# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S185
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‘Missions, 188

ACTION

The discussion of the Missions to the Deaf and the Blind was.
opened with an address by Dr. John L. Salvner. -
The following general resolution was passed:
= Wuereas, Our Missions to the Deaf and the Blind this year

will extend over a period of fifty years;. be it
, Resolved, That the President of Synod propose a plan setting
forth a proper observance of this event.
With ‘reference to the Report of the Secretary of Missions,
page 88, No.5 B, Committee 2 recommended, and it was
Resolved, That in the interest of economy and efficiency the
Board of Missions to the Deaf and the Blind, in consultation with
the Ephphatha Conference (page 88, paragraph 5B), and the Mis-
sion Department of Concordia Seminary, aim to enlist the service
of pastors of hearing congregations to minister to small groups of
deaf and blind in localities not touched by our regular missionaries
to the deaf and the blind.

Report of Secretary of Missions

Pertaining to page 89, paragraph 3, Committee 2 recommended,
and it was

Resolved, That pastors of hearing congregations be urged to
minister faithfully to the spiritual needs of their deaf, blind, and
- hard of hearing, and to this end make use of hearing devices and
other equipment that may be of assistance to such service.

Pertaining to unprinted memorial No. 1, Placing Mission Work
- Among the Deaf Under the Supervision of Districts, and Report
' of Secretary of Missions, page 89 ff., it was
4 Resolved, That the President of Synod appoint a committee to
~ ‘study this subject together with the Board of Missions to the Deaf
and the Blind and with the members of the Ephphatha Conference.

Petition to Appoint a Special Mission Board
for the Blind
(Memorial 409) |
Wuereas, The vast difference between the deaf and the blind

a Wuereas, This. vast difference reaches deep into the life of
both and into their character and their disposition; the deaf soon
.. flocking together, since other deaf people are the only people with
: “whom the deaf can exchange thoughts, and our missionaries have
no difficulty, in gathering them into groups and in building up con-

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