# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S342
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

842 Miscellaneous Matters

Sanctioning a Synod-Wide Women’s Missionary
Endeavor
(Memorial 406)

For your careful consideration and, we hope, eventual adop-
tion we herewith present the following overture:

Wuereas, The women of the Church, through the existing
ladies’ societies, offer a potential and frequently almost neglected
source of positive power in the Lord’s kingdom; and

Wuereas, Experience has demonstrated that ladies’ societies
often appreciate the opportunity for systematic education in mis-
sionary tasks confronting the Church and thereby stimulating
sympathy and zeal in an increasing measure for the cause of Chris-
tian Missions; and

Wuereas, Ladies’ societies have been found willing to place a
portion of their collective financial resources at the disposal of the
Church in her endeavors to extend the boundaries of God’s king-
dom; and

Wuersas, An encouraging example of such united action on the
part of the women of our Church is seen in the Central District,
where 112 ladies’ societies, numbering 11,200 members, have as-
sembled for quarterly missionary meetings during the past decade
and have collected $48,235.49 through mite-boxes within that
time; and

Wuergas, A careful survey, also by officials of Synod who are
not members of the Central District, has resulted in the conviction
that no Scriptural principles governing woman’s position in the
Church have been sacrificed and that the funds collected through
mite-boxes have in no way detracted from the regular contribu-
tions through the established congregational channels, which are
conceded priority rights; and

Wuereas, This plan of developing powers for good dormant in
a great section of our communicant membership has the triple ad-
vantage of being developed under the immediate auspices of the
Church, of not contemplating regional, State and national conven-
tions, and of making the work of Christian missions, which has
a universal appeal for every group of church-members, the one aim
of its endeavor; therefore be it

Resolved, That we petition the Delegate Synod to sanction a
Synod-wide Women’s Missionary Endeavor; and to that end’be it
further

Resolved, That the proposed Synodical Women’s Missionary
Endeavor have as its local unit existing ladies’ societies, thereby