# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S79
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

RESOLUTIONS 79

To Develop Regional Structures for Mission
RESOLUTION 1-10
Overture 1-05 (CW, p. 50)

Wuereas, The Lord of the church has given various
gifts of the Spirit to the members of His body; and

Wuereas, Many of the urgent physical, emotional,
and spiritual needs of people in metropolitan and rural
areas are beyond the ability and resources of individual
congregations; and

Wuereas, It has been demonstrated that these needs
have been more fully met and the Kingdom advanced
by sister congregations sharing with one another the
various gifts and resources of the Spirit; therefore be it

Resolved, That we urge congregations individually
and in cooperation with other congregations to examine
local circumstances with a view toward identifying the
possibilities for such intercongregational sharing and
to form realistic regional structures to minister to these
challenges and opportunities; and be it further

Resolved, That we encourage such regional groups as
already exist or may emerge to make use of the consul-
tative services of District mission boards and commit-
tees; and be it finally

Resolved, That we ask such regional groups to con-
vey and share their findings with their respective mis-
sion boards and committees and with the synodical
Board for Missions.

Action: Adopted (13).

To Regulate Use of Mission Funds
for Special Ministries
RESOLUTION 1-11

Overture 1-15 (CW, p. 53)

Wuereas, There is concern about the use of mission
funds in the area of special ministries; and

Wuereas, The Board for Missions is held accountable
for the expenditure of funds in its department; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That all expenditure of funds for projects
in the area of special ministries be approved by the
Board for Missions.

Action: Adopted (13).

To Coordinate Mass Communications
Activities in Mission of Church
RESOLUTION 1-12
Report 1-01, B, C, D, 1, 2, 3; Overture 4-31 (CW, pp.

8—27, 221)
Wuereas, God has opened up channels of communi-

cation that make instant communication to millions com-
monplace; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
became an early leader in the use of the media for the

proclamation of the Gospel and must make the best use
of advancing technological capabilities in bringing the
Good News to His people wherever they may be; and

Wuereas, Some areas of the globe closed to foreign
missionaries can be penetrated by the media of mass
communications; and

Wuereas, Many factors in our fragmented society
have been inadequately reached; and

Wuereas, Several previous conventions of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod have recognized the
enormous potential of the media of mass communica-
tions for mission and have authorized the various stud-
ies that have been made; and

Wuereas, The objectives of the Division of Commu-
nications and the Board for Missions are integrally re-
lated; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod instruct the Division of
Communications in consultation with the Board for
Missions and the Lutheran Laymen’s League to establish
criteria for the selection of unreached or inadequately
reached target audiences in the Americas and overseas
and to reevaluate priorities for an expanded use of the
media of mass communications in the proclamation of
the Gospel in keeping with the Scriptures and the Lu-
theran Confessions, and that each District of the Synod
be urged to pursue a similar reevaluation in this regard;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Division of Communications, to-
gether with the Board for Missions and the Lutheran
Laymen’s League, complete plans already under consid-
eration; and be it further

Resolved, That the Division of Communications in
consultation with the Board for Missions and the Lu-
theran Laymen’s League develop new plans and projects
for the expanded use of the media mass communications
at home and abroad for presentation with appropriate
budgetary requests to the 1971 Milwaukee convention
of the Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That we urge the Division of Communica-
tions to draw on the talents and expertise of people in-
volved in the communications industry and allied media
fields; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Division of Communications
make every effort to encourage and provide for the
training of additional personnel in all fields of the media
of mass communications.

Action: Adopted as amended (13).

(Amendment: Insertion of “and the Lutheran Laymen’s
League” in first three resolveds.)

To Invest Dollars in God’s Mission
RESOLUTION 1-13

Report 1-03 (CW, pp. 45—49)

Wuereas, The Synod’s Church Extension Fund is in-
volved in the total mission of the church; and

Wuereas, Less than one percent of the Synod’s
communicant members have invested their God-given