# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S168
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168 Various Missions

Expansion Fund in the amount equal to that of the salary paid
single missionaries of the District or married missionaries plus a
reasonable amount for rent, less the amount contributed by the
parishes. Such subsidy is granted to the end of the respective
fiscal year. Thereafter the cost of such a mission is paid by the
District Mission Board. If the District Mission Board receives
subsidy from the Board of Home ‘Missions, it is understood that
said Mission Board may add the amount necessary to its annual
subsidy request.

Tue Board FOR HoME Missions in NortH AMERICA

F. C. STREUFERT, Executive Secretary

Committee 2 reported:

Wuereas, The Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States as-
sembled as the Centennial Synod at St. Louis, Mo., June 15 to 24,
1938, is by this very centennial reminded anew of its blessed duty
to engage in world-wide mission-work; and

Since we have the effective Gospel for this work and are
already assured of the remarkable success of this Gospel, which
is a power of God unto salvation; therefore be it

Resolved, That we extend to all missionaries both at home and
abroad sincerest fraternal greetings together with the assurance
of the hearty appreciation of all their labors and their faithful-
ness and the pledge of continued hearty support in thankful recog-
nition of the blessings Almighty God has showered down upon
us during the past hundred years; and be it further

Resolved, That Synod gratefully acknowledge that many mis-
sion congregations have helped to reduce the operating expenses
of their Districts by assuming @ greater share of those obligations,
and this despite adverse conditions, and that many missionaries
have made personal sacrifices to the same end, so that during
the last years our mission-work could record a healthy progress.

Resolved, That Synod urge all Districts, boards, and congre-
gations, especially in view of our confessed gratitude for hundred
years of uninterrupted blessings, further to increase their mission-
work in their respective fields.

Resolved, That, since we have promising mission-fields in vari-
ous parts of our country, especially in the West, in the East, and
the Southeast, Synod urge all Districts, all congregations, and all
pastors to labor even more faithfully and diligently for the ex-
pansion of God’s kingdom. Synod, however, directs attention to
the fact that the home congregation and vicinity is always the
most important mission-field and that congregations therefore
should assiduously gather in the unchurched in their own confines

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