# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S555
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PUBLICATION MATTERS ‘555

Periodicals Published by Synod
(Seventeen publications)

Sunday School Literature:
Lutheraner - 23,000 Beginners 0 90,000

Lutheran Witness . 308,000 Primary Leaflets __ _. 101,000
This Day 50,000 Junior Lessons __..... _- 90,000
Child’s Companion .- . 56,000 Intermediate Lessons _. 79,000
Young World 34,000 Senior Lessons __ 68,000
Bible Stories in Pictures. 54,000 Teachers’ Quarterly _.... 46,000
‘Lutheran Education ___ 1,880 Bible Student 30,000
Parish Education __ 8,000 Bible Teacher 2,800

Theological Monthly 2,000
506,800

536,880

Total subscriptions, 1,043,680

In carrying out the synodical resolution to publish a scholarly
commentary on the Bible, Concordia Publishing House has sub-
sidized this work during the past triennium to the extent of
$10,935.40 (up to December 31, 1949). At the direction of the
General Literature Board, Dr. Theodore Laetsch and Dr. Walter
Wente have been at work for several years. The first volume,
covering Jeremiah, is in production and should be on the market
this year.

An additional item being subsidized by Concordia Publishing
House is the revision of the Concordia Cyclopedia. Dr. E. L. Lueker
has been at. work on this project since 1946. About two thirds of
the manuscript has been completed.

In continued co-operation with the Centennial Literature Com-
mittee, Concordia Publishing House has issued the first two volumes
of. The Devotional Bible.

The first volume of a series of books on the history of Synod
under the title Government in the Missouri Synod was issued in
1947. The manuscripts for two additional volumes in this series
have been submitted recently.

The. materials for Vacation Bible Schools as prepared by
the Board for Parish Education continue to be in demand also
in circles beyond the Missouri Synod. ;

The production and distribution of Visual Education materials
is being carried on. Concordia Publishing House in co-operation
with the mission departments has developed films on Africa and
New Guinea. A film on missions in South America is in prepara-
tion. We have also begun the production of an extensive series
of filmstrips in color on Bible Stories for use in Sunday schools
and day schools. During the past year we have also had the oppor-
tunity of producing the Hollywood Pilgrimage Play, “The Life of
Christ,” in co-operation with some Hollywood producers. This
is the first production on the Life of Christ in color.