# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S300
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300 PARISH EDUCATION

tracts available only on a purchase basis. Our small congregations
in particular are hampered in their efforts to promote Christian
education when promotional materials in this field are available
only on a purchase basis. In view of the need of giving assistance
in the promotion of a broad program of Christian education, the
Board for Parish Education recommends that it be given a directive
to make available free promotional materials for certain aspects of ©
its program and that funds be made available for this purpose,

10. Special Assignments to the Board for Parish Education
10.1, State Aid. The Board for Parish Education recommends
that Synod reaffirm the Position on State aid taken at the Saginaw
convention. This emphasizes:
1. That the social service program of the State should in equity
be available to all children of school age, irrespective of their

school association, and that the Church can accept this program
as it is offered and may even be within its rights in demanding it,

. 2. That the granting of tax moneys by the State to subsidize church
schools is de facto support of the teaching program of church

of tax moneys for the support of the teaching program of church
schools is contrary to the First Amendment of the Constitution.
10.2. Religious Education in State-Supported Schools. Religious
education in State-supported schools is a live issue in many com-
munities. Owing to the very nature of the problem and its many
ramifications, the Board for Parish Education finds it impossible
at this time to offer a policy which Synod “might adopt. We have
therefore presented only “An Opinion” (see above, pp. 226—235),
with the hope that those who are confronted with any phase of
this problem will receive guidance from it,

ll. Board of Christian Education in the Local Congregation
11.1. The promotion and supervision of Christian education in
the local congregation can best be handled by a special Board of

urged to elect such a Board. °
11.2. The program of Christian education in the local congre-
gation should embrace the range from infancy through adulthood.
We recommend that local boards be urged to develop a program
that reaches every child, youth, and adult in the congregation.
11.3. We recommend that the local boards be urged to set up
@ program of guidance that will enroll children in. the complete