# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S220
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

220 Reports and Action on Various Mission-Fields

The Implications of This Change in South American Policy. —
To place the South American District on the same basis with the
subsidized Districts will mean

That the District of Brazil and the District of Argentina can
more fully establish themselves and be recognized by the govern-
ment as a local Church and organization;

That the entire supervision, direction, and development of
missions in South America be transferred to the respective District
mission boards in Brazil and in Argentina. Hence the transfer of
men from one field to another, the fixing of salaries, the settlement
of arising problems, the adjustments of difficult situations, the
granting of furloughs, and other matters pertaining to the conduct
of missions will be in the hands of the District mission boards and
the District officers;

That to the Brazil and Argentina Districts a greater measure
of self-government is granted, greater authority, which carries with
it greater responsibility;

That the Brazil and the Argentina District mission boards,
in line with the North American subsidized Districts, will submit
their annual subsidy request together with their detailed annual
report, as is required from the North American subsidized Districts,
to the newly created Board of North American and South
American Missions.

Organization of One Board for Home Missions in North and
South America. — To have one board for North and South American
District missions, all operating on the same basis, will make for
greater uniformity and efficiency.

Hence it is suggested that the work of the Board for Home
Missions in North America and the work of the Board for Home
Missions for South America be consolidated and that therefore
one Board for North and South American missions be created.

Respectfully submitted by
Tue Boarp or Directors

(The Committee also considered Unprinted Memorial 130, which en-
dorsed Memorial 408 as printed above.)

Report of Committee 2

WHEREAS, We, by the grace of God, have guided, directed, and
financed the work in South America for more than 40 years; and
Wuereas, The Lord most signally blessed the work in the
South American fields, so. that today about 90 missionaries are
Serving more than 450 stations with approximately 50,000 souls

and more than 25,000 communicant members; and
WuHereas, The long-distance control of missions in a country
entirely foreign to us cannot always be done to the fullest satis-
faction of all concerned, even though the intentions are good; and