LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Sheet 155

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FINANCE AND STEWARDSHIP 155

by, or included within, the constitutional structure of
the Synod; and

Wuereas, The Council of Lutheran Agencies has
established its value as a coordinating council for those
member organizations which receive support on an in-
ter-District basis; and

Wuereas, The work of these voluntary organizations
requires continued and expanding coordination and
support; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod endorse and commend the
Council of Lutheran Agencies for its activity; and be
it further

Resolved, That the Synod approve the amplification
of the Council’s purposes as stated in the revised con-
stitution (Reports and Memorials, 638 B, pp. 286, 287)
and officially recognize it as the Council of Lutheran
Ministries; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod commend the Council of
Lutheran Ministries to its members and urge them to
remember these ministries in their prayers and with
their financial support, so that these ministries may
continue to serve the Lord Christ to their fullest
potential.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

District Fund-Raising Agencies
RESOLUTION 11-19

Report 801, VIII, p. 314, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Board of Directors, in response to
a 1959 convention directive, studied the matter of estab-
lishing an official fund-raising service and is “not rec-
ommending that the Synod should establish its own
fund-raising agency at this time”; and

Wuereas, There is a continuing expressed desire for
trained fund-raising leadership in our Districts and
congregations; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod encourage Districts to set
up fund-raising functions within the Districts.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Fiscal Review Commission of the Synod
RESOLUTION 11-20
Report 804, Recommendation VII, p. 336,
Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That Recommendation VII of Report 804
be referred to the Survey Commission (or its successor)
for action; and be it further

Resolved, That the Survey Commission report its
findings to the 1965 convention of the Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Establishing the Budget of the Synod
RESOLUTION 11-21

Report 805, Recommendation I, pp. 337, 338,
Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That the Synod adopt Recommendation I
of the 1961 Fiscal Conference (pp. 337, 338, Reports and
Memorials) with the following insertion after the word
“Synod” in the fifth line of the second “Resolved”: “to-
gether with a budget review committee of not fewer
than fifteen members to be selected from and by the
Fiscal Conference.”

Action: This resolution was adopted.

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

Establishing the Budget of the Synod

Whereas, Our present method of establishing the
annual budgets of the Synod goes back to the time
when the Synod’s membership and needs were much
smaller; and

Wnuereas, The San Francisco convention, upon sev-
eral overtures directed to it (Proceedings, Memorial 808,
p. 291, and Unprinted Memorial 825, p. 297, and Today’s
Business, p. 89), requested the 1960 Stewardship Con-
ference of the Synod to give the method of determining
the Synod’s budget further study and to report its find-
ings with recommendations to the Synod’s Fiscal Con-
ference; and

Wuereas, Other church bodies have found it in their
best interests to reevaluate the change and procedures
they have been using to determine their spending budg-
ets; and

Wuereas, Our District stewardship leaders assembled
at the 1960 Stewardship Conference discussed the man-
ner of determining the Synod’s budget and gave studied
attention to this matter, formulating specific recom-
mendations to be considered by the Synod’s 1961 Fiscal
Conference; and

WuereasS, Those Districts which have adopted new
procedures in determining their own spending budgets
have experienced good results therefrom; and

WuerEas, Good housekeeping requires procedures
which bring budgetary income and expenditures in
closest balance — something which a new procedure for
determining the Synod’s budget should provide; and

Wuereas, The Synod’s 1961 Fiscal Conference, hav-
ing studied the recommendations which the Synod’s
Stewardship Conference directed to it, comes to this
convention with specific recommendations regarding a
new procedure in setting up the Synod’s budget and is
ready to present these in the following overture; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the 1961 Fiscal Conference recom-
mend to the 1962 convention of the Synod that the
Fiscal Conference of the Synod annually propose a
challenging program of current work and capital proj-