# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S146
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134 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

is to verify the assurances given us; and if the findings of this con
mittee are favorable, the President and the Vice-Presidents sha
forthwith appoint an Army and N avy Board for our Synod, such ¢
the Ariny Regulations require. This Board ig to consist of five mer
who will make sure that the men appointed for service wil] uphol
the high principles of our Church. et

Action of Synod,
This resolution was adopted.

A Committee to Study Our Church’s Problems, Etc.
(Memorial of the Northern Illinois District, No, 411.)

WHEREas, We are living in times in which rapid and profound
changes are taking place; and

Wuergas, Our Church hag also €1 perienced linguistic, cultural,
and economic changes; and

Wuergas, Its constituency, formerly rural, has become increas-
ingly urbanized 3; and

Wuergas, There has been a universal breakdown of the mate-
rialistie and mechanistic philosophy of the unbelieving world, re-
sulting in terrible disillusionment and general despair; and

Wuergas, These changes have brought with them both a host of
new problems as well as unprecedented Opportunities for our Church ;
therefore be it

‘Resolved, That we petition Synod in convention assembled at
Cleveland, O., in June, 1935, through its Board of Directors to ap-
point a committee of five which shall have the power to increase its
number as the needs of its tasks may require and whose duty it
shall be — ,

a) Carefully to study the problems confronting our Church in
its practical work;

b) Carefully to study the opportunities afforded by the new day;

c) Carefully to study the trends in our Synod together with any
over- or underemphasis in its work;

d) To suggest an aggressive, well-defined program of action on
the basis of Holy Writ; and

€) To submit to our pastors and pastoral] conferences the result
of their findings together with their Program of action by the end
of 1936, so that these may be properly and thoroughly studied and
discussed before the next meeting of Synod.

F. L. Genrs, Secretary,

Report of Committee 8: —

Since the ailment of humanity in this new day is the same as
it always was, namely, sin, and since the cure remains the same,