# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S806
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

806 PARISH EDUCATION

lem on their agenda and co-operate with the Board for Parish
Education in introducing and furthering the program;

That, finally, the Bible-class situation be made a matter of
heartfelt prayer and deliberation in conferences and in parish and
circuit meetings, to the end that the Bible-study program may
achieve its purpose, to the glory of God and for the advancement
of the individual Christian and of the Kingdom of God.

Pau. M. Bretscuer, Board for Parish Education
CLARENCE Peters, Board for Young People’s Work
O. H. Tuetss, Walther League

O.A. Dorn, Concordia Publishing House

Launching a Synod-Wide Bible Study Movement
(Memorial 204)

Through its department of adult education the Board for
Parish Education has made further exploration of the Bible study
situation in our Synod. This study has revealed that the causes
underlying a widespread lack of organized Bible study go very
deep. The Board for Parish Education therefore appointed a Coun-
cil on Bible Study, which has continued these investigations and
set up a constructive plan of action which will make a positive
approach along four lines:

1. Bible classes and Bible study in the local church;

2. The more profitable use of the Bible in the home;

3. Increased and more effective use of the Bible in all agencies
of Christian education;

4, The training of more capable Bible class teachers.

The Council on Bible study, composed of twenty-six persons,
includes in its membership representatives from the Walther
League, the Lutheran Laymen’s League, the Lutheran Women’s
Missionary League, the Board for Young People’s Work, and the
Student Service Commission. It has been working at its task since
the beginning of this calendar year through eight subcommittees.

It believes that Bible study is a most vital need of the Church
today, and that only a long-range program consistently followed
will bring the desired improvement. It is confident that the people
of our Synod are ready for such a program and that they will
respond favorably. In line with the four approaches indicated
above, the Council on Bible Study submits the following resolution.

Wnuereas, The Word of God has continued with us during a
century of synodical existence; and

Wuereas, The strength and growth which have characterized
our beloved Synod and its institutions have derived directly from
the Scriptures; and ,