# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S254
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

254 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6

transfer of responsibility for Middle and South American Missions
has taken place, whereupon the President of the Synod is author-
ized to make the additional appointments;

5. That the administrative personnel of the Missionary Board
of the Synodical Conference be attached to the Division of World
Missions for consultative purposes in connection with its missions
in foreign lands;

6. That a Stewardship Board be established by the Synod; that
this board be elected by the Synod and consist of five members —
two pastors, two laymen, and one teacher; that the specific func-
tions of this board be developed by its members with the assistance
of the Stewardship Secretary and the Executive Director; and that
the functional and personnel plans of this board be submitted to
the next convention of the Synod after approval by the Board of
Directors of the Synod;

7. That the Department of Evangelism remain as a part of the
work of the Board for North American Missions;

8. That the present Literature Board, Young People’s Litera-
ture Board, and the Committee for the Development of Scholarly
Research be merged into one Commission of Church Literature.

Section IV, pages 425 to 426, Divisional Chairmen

Resolved:

1. That a divisional chairman for each of the proposed eleven
divisions be appointed. These divisional chairmen are to supply
guidance and assistance to the agencies in their divisions in con-
nection with the preparation of balanced and co-ordinated plans
and budgets, and in the development of policy manuals, job spec-
ifications, and organizational arrangements. The divisional chair-
men shall keep themselves informed on the activities of the
agencies in their respective divisions. They shall represent the
agencies in their divisions in the integrational plans, budgets,
and policies of all divisions in a council of administrators (pro-
posed in Section VI of this report);

2. That the following divisional chairmen be appointed at this
time:

a. Chairman Division of World Missions
. Chairman Division of North American Missions and Divi-

sion of Special Ministries

. Chairman Division of Higher Education
. Chairman Division of Communications and Public Relations
. Chairman Division of Parish Education and Parish Services
Chairman Division of Social Action and Welfare

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