# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1932_S93
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‘112 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention
Wuereas, The sy.

pected receipts; and

; Wueraasg, It appears illogical and unr

ing Districts first

to remit contribution
borrow them back; therefore

easonable for self-

Support.
Ss to the Board and vot

then to

That in future the Gen
from the synodical budget,

Wuerras, At present, the
. . endorsement of th istri i
and the District Church Ex he nant resident

tension Board or of the Distrj i
> ; stric i
Board 18 required before an application for a loan * Mission
“which makes them moral]

control; and

Wuerzas, Thorough
throughout Synod is diffeu
and can well be done by th

investigation in every
lt and cumbersome for th
e District officials; and

individual Case
e General Board

8 from the General Fund

tcts of Synod as specified in the “R .
the Board” (Proceedings, 1929, p. 80); and Seulations for

That the paragraph

“C. Loans to Congregations”
. ation:
lations” be stricken. oes °

in said “Regu-
GETHSEMANE Fy. Lu

F. A, Herrwic, Pastor.

Endorsed by Berutenex

TH. CHurcH, Dertrorr, Micu.
F. W. Ktewscamipr, Secretary.

Ev. Lurueran Conargcation,
Sacinaw, Micu.
The recommendation of the committ

I ee concerning th
of this memorial was adopted by Synod: Bane fist part

to reinstate it.

As to the second Proposal in Memori
the recommendation of the committee: —

Wuerras, Synod has resolved that the Board of Directors be em-
powered to elect a Secretary of Missi

al 608, it was resolved, upon

nodical budget should not Breatly exceeg
ex.

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 113

_ Resolved, That action on Memorial 608, 2, be deferred at this
time in order to give the Church Extension Board and such other
‘boards of Synod as may be affected the advantage of the survey which
has been made and will be made in the future.

Regarding the publications issued by the Board for Missions
among the Blind and Deaf, the report of the Board of Directors
(Memorial 601, B, 6) brought in certain recommendations, concern-
ing which the resolutions submitted by Committee 8 were adopted by
Synod : —

That all publications issued by, and in the interest of, Deaf-mute
and Blind Missions be subject to the same censorship as all our pub-
lications; and

That the Board of Directors, together with the Deaf-mute and
Blind Mission Board, study the size and distribution of these publi-
cations and see to it that such distribution is in full keeping with the
practise of our Church.

B. Various Missions.

Report of the Board of Home Missions in North America.
(Memorial 301.)

With deep gratitude to the Lord of the harvest the undersigned
submit to Synod their triennial report. All our missionaries engaged
in His service have not only been privileged to be His witnesses in
thousands of fields in our own country as well as in Canada, Alaska,
and Mexico, but in their labors they have also enjoyed His divine
blessing and His constant protection. Yea, what is more, our work
in the past three years has experienced a remarkable growth and
made noteworthy progress. Next to the grace of God, we believe this
to be due to two significant factors. In the first place, Synod several
years ago adopted a policy of expansion for missions, primarily Home
Missions. It instructed all the mission boards to devote themselves
more intensively to the quest for the unchurched in our country and
simultaneously granted to the numerically small and weak Districts
larger allowances. Two years ago this commendable measure was
followed by the so-called Call of the Hour. Upon the recommendation
and under the supervision of Synod’s Mission Committee a movement
was launched to make the Lenten season a missionary season, in
other words, to have pastors during this season stress the missionary
obligation of their members, to exhort them to a special Lenten thank-
offering, and to enlist their services in a canvass of the surrounding
territory for mission material.

Though approximately only fifty per cent. of our congregations
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