# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S85 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) MISSIONS 85 QTHERAN CHURCH DA ABUNDANT HARVEST AWAITS... Pastors Kenneth Lt. Zorn and Walter R. Holzheimer emphasize the vast mission opportunities for Lutheran Church — Canada. To Strengthen Work in Africa RESOLUTION 1-17 Report 1-08 (CW, p. 21) Wuereas, The Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ni- geria and Ghana have assumed the full responsibilities of self-supporting churches in their operational expenses and an increasing portion of such responsibilities in the cost of training pastors, teachers, and evangelists, and are challenged by new opportunities in unevangelized areas; therefore be it Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod strengthen the hands of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Nigeria and Ghana by providing assistance in the recruitment of staff specialists in various capa- cities, as well as finanical assistance in capital invest- ments and mass communications. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Urge Oral Deaf Sunday School Program RESOLUTION 1-18 Report 1-04 (CW, pp. 10—12) Overture 1-17, 1 (CW, p. 29) Wuereas, The program of educating deaf children in America is becoming more and more diversified into small public day school classes in over 800 cities, mak- ing it impossible for our missionaries to the deaf to reach and teach a large number of primary deaf chil- dren; and Wuereas, The majority, if not all, of these children are being taught exclusively by the oral (lip reading and speech) method of deaf education, making it pos- sible for many of our Sunday school teachers, after a short period of training, to be able to teach these chil- dren in our regular Sunday school classes; therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod urge District officials and the heads of Christian education wherever possible with our missionaries and the Board for Missions to the Deaf to establish a training program for select or key persons enabling them to promote further Sunday school classes in parishes where deaf children are present; and be it further Resolved, That the Board for Missions to the Deaf in cooperation with the Board for Parish Education seek to promote and establish training institutes for inter- ested and available Sunday school teachers and pro- duce additional materials for such classes if necessary. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Urge Lay Institute Training for Deaf RESOLUTION 1-19 Report 1-04 (CW, pp. 10—12) Overture 1-17, 2 (CW, p. 29) Whereas, There is a need for trained personnel to work with the deaf in our missions; and Wuereas, A number of dedicated deaf adults have requested full-time service in the church; and : Wuereas, We have in our. church an established Lu- theran Lay Training Institute in Milwaukee, which stands ready to serve in such a deaf program; there- fore be it Resolved, That the Synod urge the Lutheran Lay Training Institute and the Board for Missions to the Deaf, in consultation with the Board for Higher Educa- tion, to consider the establishment of a lay training pro- gram for qualified deaf adults. Action: This resolution was adopted. Director of Deaf Education in Far East RESOLUTION 1-20 Report 1-04 (CW, pp. 10—12) Overture 1-17, 3 (CW, pp. 29, 30) Wuereas, The implementation of this memorial is be- ing processed by the Board for World Missions; there- fore be it Resolved, That Part 3 of Overture 1-17 be declined. Action: This resolution was adopted.