# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S88
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88 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

Wuereas, There are many laymen traveling or living
in overseas areas; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod encourage laymen travel-
ing or living abroad to recognize the exceptional oppor-
tunity which they have for witness; and be it further

Resolved, That any reorganization of the staff within
the Board for Missions include full-time staff to plan
ways in which laymen overseas can express the mission
of the church, to determine the types of training to be
given them, and to prepare materials which they can
use in carrying out the mission.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Use the Services of Messengers
of Christ, Inc. — Recruitment and Training
of Linguists
RESOLUTION 1-34

(After Recommittal; see TB, p. 230)
Overtures 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15 (CW, pp. 27—29); 1-19
Un (URO, p.3)

Wuereas, We are in agreement with the basic objec-
tives of the Messengers of Christ, Inc.; and

Wuereas, In the interest of proper coordination of
the work of recruitment and training of linguists with
the overall foreign mission outreach of the Synod, it is
essential that this program be administered by the Board
for Missions; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Missions give its at-
teniion, in accordance with need, to the recruitment
and screening of qualified persons for training as lin-
guists to aid in the dissemination of the Gospel through
language analysis, literacy work, and Bible translation
in areas designated by the board; and be it further

Resolved, That the. Board for Missions be urged to
use the services of Messengers of Christ, Inc., or any
other similar agency, as the need may arise.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Decline Budget Support of Wycliffe
Bible Translators’ Institute of Linguistics

RESOLUTION 1-35
Overture 1-11 (CW, p. 27)

We acknowledge with gratitude and thanksgiving to
God the work of the Wycliffe Bible Translators’ In-
stitute of Linguistics as well as that of other similar
agencies. However, since the Wycliffe Bible Transla-
tors’ Institute of Linguistics is not only a training
agency in the field of linguistics but functions also in
the capacity of a mission society; therefore be it

Resolved, That we decline the request of Overture
1-11 to give financial support to the Wycliffe Bible
Translators’ ‘Institute of Linguistics from the operating
‘budget of Synod; and be it further

Resolved, that we encourage the Board for Missions

to continue to use the Institute for linguistic training
and to pay for services received.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Thank for “Report of Mission Self-Study
and Survey”
RESOLUTION 1-36

Report 4-03, Appendix (CW, pp. 113—140)

Wuereas, The “Report of Mission Self-Study and
Survey,” representing much labor, love, faith, and tal-
ent, has produced many valuable and stimulating in-
sights and will, under God, bless our church and make
it a blessing to others as it gives itself more fully to
Christ for His mission; therefore be it

Resolved, That we receive the “Report of Mission
Self-Study and Survey” with thanks to Dr. Martin L.
Kretzmann, who composed it, to the Board of Directors,
under whose auspices it was conducted, to the Board
for World Missions and the Division of Missions, which
initiated it, and to the host of missionaries and others
who contributed to it; and be it further

Resolved, That we express our warm appreciation
for their efforts in a rising vote of thanks.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Establish a Commission on Mission —
and Ministry in the Church
RESOLUTION 1-37

Overture 6-28 (CW, pp. 251—253)

Preamble

The church, which is Christ’s mission to the world,
is faced with unprecedented challenges and oppor-
tunities in such factors as the population explosion,
urbanization, the “revolution of rising expectations,”
automation, the knowledge explosion, the communica-
tions revolution, the new dimensions of the space age,
thermonuclear warfare, nationalism, racial tensions,
the worldwide spread of communism, developing an
adequate economic base for the church, and the re-
surgence of the non-Christian religions, among others.

To supplement the ongoing work of the Director of
the Mission Self-Study and Survey there is need to
focus the best and most varied contributions of many
additional persons as we give continuing study to the
relation between God’s mission and such factors as
those listed in the previous paragraph.

Research must be done. Fresh strategies must be
devised. The theological implications must be studied
as we apply the “Affirmations on God’s Mission”
adopted by this convention (Resolutions 1-01 A to
1-01 F).

Administrative mission boards are not designed to
make these tasks their primary objective. Such study
and devising of strategy could best be undertaken by
a special synodical commission. The element of con-