# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S147
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Missions in General 147

Since there is so much involved in the proper opening and the
conduct of said mission, in the selection of the proper location of the
mission, in the future support of missions, etc., many mistakes
can be avoided.
African Missions
54. Cost of the African Missions in 1937, $2,703.09. Budget
for 1938, $13,495.00.

55. These missions are conducted by the Synodical Conference.
We, too, were privileged to sit in at meetings of the Board for
African Missions as time permitted. At present the Synodical
Conference has one Board to look after its mission activities. This
Board is divided into two groups, one group looking after the in-
terests of the Colored Missions in this country, the other after
those of the African Missions. We, too, plead for the continuance
of the necessary support of this latest of our Foreign Missions.
For detailed information see Report of Board of African Missions.

European Missions

56. Cost
1935 1936 1937
$34,802.15 $38,371.10 $38,451.17

57. For a detailed report see Report of Board for European

Missions.
In Conclusion

58. Let us go forward in the name of the Lord. Let us in His
name advance on all fronts both at home and abroad. For the
past century the Lord has blessed us in spite of our weakness,
our indifference, and our lukewarmness. Let us look upward and
courageously face the tasks before us that His kingdom may come
and His name be hallowed everywhere.

F.C. Streurert, Secretary of Missions

Committee 2, which considered all the mission-work of Synod,
brought in the following general resolution:

Since it is an established fact that a lack of information is
the cause of much indifference toward missions and the work of
Synod in general, and since we should embrace every opportunity
better to inform our Christians; therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod advise pastors and congregations to make
the subject of missions a regular item for the voters’ meetings
and the meetings of the various societies within the congregation,
so that a brief report on some phase of missions will be made and
discussed in order to create a wider active interest in the work
of Synod.

Action of Synod: This resolution was adopted.