# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1917_S56
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‘BG Proceedings of 30th General Convention,
1. WueErgas, Also this year, as in former years,

months; and

2. Wuernas, We, the lay-members of the congregations,
stitute that part of the Synod which must contribute the neces

for the more important duties of their calling; and

3. WHERKas, Despite a communicant membership of nearly
600,000, our, congregations fail to raise the money. needed for syn-
odical Purposes, which failure indicates lack of information con-
cerning our Synodical needs, and also inefficient methods for ¢o]-
lecting moneys in many congregations; and

4. Wurreas, A yearly average Contribution of only one dol-
lar ($1) for each communicant member of every congregation would
provide the necessary funds, and would not only fill, as it should be
filled, the treasury for the Support of retired Pastors and the widows
and orphans of Pastors and teachers, but would also make possible
the necessary increase in salaries for our professors; and

5. Wuereas, It would be a matter of humiliation if so smal]
4 contribution — one dollar a year per communicant member, or two
cents a week — should not, in this year of the Four-hundredth Anni-
. Versary of the Reformation, be given by every Congregation of an-
orthodox Lutheran synod for the spreading of the true doctrine ;
Be It Resolved, That we, the lay-delegates of the Evangelica]
Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, declare our.
willingness to call the attention of every congregation represented
by us to the financial needs of Synod, and to do our duty in this
matter, and to recommend to each Congregation that an average
yearly contribution of one dollar be raised for synodical Purposes
for each communicant member. We promise to work with every
legitimate means to accomplish this end.
In order to provide ways and means to carry out this resolution, 3
we submit the following : — , Vo:
Since Synod obligates the lay-delegates especially, in conjune-
tion with the Presidents of the respective Districts, to see to the