# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S807
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION 807

Wuereas, Our Synod must fulfill its mission for Christ in .
a second century far more hazardous and confused than the
first; and

Wuereas, Only the Word of God can supply the spiritual con-
victions, courage, and guidance to fulfill that mission and achieve
new and even greater victories for Christ; therefore be it

Resolved, 1. That this Centennial Convention heartily endorse
the efforts of the Board for Parish Education to promote Bible
study;

2. That this convention herewith officially launch a Synod-wide
Bible Study Movement;

3. That Synod request all Districts and their boards, all con- —
gregations, all parish and interparish organizations, and every
member of Synod to give priority to the reading and study of the
Bible by the individual, by the family, and by all educational
agencies;

4. That Synod encourage most particularly the founding and
expansion of Bible classes in all parishes, especially as Bible class
departments of the Sunday school, that our people may learn to
use the Lord’s Day for study as well as worship;

5. That it urge congregations to make provision for post-~-
confirmation Bible study for all age groups (e.g., high school,
young adults, older adults);

6. That Synod encourage the use of all methods leading directly
into the Bible and, for adults particularly, a study of the Bible
by individual books as God has given them to us, in order to
promote at-homeness in the whole Scripture and a disposition
to master it;

7. That Synod urge congregations to relate Bible study more
closely to the needs and situations of life today and to the mission
of the Christian in home, parish, community, and world;

8. That Synod encourage the increased use of the Bible itself
in private and family devotions, through guidance in planning devo-
tions for various age levels and for individual needs and family
purposes;

9. That Synod advocate increased and more effective use of the
Bible itself in our elementary and secondary Christian education
agencies in order to encourage Bible reading, and the practice of
the devotional life;

10. That Synod encourage the establishment in Lutheran cen-
ters of Bible Institutes and Evening Schools for more advanced
courses in Bible study to produce from among the laity more
trained Bible students, Bible teachers, and Christian workers;

11. That Synod request all our schools of higher education to