# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S173
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13th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1911. 173

Resolved, to recommend to the deputies of this synodical convention that, in their reports on the Synod's proceedings, they make use of the picture booklet published by our press, which shows images of our many educational institutions and buildings, and use it to show congregations, in word and picture, the size of our household.

Note. One deputy stated that he considered himself the deputy of his election district and would work for the funds in that capacity until a new deputy was elected for the next Synod. This was described as a "healthy lay movement" (of which, indeed, much is said and written at present) and recommended for imitation.

Resolved, to ask our Reverend President to issue, regarding the appropriations resolved on, an appeal to all congregations of our Synod through the *Lutheraner* and the *Lutheran Witness*.

This appeal shall be reproduced as a separate offprint and sent free of charge to every congregation in a sufficient number of copies, so that each congregation can distribute it to all its members.

Resolved, that the *Lutheraner* regularly report on newly received contributions and pledges for the Building Fund.

General Church-Building Fund.

The commission entrusted with the administration of this fund had reported to the Synod as follows:

In submitting to the Reverend Synod our report on the administration of the General Church-Building Fund during the past triennium, we may confess, with praise and thanks toward God, that the Lord has, in these past three years too, made willing many hearts and hands of his Christians to remember this fund with their prayers and gifts, so that we have a gratifying advance to record and were therefore able once again to grant assistance toward church building to a good number of mission congregations. As a result, the glorious work of missions in such places could take its unhindered and blessed course. The money that flows into this fund is, after all, only lent interest-free to congregations in need, against good security, and then flows back into this fund over the course of several years, so that other congregations can in turn be served by it. What a blessed institution of our dear Synod! Unfortunately the great importance of this fund does not yet seem to be sufficiently known to all members of our Synod; otherwise, following the appeal the commission issued to the congregations some time ago, the gifts would surely have been still more abundant...