# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S189
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Missions ; Se 189

assist in transevibing the treasures of our Lutheran literature
into Spanish Braille for the blind of Latin American nations;
‘therefore

‘ «I, Frederick Graepp, one of the founders of, and now a blind
-Lutheran volunteer worker for, the Lutheran Library for the:
Blind, which was adopted as the Hon. Synod’s own institution at
the 1941 convention, do hereby urgently request the Hon’Synod.
. to permit and sponsor the publication, of Lutheran literature in
Spanish Braille for the blind of Latin America, in the name and
to the glory of our common God and Savior, under the auspices of
the Hon. Synod and under ‘the supervision of the Hon. Synod’s
Mission Board for the Blind. . a weeneeicK Grazer (blind)

‘

ACTION
It was resolved to refer this matter to the Board of Missions
to the Deaf and the Blind together with the Board of South Amer-
ican Missions.

Presenting Deaf and Blind Missions to Districts

It was resolved that Presidents of Districts cause the Missions
to the Deaf and the Blind to be presented to their District conven-
tions in informational and inspirational addresses.

Report of the Board for Colored Missions
(Memorial 411)
At Home

For many years our Negro Mission has been centered in the
South, and only incidentally was work done in the North. How-
ever, Negro immigrations offered opportunity for mission expan-
sion. At the present time, mission work is carried on in twenty-
one States of the Union. Mission opportunities at no time have
been scarce, and the present shifting of population constitutes
a definite challenge to the Church.

While for many years our missionaries were greatly handi-
capped in their work because of prejudice, etc, the Lutheran
Church; with its sober order of worship and real Gospel preaching,
has become a respected institution among the Negroes and is spoken
of as the Church for thinking people.

Opportunities for a greatly: improved income have also come
to the Negroes, and this fact is reflected in Church contributions
‘and a movement among congregations to own their church property.
Nine congregations now own their own property outright, and six