LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 126

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126 RESOLUTIONS.— COMMITTEE 6

13.25 Functions and Duties

The board (commission) shall —

a. coordinate and unify the work among the mentally
retarded throughout the Synod and provide for coopera-
tion among the synodical, District, and church-supported
agencies, congregations, pastors, teachers, social workers,
and families;

b. assemble information on public and private institu-
tions for mentally retarded and determine needs, pro-
grams, materials, and aids based in addition on non-
church-related and community resources;

c. assist in coordinating the work of synodically related
institutions, serve as an exchange medium between these
institutions, and render counsel;

d. acquaint itself with the best standards in state and
community institutions and apply these where possible
to the church-related agencies;

e. study and survey — where necessary, in consultation
with the Department of Welfare—areas of opportunity
preliminary to the establishment of agencies or of sep-
arate institutions of residential care for the mentally
retarded;

f£. cooperate with existing synodical and District agen-
cies in the mission implications of the work among the
mentally retarded;

g. cooperate with the Board of Parish Education on
the synodical and District level in promoting the initia-
tion of full-time or part-time educational agencies for
mentally retarded and in providing literature, class mate-
rials, and helps for classes and families;

h. serve as the consultant to the workers of our church
who are presently serving in the area of mental re-
tardation;

i. review and evaluate, at the request of the Board
of Directors, any Synodwide appeal for funds to be used
in the field of mental retardation;

j. cooperate with the Boards of Social Welfare and
institutional chaplaincies in areas of mutual interest;

k. consider conducting workshops and seminars of
chaplains and other workers involved in the field of
mental retardation;

1. keep the constituency of the Synod informed on its
activities and render a detailed report to the synodical
convention.

13.27 Budget

The board (commission) shall annually submit a
budget to the Board of Directors of the Synod for recom-
mendation and referral to the Fiscal Conference.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Establishment of a Review Commission
RESOLUTION 6-11
Memorial 631, p. 282, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Regular procedures for handling grievances
and disagreements are provided for in Article XI, B,
1, 2, 3; Article XT, 7; and similar sections in the Bylaws,
e. g., 2.27; therefore be it

Resolved, That this memorial be declined.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Provide for Annual District Conventions
RESOLUTION 6-12
Memorial 609, p. 270, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Memorials should be in the hands of the
President fourteen weeks prior to the convention (syn-
odical Handbook, section 1.25 b); and

Wuereas, This memorial, if adopted, would neces-
sitate the extremely difficult arrangement of having all
Districts meet between Jan. 1 and March 15 in the years
of the synodical convention; and

Wuereas, Any particular District which feels it must
meet every year may, according to Article XII, 13 of
the Constitution, request the Synod to grant permission
to do so; therefore be it

Resolved, That this memorial be declined.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Division of the Central District
RESOLUTION 6-13
Memorials 619, 620, pp. 279, 280, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Central District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod has requested permission to
divide into two Districts — one District to include all of
Indiana and Western Kentucky (with the exception
of the areas now occupied by the Western District)
and the other District to include all of Ohio, West Vir-
ginia, and Eastern Kentucky on a line drawn straight
down through Kentucky from the Indiana-Ohio state
line; and

Wuereas, The Executive Board of the Central Dis-
trict has studied any and all legal requirements for di-
vision of the District, conditioned on synodical approval
for division, has achieved complete harmony on the
method and time of the division of assets, has prepared
the necessary legal documents which will be filed on
synodical approval, and has agreed on June 1963 as the
time when the division is to become effective; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Central District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod be granted the permission to
divide; and be it further

Resolved, That the two Districts be known as the In-
diana District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod and the Ohio District of The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That the financial commitments previously
established by the Executive Board of the Central Dis-
trict with respect to the financial considerations in-
volved in the division be maintained.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Use of Bible Translations
RESOLUTION 6-14

Memorial 352, p.178, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Synod has not designated any Bible
translation as official; and

Wnuereas, The Synod has been studying the transla-
tions of the Bible and is in contact with Bible transla-
tors and publishers; and

Wuereas, The Synod at this convention has created

a Commission on Theology and Church Relations (Reso-
lution 6-03); and ,