# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S304
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304 Intersynodical and Doctrinal Matters

Report of Committee 3 on the United Lutheran Church

With reference to the United Lutheran Church your Com-
mittee recommends that Synod receive and approve of the report
of its Committee on Lutheran Union.

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted,

Relations with the Finnish National Church
Report of the Standing Committee
. (Memorial 607)

Our relations with the Finnish National Church during the
last triennium have continued to be very cordial and beneficial
as the attached reports will show. Notwithstanding difficulties and
oppositions this struggling Church has remained faithful to the
Word of God and our Lutheran confessions. We therefore recom-
mend to continue the desired assistance and financial support,

The resolutions of last Synod regarding an instructor in th
Finnish language at the Springfield seminary were carried out
after due consultations with the officials of the Finnish Church,
the Springfield faculty and the Board of Control, and the Board

Prof. A. Monto accepted the position. The arrangement seems to
be very Satisfactory on both sides. Eleven Finnish students were
enrolled this last year.

Through the death of our beloved Dr. F. Pfotenhauer the
Finnish committee lost a very much interested and wise counselor.
Pastor R. Herrmann of Lidderdale, Iowa, was asked to serve in his
Place. He has learned the Finnish language, and even before
being a member of the committee, he rendered valuable service,
especially as our representative at the Finnish synodical meetings.

Respectfully submitted,
Tue Committee:
H. Darn R. HerrMANN JouN ScHINNERER

Report of Committee 3

The Finnish National Church, numbering 70 congregations,
5,000 communicants, and 14 pastors, continues in fraternal and
cordial relations with our Synod. Notwithstanding many dif-
ficulties this struggling Church has remained faithful to the Word
of God and our Lutheran Confessions,

In 1939 our Synod through its Board of Directors and in ac-
cordance with its resolution of 1938 added to its faculty at Con-
cordia Seminary, Springfield, Ill, a Finnish professor, Prof. A,
Monto, who in addition to instructing eleven Finnish students in
——

* They were available to the convention committee,