# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S291
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

FINANCES 291

cabinet member, in their planning to give adequate support to their
own program through District and the Synod;

5. That the congregations failing to remit adequately for the
support of their District and the Synod be made the pressing and
continuing concern of the District Presidents, District stewardship
committees, Circuit Counselors, and their circuit stewardship
helper (s).

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Revised Procedure in Establishing Synod’s Budget
RESOLUTION 9, COMMITTEE 11
Memorial 808, page 640, Reports and Memorials

Wnuereas, The proposed Memorial 808 in its present form does
not offer a satisfactory solution of the problems connected with
establishing the synodical budget; and

Wuereas, The proposed Memorial 808 would indicate that
a study of the procedure in establishing the Synod’s budget is de-
sirable; therefore be it

Resolved, That Memorial 808 in its present form be respect-
fully declined; and be it further

Resolved, That the method of establishing the synodical budget
be given intensive study by a committee consisting of the Board
of Directors and the Stewardship Department; and be it finally

Resolved, That the findings of this committee be submitted to
the 1960 Fiscal Conference for consideration, and that the recom-
mendation of the Fiscal Conference be submitted to the 1962
convention of the Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Assuring Adequate Appropriations for
Synod’s Mission Program
RESOLUTION 10, COMMITTEE 11
Memorial 816, page 645, Reports and Memorials
Wuereas, It has become quite apparent that the expanding pro-
gram of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod will continue to
require increasingly larger appropriations of funds to the various
departments; and

Wuereas, It has been the recurring experience in the years of
the recent past that because of sizable deficiencies in budget funds,
and in the interest of preventing larger year-end deficits, appro-

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