# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S815
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION 813

Wuereas, There is still a divergence of opinion among those
who have studied this matter carefully in the past triennium;
be it

Resolved,

1. That Synod commend the Board for Parish Education and
others for the careful and painstaking studies carried on in this
field of religious education in State-supported schools;

2. That Synod refrain from adopting any specific policy in this
matter at this time;

3. That the Board for Parish Education be directed to con-
tinue its studies and report its findings at the next convention.

SYNOD-WIDE BIBLE-STUDY PROGRAM

(Memorials 203 and 204)
Re solved, Resolution 6
1. That this Centennial Convention heartily endorse and here-
with officially launch a Synod-Wide Bible Study Program;

2. That we as a Synod urge every congregation in all serious-
ness to make a careful survey of Bible reading and Bible study
in its midst, with constructive action in view;

3. That we encourage our congregations to provide Bible
classes in sufficient number for adolescents, young people, and
adults, and thus encourage all communicant members to partici-
pate actively in a well-planned Bible study program;

4, That we encourage particularly the development of Sunday
morning Bible classes for all communicants as a department of
the Sunday school, that our people may learn to use the Lord’s
day for study as well as worship;

5. That we encourage all teachers of Bible classes to use
methods which lead the learner more directly into his own Bible
and help him relate the Bible more closely to the Christian’s
mission in life;

6. That we encourage the increased use of the Bible itself
in private and family devotions; -

7, That we advocate the increased and more fruitful use of
the Bible in all of our elementary and secondary agencies of
Christian education, with the personal,use of the Bible especially
in view;

8. That we encourage the establishment of Lutheran Bible
institutes throughout Synod wherever possible, offering more ad~