# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S322
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

399 Financial Matters

That the’ needs of the Society be commended to the generous °

consideration of those administering special funds for the war:
emergency program;

That each individual church be urged to set aside one Sunday
in the year on which the place of the Bible is duly emphasized and
the responsibility of the Church in Bible distribution is clearly laid
upon the consciences of the people.

St. Marx’s LUTHERAN Cuurcn, Yonxers, N. Y.

Support of the American Bible Society
(Memorial 1008)
Wuereas, The American Bible Society is doing a most neces-
sary and Christian work in translating, publishing, and disseminat-
ing the Bible without sectarian comment; and

Wuereas, The demands upon the American Bible Society are Ee

very heavy now and will increase with the war’s end; and

Wuereas, Also our foreign missions lean heavily upon the °;
American Bible Society for Scriptures in the languages used in %

said missions; and
Wnerzas, The method hitherto in use among us of leaving the

support of the American Bible Society up to the individual’ con- 4

gregation has in its best year yielded only .42 for the American

$1,766.00; therefore be it

' Resolved, That the work of the American Bible Society be:

remembered in the Official Budget of Synod on a percentage basis;
and be it further
Resolved, that this percentage be fixed by the Fiscal Conference
of Synod, Sr, Jonw’s Evancentca, Luraeran CHURCH
\ ELLINWoop, Kans.

Atvin I. H.Isern, Elder Lzonarp C. Knop, Elder

Georce Knop, Elder Frep Kramer, Pastor

ACTION
The following resolution submitted by Committee 11 was
adopted: | .
‘Wnereas, The American Bible Society is doing a most neces-

sary and Christian work in translating, publishing, and dissemi-

nating the Bible without sectarian comment; and

Wuereas, The demands upon the American Bible Society are

very heavy now and will increase with the war's end; and ¥

Wuereas, The method hitherto in use among us of leaving the :

» support of the American Bible Society up to the individual congre-
gation has in its best year yielded only 42 cents for the American
Bible Society from every one of our 4,200 churches; and

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‘Bible Society from every one of our 4,200 churches for a total of we