# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S461
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS — 461

e Wuereas, Audio-visual aids have proved their worth in. the
.., promoting of Christian education and missions; and
Wuereas, Memorials 515, 516, 517, 518, and 519 give evidence _
of the inadequacy of our present program for producing and dis-
tributing such aids; and . ,

Wuereas, Audio-visual aids used in the service of the Gospel
ought to be produced with a view to the widest possible distribu-
tion at the lowest possible cost; therefore be it

Resolved, 1. That Synod shall establish a separate Department
of Visual Education at this convention; and be it further

Resolved, 2. That the Department of Visual Education shall
be of service to all synodical boards and agencies j

a),By -producing slides, film-strips, films, and other audio-

“visual materials,
b) By acting as a clearing house for the visual-aid projects of
Districts, organizations, and individuals; and be it further

Resolved, 3. That the Department of Visual Education shall
be administered by an elected board of two pastors, two teachers
and three laymen (similar to other departments of our Synod);
and be it further

Resolved, 4. That the Board shall engage a man well qualified
in the field of visual education, who shall plan and promote visual
aids in all areas of our Church's work; and be it further

Resolved, 5. That the Board shall be empowered to engage
such additional technical skills as it may find necessary for the
prosecution of its work; and be it further

Resolved, 6. That the Fiscal Conference shall be empowered
to subsidize the Department of Visual Education to meet its own
general requirements, as Jl as the requirements of the synodical
departments that it is to serve; and be it finally

Resolved, 7. That the facilities of Concordia Publishing House
be used for the distribution of audio-visual aids and equipment
wherever such an arrangement is feasible.

ACTION
Synod adopted these resolutions.

Establishing Department of Public Relations
(Memorial 522)

The Gulf States Conference of the Southern District hereby
memorializes Synod with the following resolution, which was
adopted April 26, 1945, at Fairhope, Ala., to wit:

Wuereas, Our Synod has no official organization that has as