# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S22
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

22 MISSIONS
to campus, etc. .... common strategy on an inter-Lutheran with pastors and lay leaders... development of two new
basis at local level. missions . . . follow through on Key 73."

Eastern: “start of anew mission congregation . . . use of mission No. Wisconsin: meeting “challenge of tourism” — awakening

planning process by supported congregations and eventually
by all congregations . . . cluster planning by congregations
in a given area... lay leadership training . . . clergy leader-
ship labs . . . more day-care and pre-school centers for
outreach.”

English: growing awareness of special needs and unusual
designs necessary for mission today ... “further develop-
ment of evaluation criteria for District ministries" . . . in-
auguration of new pilot and regular ministries. (Appalachian
migrants. apartment dwellers. leisure, new town and sub-
urban).

Fla.-Ga.: “new missions established as manpower and means
permit” . . . further developing Area Mission Councils in
which local congregations “are involved in the occupancy
of new fields.”

Indiana: “reaching white, lower-income Appalachian thousands
in central cities... ministry to community colleges... experi-
mental ‘shared ministry’ in inner-city Gary .. . circuit-riding
ministry in Kentucky.”

Iowa Dist. East: “opening new mission . . . initiating worker-
priest arrangement in one congregation . . . development
and use of a Mission Policy Manual in every congregation,
spelling out our mutual challenges in Christ’s mission.”

Towa Dist. West: “continued development of Southern Iowa mis-
sion strategy .. . intensification of evangelism outreach into
rural Iowa . . . intensified ministry to students on college
campuses, four-year as well as community colleges.”

Kansas: working with rural Parishes . . . continued evangelism
thrust.

Man.-Sask: “development of mission to the Indians and institu-
tional ministry, with the possibility of doing both on coopera-
tive basis with other Lutherans”. . . helping congregations
see their mission and develop mission plans “to meet the
total needs of persons in their communities.”

Mich.: “four new missions next year .. . new campus chapel
... district urban consultant for congregations . . . intensifi-
cation of parish planning and consultation services.”

Mid-South: “establishing congregations or preaching stations
within one hour driving time of all cities and towns in the
district’ . . . expansion of chaplaincy ministries . .. ministries
in black communities, campus and downtown ministries
- . Congregations on the local scene involved in the planning
and initiating of all these new ministries.

Minn. North: “viable models for leisure ministries . . . increased
campus ministry at all levels .. . more effective ministry to
Indians . . . new approach to subsidized congregations, by
which they may be better able to determine their present and
future direction in ministry.”

Minn. South: development of coordinated and cooperative inter-
Lutheran approach to the high percentage of young adults
not being effectively reached in the Twin Cities area...
“development of planning process through which subsidized
congregations would be able to set measurable mission goals
and evaluate their own ministry to their community”... “new
town-in-town” ministry.

Missouri: “metro strategy for mission and ministry ... indepth
study of day schools — especially in inner-city”

Montana; “the hiring of two more workers from Concordia
Teachers College, Seward, to serve as teachers at Busby,
Northern Cheyenne Reservation .. . the beginning of re-
sponsibility for work with the deaf in the District _. . the
beginning of three or four new missions in white communi-
ties .. . the thorough investigation of re-aligning subsidized
parishes and preaching places in the area around Boulder,
so that a man might serve the Boulder River School for
Retarded Children on a more intensive basis."

Nebraska: “increased mission planning in all congregations and

agencies . .. one new suburban mission . . . downtown youth
counter/culture ministry . . . back stretch and recreational
ministries."'

New England: (formed out of the old Atlantic District) “providing
a ministry to the empty Protestant churches of New En-
gland.”

New Jersey: (also formed out of the old Atlantic District and
officially coming into existence Jan. 15, 1973) “just beginning
to get the ‘feel’ of mission in our new district.”

No. Dakota: “greater involvement of congregations in God’s
mission through workshops and home mission conferences

congregations in resort areas and those “back home” to
need for new forms of ministry to those engaged in leisure
activities and recreational pursuits.

No. Illinois: formulation of District mission objectives . . . de-
velopment of Chicago metro strategy, possibly ‘a system or
network of congregations and day schools” . . . participation
in inter-faith planning in “new towns” . . . upgrading of total
chaplaincy program... development of a “corps of program
specialists to assist congregations in their evangelism"
... Initiation of new suburban missions.

Northwest: “development of mission trainer program whereby
clusters of congregations in an area would equip individuals
to be in mission to others” . . . initiation of ministry to Indians
and outdoor-leisure ministries.

Ohio: “working more closely with three congregations for deaf
-.. entering postponed mission fields... developing low-cost,
modest mission church facility developing ongoing
evangelism program.”

Oklahoma: “new approach to serving the deaf... development
of a long-range plan for Opening new stations. . . helping all
congregations to be in mission.”

Ontario: “opening of two new missions in 1973 and three in '74.”

SELC: “expansion of work in Chatham and Aurora, Ontario...
new work in Franklin, Va., now in process of feasibility
study.”

So. Dakota: “intensification of Indian ministry, leisure ministry

- amplifying outreach in institutional and social minis-
tries .. . three-step process for congregational renewal, life
and mission.”

So. Wisconsin: “assist at least 50 congregations with ‘Internal
Evangelism’.”

Southeastern: “developing a comprehensive mission expansion
plan... lay people enlisted and involved in the planning. By
Sept. 1973 we will have a vision of what the SE District ought
to be doing in the future.”

Southern: “mission planning with every congregation . .. evan-
gelism clinics . . . in-service training for teachers serving
black communities . . . in-depth study of regions of growth
in the district.”

So. California: “opening of new missions under aegis of local
congregations continuing search for more effective
ministry in inner city— among the minorities and among the
increasing thousands living in the seclusion of apartments
and condominiums.”

So. Illinois: “sites for new churches . . . developing youth, rural,
migrant, leisure, back-stretch, Junior college ministries .. . in-
volvement in Black Leadership Training Program and
E. St. Louis congregational community ministry.”

Texas: “development of more recreational ministry, bringing
the Gospel to people in leisure” . . . lay ministry in ethnic mis-
sion work (Hispanic, Black). . . “experimentation with team
ministry approach from the inception of a new mission
Station” . . . continuation of in-service and pre-service train-
ing programs for pastors and teachers serving in areas of
Spanish-speaking concentration.

Wyoming: initiation of full-time ministry to Spanish speaking
people in the Nebraska Panhandle and survey of Mexican-
American population in Big Horn Basin of Wyoming ... in-
creased Indian work . . . establishment of new preaching
stations . . . search for “ways and means to minister to
tourists."”

1-02
Report of Church Extension Board

This convention inaugurates a new procedure for the
selection of Church Extension board members. A Milwaukee
convention resolution provided for the appointment of its
members. Continuity is maintained in having one half the
membership of the board appointed following each con-
vention.

Members elected at the Milwaukee convention were:

Pastor — Rev. Raymond Wessler
Teacher — Winfried Graebner
Layman — Dr, Donald Claussen
Layman — Mr. Herbert Hast