# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S252
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252 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6
e. avail itself of all research data and reports prepared for the
Survey Commission created by the Synod in 1956, devote further
study to the comprehensive program of administrative develop-
ment prepared by the 1956 Survey Commission, and recommend
to the next convention of the Synod the adoption of any portion
of this comprehensive program or modifications of it which it con-
siders advisable;

f. carry out all resolutions for further study which are adopted
by this convention;

4, That the Board of Directors of the Synod appropriate the
funds necessary for the functioning of the Survey Commission
during the next triennium.

Action: The resolutions in Group I were adopted.

Group Il — Specific Proposal Recommended
for Immediate Action (pages 420 to 435)

Sections I and II, pages 420 to 424, Synodical Boards, Commis-
sions, Committees, and Divisional Organization

Resolved:

1. That all synodical agencies shall continue to perform the
functions which the Synod has assigned to them. However, as
far as possible those agencies which have the services of salaried
administrative personnel shall devote themselves chiefly to the
formulation of specific objectives, plans, and policies relative to
their respective functions, to the periodic review and appraisal of
performance in the attainment of objectives, to the execution of
plans, and to the observance of policies. Such agencies will realize
their best values by avoiding detailed attention to administrative
problems and decisions and by entrusting these problems and
decisions to their attached salaried personnel;

2. That the principle of divisional grouping of synodical agen-
cies and the following divisional designations be adopted:
A. The Operating Divisions
a. The Division of World Missions
b. The Division of North American Missions
ce. The Division of Special Ministries
d. The Division of Higher Education
e. The Division of Communications and Public Relations

B. The Service Divisions
a. The Division of Parish Education and Parish Services
b. The Division of Social Action and Welfare

ce. The Division of Church Literature