# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S301
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

FINANCES 301

Wuereas, Our Circuit Counselors are busy parish pastors and
often have neither the time nor the strength to channel and to
communicate to each congregation of their circuit the complete pro-
gram of Synod and District, with its full implications, throughout
the year, particularly as the program of the Synod and District
becomes more complex in these days of rather rapid expansion;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the District President and the District Board
of Directors encourage Circuit Counselors to select a circuit cabinet
composed of three or more competent pastors, teachers, or laymen
who are to assist the Circuit Counselor and to work under his
leadership in such areas as stewardship, evangelism, parish edu-
cation, and related fields.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Portion Recommended for District and Synod

RESOLUTION 25, COMMITTEE 11
Recommendation VI of Memorial 804, page 628,
Reports and Memorials

Unprinted Memorial 827, page 93, Today’s Business

Wuereas, We are debtors to the two billion people sitting in
darkness and in the shadow of death, and an ever deeper sense of
urgency must therefore be generated in our congregations to reach
these masses with the Gaspel of Christ, and Him Crucified; and

Wuereas, A larger Proportion of parish receipts and offerings
must be channeled to District and the Synod if we are to do our
share in this ingathering of a world harvest of souls; therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention urge all congregations to set
aside at least one third of their annual current budget for their
own work through District and Synod, as recommended by the
1953 and 1956 synodical conventions, and as some 1,200 congrega-
tions of Synod are already doing.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Reporting Pledges for Synod’s Program
RESOLUTION 26, COMMITTEE 11
Recommendation VII of Memorial 804, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Synod’s Board of Directors must know the ap-
proximate annual income from our congregations for the Synod’s

work so that it may be able to adjust annual expenditures accord-
ingly; therefore be it