LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 150

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150 . RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 11

Mission Education

Wnuereas, Mission methods are changing in a chang-
ing mission world, and our people should be helped
to see the changes and make adjustments; and

Woaenreas, Our Lord has granted repeated assurances
that our church has an urgent call to serve in growing
present fields and in added new fields; and

Wnenregas, Church bodies may tend to be introverted,
so that we must always be awake to and make up for
our tendency not to reach out to others; and

Wnuereas, For many years our church did less than
most major church bodies in the field of mission educa-
tion; and

Wuereas, An encouraging number of congregations
have made enthusiastic, imaginative use of mission-
study materials when provided; and

- Wuereas, Secular and material concerns, with the
most powerful voices to promote them, are doing their
best to attract the attention of our people to lesser
causes; and

Wuereas, Low-cost, colorful mission-study helps can
be produced only if a large number of congregations
take part in the same program at very nearly the same
time; and

Wuereas, Our Lord, who is rich in mercy toward us,
has confided His will that heaven be filled with multi-
tudes out of every nation and tribe and tongue and
people; therefore be it

Resolved, That congregations step up this pace of
mission education and to that end —

1) be urged to see mission education as part of the
building-up process in the faith life of every Christian
and as a year-round, rather than periodic, opportunity;

2) make the coming months a time to get off the
ground with a planned, continuing program of mission
education, using special helps to be provided by the
Stewardship Department and others;

3) bring together annually the pastors and the
leaders of all educational agencies and service groups
within the congregation to discover how each can make
best use of the mission-education helps provided, and
coordinate efforts to reach every member of the con-
gregation;

4) fix general responsibility for mission education
with the congregation’s stewardship committee and,
in particular, pick some one person to be of special
help to the pastor and congregation in this area;

5) cooperate with the other congregations in the
Synod for the mutual benefit of providing to themselves
effective mission-education tools at minimum cost by
following as closely as possible the schedule of annual
mission-study themes as each becomes current.

Every-Member Stewardship Visit
RESOLUTION 11-09

Report 804, Recommendation I, p. 335,
Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That the Synod adopt Recommendation III
(“Every-Member Stewardship Visit”) as it appears on
page 335 of Reports and Memorials.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Nore: The recommendation reads as follows:

Every-Member Stewardship Visit

Wuereas, Christians are to grow in the grace of
giving; and

Wuereas, The every-member stewardship visit has
proved itself to be an effective program for cultivating
the total stewardship life, including the grace of giving;
and

Wuereas, The cultivation of the stewardship life
as a major phase of the every-member stewardship
visit has resulted in significant by-products in many
congregations, namely: improved church and Commun-
ion attendance; reclaiming delinquents; deeper com-
mitment to Christ and His kingdom; a clearer vision
of the purpose and vision of the mission of the church;
as well as greatly increased offerings; and

Wuereas, A number of congregations mistakenly
believe that shortcuts can be made in the program of
the every-member stewardship visit without weakening
its intended impact or diminishing its results; and

Wuereas, An effective every-member stewardship
visit is basic to the every-congregation visit program
being presented to this convention; therefore be it

Resolved, That every congregation give serious con-
sideration to conducting an annual Christ-centered and
full-orbed every-member stewardship visit or its equiv-
alent; and be it further

Resolved, That District and Synodical stewardship
leaders make available to congregations the necessary
tools for an effective every-member stewardship visit.

Report of the Synod’s Fiscal Conference
RESOLUTION 11-10
Report 805, Recommendation II, p. 338,
Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That Recommendation II of the 1961 Fiscal
Conference of the Synod be adopted as it appears on
page 338 of Reports and Memorials, with the substitu-
tion of the words “the use of” in the place of “and use”
in the first and second lines of the first “Resolved.”

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Note: The recommendation (as changed) reads as
follows: