# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S897
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 897

it, will have to come through your Board. That will mean not
only the payment of the salaries of professors elected by the Free
Church and the one professor from America designated by our
Synod, but also, under present conditions, the payment of salary
will not be sufficient. It will be necessary to provide funds so
that the professors and the students will receive supplemental food
packages from the United States.

¢. Kollegium fuer Lutherisches Schrifttum

This working committee of the Evangelical Free Church has
been formed in order to publish such theological literature and
periodicals as will influence the theological thinking of German
church leaders. If this project is to have the influence which it
ought to have, it must be able to reach out into the wider circles
of the German theological world. That will require money for
publication, distribution, and, above all else, paper.

d. Preaching Through the Press

Since German newspapers are one of the few media of pub-
licity which can obtain sufficient paper to reach a wide audience,
a newspaper advertising campaign throughout Germany is one of
the means by which we can reach the man in the street. A service
similar to “Preaching Through the Press” established by the St. Louis
Publicity Organization, adapted to German conditions, would, of
course, demand the outlay of considerable sums of money, but
would pay wonderful dividends in the results obtained, particularly
if it were correlated with the other efforts of our Church in Germany.

e. Development of Lutheran Literature in the French Language

The need for Lutheran literature in French has been pointed
out previously, both because of the changing language conditions in
Alsace as well as for laying the ground for an expansion in the
interior of France. The sum of $5,000 there mentioned would only
be the beginning of a proper development of this project. An
equivalent sum would be necessary in each year of the coming
triennium.

f. Development of Lutheran Literature in Flemish

Since our Church has just begun its work in the Flemish
language in Belgium, it is necessary to lay a firm ground for the
development of a sound Lutheran Church. That can only be done
by providing sound Lutheran devotional, evangelistic, and theo-
logical literature. While the beginning would necessarily be
modest, an increasing expenditure of money for this purpose
within the coming triennium can be looked for.