# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S190
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190 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 15

To Have Stewardship Board Provide
More Help and Materials to Aid
in Enlistment, etc.

RESOLUTION 15-03

Report 15-02, Recommendation HI (CW, pp. 412, 413)
Resolved, That Recommendation II of the Steward-
ship Board and Staff be adopted.
Action: This resolution was adopted.

Nore: The adopted recommendation reads as fol-
lows:

Wuereas, There is an increasingly felt and expressed
need for cultivating the stewardship of time and talents
of our members for Kingdom work in congregational
tasks as well as in every phase of family, community,
and vocational life; and

Wuereas, The Synod has given to the Stewardship
Department the assignment “to provide counsel and
materials for our congregations as they endeavor to en-
list the talents of our members for Kingdom service in
and through the congregations” (Handbook, 2.187 a, 1);
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Stewardship Board provide more
help and materials to aid in the enlistment, identifica-
tion, and involvement of the talents of the laity for
Kingdom work; and be it further

Resolved, That such counsel and materials continue
to be based on sound Scriptural teachings (Rom. 12;
1 Cor.12; Eph.4; 1 Peter 2; etc.) and be tested and
refined for use throughout the Synod.

To Have Stewardship Department Aid
Districts and Congregations in Developing
Greater Mission Consciousness

RESCLUTION 15-04

Report 15-02, Recommendations III and V (CW, p. 413)

Wuereas, Previous conventions of the Synod have
consistently emphasized missions, and this convention
of the Synod is giving special emphasis to missions in
the total program of our church for the years ahead; and

Wuereas, This emphasis should stimulate a growing
missionary consciousness and concern among those at-
tending this convention and our membership in general;
therefore be it

Resolved, That all congregations of the Synod give
serious consideration to the development of a greater
mission consciousness and concern through mission
education; and be it further

Resolved, That the necessary help in the field be
given by the Stewardship Department of the Synod to
aid our District and congregational stewardship leaders
to introduce and implement mission education into the
ongoing programs of their respective Districts and con-
gregations.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Mrs. Gilbert O. Hankel, president of the Lutheran Women's Missionary
League, addressed the convention.

To Thank and Encourage Lutheran Women’s
Missionary League
RESOLUTION 15-05

Report 15-02, Recommendation IV (CW, p. 413)

Resolved, That Recommendation IV of the Steward-
ship Board and staff be adopted.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Note: The adopted recommendation reads as fol-
lows:

Wuereas, The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
has been most helpful in developing a better missionary
climate throughout the Synod and in coordinating its
mission program with the mission education program
of the Synod; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
is willing and able to further enhance the cause of mis-
sion education through all of its local groups; and

Wuereas, Other departments and agencies within the
Synod have demonstrated their willingness and desire
to help in the furthering of mission education; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That this convention of the Synod express
its sincere appreciation to the Lutheran Women’s Mis-
sionary League as well as to the departments and agen-
cies of the Synod for their efforts in behalf of mission
education; and be it further

Resolved, That this convention encourage the Lu-
theran Women’s Missionary League and the departments
and agencies of the Synod to continue their interest and
assistance in furthering mission education whenever and
wherever possible.

To Accept Report of the Synod’s Treasurer
RESOLUTION 15-06
Report 15-04 (CW, pp. 415—419)
Resolved, That the report of the Synod’s Treasurer

be accepted.
Action: This resolution was adopted.

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