# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S158
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158 Missions in General

Resolved, That whenever the Board of Church Extension
deems it impossible to do its work without additional man-power,
the members thereof be encouraged to make their needs known
to Synod at a future convention.

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

Institutional Missions

Concerning this phase of our mission-work, Committee 2
brought in the following resolutions:

1. Since many congregations or groups of congregations are
very effectively conducting institutional mission-work; therefore
be it

Resolved, That Synod heartily commend these congregations
for their work and urge other congregations to undertake this
blessed work whenever and wherever feasible.

2. Resolved, That the Secretary of Missions give full recog-
nition to city and institutional missions in his report to Synod
and that he from time to time encourage all our District mission
boards: ;

a) To make surveys of institutional-mission opportunities in
their Districts;

b) To encourage their pastors and missionaries to carry on
regular work in the public institutions located in their fields
of labor;

c) To call full-time city and institutional missionaries and
put them to work at points where there is an abundance of
institutional-mission opportunities.

3. Since very commendable work has been done by our Execu-
tive Secretary of Missions, especially also in gathering valuable
information of all kinds for the use of Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That, since a great number of institutional missions
are being conducted in the territory of the Missouri Synod, our
Mission Secretary be instructed in future to place information
concerning these missions before Synod as far as this may be
possible. ‘

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

Report of Army and Navy Commission for Chaplains
(Memorial 402)
Your Commission met for organization on February 13, 1936
at Concordia Collegiate Institute, Bronxville, N. Y., to draft pre-
liminary rules for the work of the Commission.