# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S188
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

186 Reports on General Missions

Resolved, That those congregations and Districts which have
Church Extension loans that are past due make use of the willing-
ness of the General Church Extension Board to arrange for repay-
ments that are feasible and well within the financial strength of the
congregations and Districts concerned.

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

Concerning the Norfolk Loan the Committee reported:

Wuereas, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Norfolk, Virginia, is
indebted to the General Church Extension Board to the extent of
$10,490; and

Wuereas, This property is in poor repair, even though the con-
gregation had to spend considerable sums for upkeep; and

Wuereas, The location has proved to be unsuitable for further
development of the mission; and

Wuereas, It will be impossible for the congregation to relocate
under the weight of this indebtedness; and

Wuergas, It would be unreasonable on our part to expect the
newly organized Southeastern District to carry this indebtedness;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the General Church Extension Board be author-
ized to make an equitable adjustment of this debt.

' Action of Synod: This resolution was adopted.

Creating a Five-Year Mission Expansion
and Emergency Fund
(Memorial 403)

Confronting our Church in these latter days there are extra-
ordinary facts which should arouse us to serious thought and
aggressive action. We would be remiss in our God-appointed
duties were we not to take note of the situations which we face and
to study them in all their implications and their challenges.

1. No other church-body in the world today enjoys such un-
bounded spiritual blessings in the precious Gospel of Jesus Christ
and the correct administration of the Holy Sacraments as the
churches of the Synodical Conference. God has been excep-
tionally gracious and merciful to us. These unlimited blessings
present challenging responsibilities. Just as certain as we are of
the exceptional grace which God has bestowed upon us, so certain
we are also that to no other church-body in the world does the
Lord’s command to preach the Gospel apply with greater emphasis
than to the churches of the Missouri Synod. It is very evident
that we, as the largest body of the Synodical Conference, should
shoulder the greater part of the obligation to carry out the com-