# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S287
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 275

2. During the past two years, on the strength of a 1932 synodical
resolution, Mr. Huge has in addition to his other duties also made
examinations of the books and records of all subsidized Districts.
This work has been chiefly of a fact-finding nature relating to sub-
sidies paid by Synod, complete audits being neither required nor ex-
pected by Synod. Much coordination and harmonization of the
financial side of these Districts has already been accomplished, and
the General Home Missions Board has been furnished valuable data
for its guidance.

3. Developments have been so favorable in our work that we have
only one matter to refer to the Hon. Synod; in fact, this is a carry-
over from the last convention. We refer to Church Extension Funds.
We have become firmly convinced that direct personal contact and
supervision of Church Extension loans is vitally necessary. Whereas
we have delegated our Home Mission work to our Districts because
of the direct supervision such an arrangement affords, we are still
trying to handle our Church Extension collections by long-distance
correspondence. Out of a total of $1,081,983.20 of Church Extension
loans, $518,780.50, or 47.95 per cent., was past due as on January 31,
1985. The purposes of the fund and the revolving nature intended for
it are frustrated by these frozen loans. So as to make full use of our
District machinery and to bring about a coordination of our Church
Extension effort, we recommend that loans out of the General Church
Extension Fund be made to Districts only.

Respectfully submitted by your
Boarp or AvupITors.

Wma. Lorrmann. O.E.Fiscuer. W.H. Roscuxe.

Committee 19 reported: —

1. We recommend that Synod adopt Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the
Board of Auditors’ Report. (Paragraph 3 of the Board of Auditors’
Report is covered by the report of Committee 8 and Overture 302,
Paragraphs 34—36.)

2. We recommend that the Treasurers of all Districts be en-
couraged to furnish the Synodical Fiscal Office a monthly financial
statement (as the Treasurers of the subsidized Districts are now
required to do), with a view to eventually introducing a uniform
system of bookkeeping in all Districts of Synod.

8. We recommend that Synod remind the congregations of their
duty to remit moneys contributed for Synod regularly and frequently

and that the District Presidents, District finance committees, and
Visitors be urged to see that this be done.

Action of Synod.
These recommendations were adopted.