# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S33
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13th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1911. 33

The committee appointed to evaluate the memorial concerning the union
of the English with the German Synod takes the liberty of submitting the
following recommendations to the Reverend Synod:

1. Resolved, that we consider the individual congregations of the
English Synod entering the corresponding districts of our Synod the most
expedient and most beneficial course for both parties, and that we hope this
goal will be reached in not too distant a future.

2. Resolved, that although this manner of union cannot now be
achieved, we will nonetheless receive the English sister Synod as a district.

Resolved, to accept the conditions set by the English Synod with the
following understanding:

Text of point 1: "That the English Synod turn over its publishing house
and book trade to the German Synod, but that a committee, the majority of
whose members shall consist of members of the English District, be elected
to bring to print such writings as its particular needs require, such as a
hymnal, Sunday school literature, pamphlets, etc."

Understanding: The writings named are subject to review by the
theological faculty at St. Louis, and the English District must bear the
expense of such writings, as is already the case in similar instances among
our other districts.

Text of point 2: "That the Lutheran Witness become the official English
church paper of the whole Synod, but that the editor be chosen from the
English District, or that the English District at least be equally represented
on the editorial committee. The same shall apply to the Lutheran Guide."

Text of point 3: "That the English language may be used by members of
the English District at the meetings of the Delegate Synod, and that at least
a short record of the proceedings be read aloud and printed in English."

Text of point 4: "That the Mission Commission of the English District
have permission to undertake English missions wherever it deems them
necessary, with due regard for the divine principles of congregational rights
(congregational membership) and of Christian love."

Understanding: The phrase "with due regard for Christian love" implies
that no new English congregations are to be formed without prior discussion
with the congregations thereby affected.

Text of point 5: "That it be the rule that wholly English congregations
join the English District, but that the decision as to which district a
congregation joins finally be left to that congregation's own judgment,
naturally without losing sight of the principle of Christian

[Signature at the foot of the page: "3" — a printer's sheet signature, not a folio.]