# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S141
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Witness
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To Support the Work of Mission: Haiti
Whereas, Holy Scripture records the Great Commission: “And
Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age’” (Matt.
28:18–20); and
Whereas, The people of Haiti are included in “all nations”; and
Whereas, Mission: Haiti has, since its inception in 1999, upheld
Scripture as the rule and norm for faith and life and maintained an
unqualified subscription to the Lutheran Confessions while serving
the spiritual, educational, vocational, material, and other needs of the
people of Haiti; and
Whereas, Mission: Haiti works with both the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) and the Lutheran Church of Haiti
(LCH); and
Whereas, Mission: Haiti has been designated the official sponsoring and organizing body for mission trips in cooperation with
LCH; and
Whereas, Mission: Haiti seeks to partner with LCMS World
Mission, and LCMS World Relief and Human Care has partnered
with Mission: Haiti on significant projects; and

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Whereas, Mission: Haiti is expanding its services in Haiti, which
includes sponsoring visiting LCMS pastors (who educate future
Haitian Lutheran pastors), instructing teachers, planting churches,
providing VBS programs in outlying villages, drilling water wells,
constructing schools and orphanages, providing medical clinics, providing livestock to families, and more; and
Whereas, Mission: Haiti is firmly committed to supporting only
self-sufficiency projects that protect the dignity of Haitians and do
not create dependency on “handouts”; and
Whereas, Mission: Haiti is in a unique position to serve as a catalyst for cooperation (material, logistical, and otherwise) between the
LCH and the ELCH; and
Whereas, The proclamation of the Gospel by Mission: Haiti personnel has led, directly or indirectly, hundreds of Haitians out of the
darkness of voodoo into the marvelous light of Jesus; therefore be it
Resolved, That the LCMS, its districts, and its congregations be
encouraged to partner with Mission: Haiti and to provide material,
financial, logistical, and other types of assistance; and be it further
Resolved, That individuals and congregations of the Synod be
encouraged to pray for Mission: Haiti; and be it finally
Resolved, That pastors and laypeople be encouraged to consider
participating in Mission: Haiti mission trips to spread the Gospel and
render care in Haiti.
Florida-Georgia District

2013 Convention Workbook