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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Sheet 284

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Ey. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. O77

Stewardship and Missionary Education.

Wuereas, The financial deficits through which our Church has
passed in recent years are only a symptom of the spiritual deficits in
the hearts of our people; and

Wuereas, The mission-work of our Church can be expanded only
as far as the stewardship sense and mission consciousness of the mem-
bership is developed; and

Wuereas, The work of the individual congregation as well as the
larger work of the Church will be properly carried on only as our
people have a changed attitude toward life itself; therefore be it

Resolved, That the scope of the present Publicity Office of Synod
be expanded sufficiently to facilitate systematic and sustained steward-
- ship and missionary education throughout Synod.

Report of Committee 19 (as amended by Synod) : —

We recommend : —

4. That the Districts which have systematically engaged in the
study of Christian stewardship and missionary education be en-
couraged to continue their efforts and that the other Districts be
urged to institute steps looking towards the realization of -a more
developed missionary and stewardship consciousness among their con-
stituency ;

2. That a Survey Committee of five be named by the President
and the four Vice-Presidents of Synod for the purpose of studying
and surveying Christian stewardship efforts and missionary education
as carried on in the various Districts and that this committee be in-
structed to put this plan into execution to facilitate systematic, sus-
tained, and coordinated stewardship and missionary education

h hout Synod.
throug yn Action of Synod.

This report was adopted in this form.

More Ample Use of Talents of Laymen

in Financial Matters.
(Memorial 608.)

he annual national convention of the Lutheran Laymen’s
League, assembled in St. Louis, Mo., in June, 1934, unanimously
adopted the following resolution : —

‘CWuereas, The past two decades have seen an increasing number
of our Lutheran laymen assuming positions of leadership and impor-
tance in the financial and business world; and

cWuerzas, We have in our Church a great number of laymen who
are deeply concerned in the welfare and progress of our Church; and