# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S152
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152 Proceedings of the 29th General or

that care for the General Synod's household is on the agenda of every
individual district. The General Synod therefore also makes such
provisions as make it easier for the districts not only to care for
their own household in an orderly way, but also to give vigorous
support to the household of the General Synod. Above all, this
certainly requires that all congregations of the whole Synod regularly
receive the necessary information about the needs both of the General
Synod and of their own district. So that this may happen, the
following points are recommended to the General Synod for adoption:

1. That the General Synod elect a finance committee, and also
recommend that such committees be elected by the individual districts.

That the General Synod's finance committee, in cooperation with the
committees of the individual districts, see to it that every
congregation is made acquainted with the work and needs of the General
Synod as well as of the individual districts; that to this end a
printed budget, covering the needs of both the General Synod and the
congregation's own district, be presented to every congregation at the
New Year's meeting; and that, for a better distribution of the
collections, this budget be accompanied by a schedule showing the
percentages by which these can most suitably be apportioned.

2. That a short report on the various treasuries that particularly
need support appear in every issue of the *Lutheraner*.

3. That all figures for the compilation of funds for the *Statistical
Yearbook* be handled according to a uniform plan.

Note. The figures for the total amount in the *Statistical Yearbook*
are in many cases inaccurate. If, for example, $1,000.00 is collected
in District A and then sent to District B and used there, the same sum
is counted as income by the treasurers of both districts. In the total
of the *Statistical Yearbook*, both District A and District B are
credited with income of $1,000.00, so that the total comes to
$2,000.00, even though only $1,000.00 was actually collected.
Statistics are only of value if they are as accurate as possible.

4. That an earlier Synodical resolution be recalled once again, namely
that all money for the various treasuries should pass through the
hands of the respective district treasurers.

With due respect,

A committee of a Reverend Synod:

P. Matuschka, Chairman.
J. Holstein, Secretary.