# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S290
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278 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

“Wuereas, The present financial condition of our beloved Synod
is most deplorable and needs the consecrated attention and earnest
prayers of all our Lutheran laymen; therefore be it

“Resolved by the Lutheran Laymen’s League, assembled in annual
convention at St, Louis, Mo., June 16 and 17, 1934, That we respect-
fully petition Synod to avai] itself more fully of the services of our
laymen by appointing them members and chairmen of committees or
boards whose duties are largely financial and where their knowledge
of business and financial matters may be brought to bear upon the
problems of the Church more directly; and be it further

“Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President
for the purpose of formulating a memorial to this effect which is to
be presented to the synodical convention of the Missouri Synod to be
held in Cleveland, O., in June, 1935,”

The undersigned duly appointed committee, in conformity with
the above resolution, herewith respectfully submits and offers the fo]-

the laity in the last years have become much better educated, that
their education is on a much higher plane than, say, twenty-five
years ago. A great many during this time have graduated from high
schools, colleges, and many from universities, specializing in law,
finance and commerce, economics, business administration, and gen-
eral business, which would make them necessarily much more valu-
able as chairmen on boards, committees, and in offices largely finan-
cial than the clergy, who usually and Properly confine themselves more
to the study of theology and to Pastoral work.

2) If capable laymen would be placed as chairmen on boards and
committees that are largely financial, it is only natural, and is borne
out by experience in our own congregations, that our laymen would
become more deeply interested in the great work of our Synod; and

8) We respectfully petition Synod or its officers to have this
memorial printed in full in Reports anp Memoruts,
Respectfully submitted by
Tue Lurarran LayMen’s League Memoria Commuirrnr,
Louis H, Watrse, Chairman.
Pror. O. P, KRerzmann, ‘T, G. Ecorrs.
E. J. GaLuMryer. Oscar P. Brauner.