# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S666
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

666 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

Wuerras, The efficient promotion of the Lutheran Hour by
the Lutheran Laymen’s League is bringing great blessings to our
Synod and its congregations; therefore be it

ACTION
This resolution was adopted by Synod.

Full-Time Synodical Architect
(Memorial 1008)

Wuereas, The problem of Providing adequate church plans not
only for our mission congregations, but for all of our congrega-
tions, is becoming a more and more important one; and

Wuereas, The progress of many of our congregations is ham-
pered by inadequate buildings; and

Wuereas, Our Districts are striving for and encouraging their
congregations to erect edifices which not only are churchly in
appearance and reflect our faith in their arrangement, but which
provide the maximum of utility; and

Wuergas, In Most instances where building Programs are
being contemplated, great difficulty is experienced’ in finding
architects qualified to prepare suitable plans and specifications,
because the designing of church buildings, their appointments and
furnishings, is an art in itself and not understood by the average
architect; and

contemplated has become an acute one; and

Wuereas, The present plan as followed in our congregations,
Districts, and in Synod as a whole, is unsatisfactory and uneconom-
ical, causing confusion and much duplication of work and efforts,