# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S289
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

FINANCES 289

Wuereas, Our mission-education program is lagging even
though our church has a worldwide mission program which ranks
favorably in comparison with those of other Christian church
bodies;

Wuereas, The members of the Synod are entitled to full, up-
to-date, and interesting information about the work they support
with their prayers, activities, and offerings; therefore be it

Resolved:

1. That District, circuit, and congregational leaders give their
strong support to the new mission-education program to be
launched this fall by making their congregations aware of the ex-
panding mission program, and by encouraging their congregations
to co-operate in the study of the mission-education themes planned
for the next six years as these become current;

2. That Districts, circuits, and congregations instruct their
stewardship departments to make mission education an important
part of the committee’s stewardship activity and to fix responsi-
bility for an effective program upon the stewardship committee;

3. That as a supplement to the insufficient time usually avail-
able for mission study, congregations earnestly consider sponsoring
an annual mission school meeting one night a week for four weeks
(or a similar plan), preferably during the Epiphany season, avail-
ing themselves of the materials offered by the Department of Stew-
ardship, Missionary Education, and Promotion.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Every-Member Visit and Sector Plan
RESOLUTION 7, COMMITTEE 11

Memorial 804, page 625, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Approximately fifty per cent of the congregations
in the Synod are now annually conducting an Every-Member Visit,
which has proved to be an orderly and systematic plan to bring
about a God-pleasing strengthening of the membership by

J. Winning them for a deeper commitment of their lives to
Christ and His cause by strengthening the bonds of Christian fel-
lowship;

2. Acquainting them with the God-given purposes of a Chris-
tian congregation and instilling in them a deeper appreciation of
the privileges and duties of membership in a Christian congre-
gation;

3. Developing a lay leadership to promote more effectively “our
Father’s business”;