# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S695
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS ~ 11d

The Lutheran Hour in South America
The Rev. A. T. Kramer has been broadcasting every Saturday
er Station L U 2 in Bahia Blanca — in Spanish, The Rev. R. Hasse
been broadcasting over PRH8 once a month on Sunday
jvenings. The generosity of the Lutheran Laymen’s League has
ow made it possible to broadcast every Sunday evening. Two
day evenings a month the brethren in Porto Alegre have broad-
ist over different stations. Mail response has been gratifying.

Expansion ;

~' If you have a picture of conditions as we tried to set them
efore you, it will be apparent to you that while there is room and
pportunity, even need, for expansion, there cannot be much of it
until times change and adverse conditions are removed.

Activity of Your Board

: Your Board met regularly, generally once a month, to study
‘reports and problems as they were presented through the Rev. C.
{Lehenbauer, our corresponding secretary, and to represent and ad-~
vise the South American Districts in all their work — with the
exception of colleges and seminaries, these being primarily under
the supervision of Synod’s Board of Directors.

Three new professors were elected by your Board, Professor
Albert Lehenbauer for the Argentine seminary, Professor Marcus
Berndt for Crespo, and Professor Octacilio Schueler for Porto

legre.
, In General

The rapidly mounting cost of living in Argentina and in Brazil
, made salary increases necessary. The goal of the Christians in
South America must be to become self-supporting. Though it is
- not within immediate reach, our pastors hold the goal up before
“ them. In this they are guided and strengthened by their presidents,
' the Rev. S. Beckmann and the Rev. R. Hasse.

The Rev. F. C. Streufert, D. D., visiting the brethren in the two
countries, encouraged them in their tremendously difficult labors
and also gave new impetus to the training in stewardship con-
sciousness.

Mindful of the fact that spiritual growth is retarded by the
inability of the pastors to be in constant touch with their people,
because of the enormous areas they must cover to reach them, your
Board, nevertheless, calls your attention to the fact that Christian
stewardship in church finance has not only been preached, but also
practiced in South America from the very beginning. Working
conditions and other factors must be considered. When, as is. the
case, the average daily wage in Brazil is one fourth of what it is