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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1929, Page 78

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78 Proceedings of Thirty-Fourth Regular Convention,

faithful service, their untiring efforts, their efficient management, _
their circumspect and careful handling of the funds entrusted to.
them, and for the assistance given such congregations and mission
places as were, either totally or partially, unable to provide for them-
selves a place of worship for the spreading of God’s Word and Luther’s *
doctrine pure.” :
Furthermore the Church Extension Board had suggested and
drafted a new set of regulations for the control of the fund.

These regulations were adopted in the following form: —

A. Organization.

1. The General Church Extension Board, hereinafter called the
Board, shall consist of six persons, two pastors, two teachers, and two
laymen, who shall be elected by Synod in accordance with its rules
and regulations for elections. The members of the Board shall, if
possible, serve longer than a three-year term.

2. The members of this Board shal] live in such proximity of
each other that they can readily meet without incurring undue
expense.

3. The Board shall organize, and it shall elect its own officers.

4. The Board shall fil] any vacancies that may occur during its
term of office, such elections to be subject to confirmation by the
President of Synod. :

5. This Board shal] be charged with the administration of the
General Church Extension Fund, grant loans, make collections, and
see that Synod’s regulations regarding this fund are carried out,

6. All moneys flowing into the General Church Extension F und,
whether repayments or additions to the capital, shall be received by
the Treasurer of Synod, and he, in turn, shall place them at the dis-
posal of the treasurer of the Board. The Treasurer of Synod shall
make a monthly report to the treasurer of the Board.

7. The General Church Extension Fund receives its moneys by
means of collections, donations, and bequests. When the Board deems
it expedient, it may, through Synod’s Treasurer, under the direction
of the Board of Directors, receive loans that are offered to the fund,
the notes for these loans being obligations of Synod.

Congregations only as are in membership with’ the Evangelical Lu-
theran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.

2. Loans may be made for church- and school-buildings and, in
exceptional eases, for Parsonages and teacherages,