# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S174
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

AM Missions

evenings. The generosity of the Lutheran Laymen’s League has
~ now made it possible to broadcast every Sunday evening. Two
' Sunday evenings a month the brethren in Porto Alegre have broad-
cast over different stations. Mail response has been gratifying.

Expansion
If you have a picture of conditions as we tried to set them
-before you, it will be apparent to you that while there is room and
-opportunity, even need, for expansion, there cannot be much of it
until times change and adverse. conditions are removed.

Activity of Your Board

Your Board met regularly, generally once a month, to study
reports and problems as they were presented through the Rev: C.
‘Lehenbauer, our corresponding secretary, and to represent and ad-
vise the South American Districts in all their work — with the
“exception of colleges and seminaries, these being primarily under
the supervision of Synod’s Board of Directors.

_ Three ‘new professors were elected by your Board, Professor
‘Albert Lehenbauer for the Argentine seminary, Professor .Marcus
Berndt for Crespo, and Professor Octacilio Schueler for Porto
‘Alegre; an
In General

The rapidly mounting cost of living in Argentina and in Brazil
‘made salary increases necessary. The goal of the Christians in

South America must be to become self-supporting. Though it is
not within immediate reach, our pastors hold the goal up before
them. In this they are guided and strengthened by their presidents,
. the Rev. S. Beckmann and the Rev. R. Hasse.

The Rev. F. C. Streufert, D. D., visiting the brethren in the two
countries, encouraged them in their tremendously difficult labors
and also gave new impetus to the ‘training in stewardship con-
sciousness. ,

_ Mindful of the fact that spiritual growth is retarded by the
inability of the pastors to be in constant touch with their people,
because of the enormous areas they must cover to reach them, your
Board,: nevertheless, calls your attention to the fact that Christian
stewardship in church finance has not only been preached, but also
practiced in South America from the very beginning. Working
conditions and other factors: must be considered. When, as is the
case, the average daily. wage in Brazil is one fourth of what it is
here in North America, it is folly to expect our Christians there
to give one half as much as our Christians in North America are