
Ridge Foundation of the Walther League, and other church-
related organizations, with reference to medical mission projects;

i. Develop and maintain contact with the members of the
church at large, but specifically with the members of the medical
profession, in order to promote interest and activity in the medical
mission program of our church;

j. Keep the medical mission program of the church in all its
phases under constant review and evaluation, using the services
and experience of the Lutheran Medical Mission Association and
all other church-related medical organizations, societies, and
agencies;

k. Annually submit a budget for the expenses of his office to
the Board of Directors of the Synod for recommendation and refer-
ral to the Fiscal Conference. He shall process and submit to the
various Boards involved a budget for the needs of medical mis-
sions in their respective areas.

Action: This resolution was adopted.