# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S153
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Missions in General ; 1538

oppose the plan:

1. The accounting of the Church Extension Fund is now car-
ried on in the office of the Board and in the Fiscal Office of Synod
with great exactness and efficiency.

2. The Secretary of Missions (Rev. F. C, Streufert) has accu-
rate and complete information concerning every phase of our mis-
sion activity. He attends the meetings of the Church Extension
Board and can be called on for information and advice.

3. The chairman of the Board can and does make special visits
of investigation where necessary.

4. A close cooperation between the Church Extension Board
and the Home Missions Board through the presence of the Mission
Secretary at the Church Extension meetings and the occasional
presence of the chairman of the Church Extension Board at the
Home Missions Board meetings is very effective. ,

5. The District mission boards are cooperating with Synod’s
Church Extension Board in greater measure than before.

6. The chairman of the Church Extension Board has occasion
at stated meetings to confer with all the District Presidents and
other District officials.

We believe that this leaves nothing to be desired as far as the
operation of the Church Extension Board as a lending agency is
concerned,

The one feature that has called forth the proposal for the new
office of Executive Secretary is the large number of delinquent
_ accounts. The total at this time is $546,552.90. But we believe
that this is a temporary emergency, which should be met with
temporary measures, such as are being -put into operation at the
present time. We believe that strenuous efforts must be made to
collect these accounts from the congregations holding the loans in
order that our mission-work may continue. But we cannot believe
that this work should require all the efforts of an official. After

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