# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S165
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Missions ° . 185

‘the-Church and help in this time of acute shortage of manpower?
The King’s ‘business demands haste.” The Gospel shall be
eached.to all nations. Even now it is preached to the far corners
ofthe earth. “And then shall the end come.”

vo THE Boarp ror Home Missions 1n NortH AMERICA
E.F.Sztiz, Chairman EJ. Drerker

M. MENcxE, Secretary Geo. BEIDERWIEDEN, Sr.

Wo. C. Looysen, Treasurer F.C. Srreurert, Executive Secretary:

ACTION

Concerning the report of the Secretary of Missions and the
Home Mission Board, Committee 2 submitted the following resolu-
tions, which were adopted by Synod:

Your Committee No.2 on Missions has studied the report of
our Secretary of Missions, pages 86—99. On the basis of that re-
port, in addition to the discussions of your Committee, we beg
leave to present the following resolutions to Synod for adoption:

1. Pertaining to a “restudy of the entire work of Missions... |
with a view to a possible consolidation, co-ordination, relocation,
or elimination in the interest of economy and of' conservation of
manpower,” page 92, paragraph 3, as well as pertaining to an
“evaluation of manpower” etc., page 92, paragraph 4'and follow-
ing, be it

Resolved, That the College of Presidents be requested to ap-
point a committee to give these matters serious consideration; be
it further

Resolved, That the College of Presidents for the full utilization
of available manpower adopt such measures as will be in keeping
with the doctrines of the divine call, preserving the rights of the
congregation, and be helpful in placing the available manpower
to the best advantage.

2. Pertaining to the necessity of intensifying the effort of the
training of a native ministry’and the laying of a foundation of
a self-governing Church in foreign countries, page 94, paragraphs
2, 3, 4, 5, and pages 95, 96, and 97:

While Committee No.2 recognizes the efficient and faithful
work in training native workers until now, we nevertheless feel
that the work of training a native ministry be, intensified, par-
ticularly at this time when existing conditions and the trend to -
nationalism throughout the world indicate the wisdom of such a
program; be it therefore