# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1055
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION _— 857

‘ , Founded Enrollment
1903 Lutheran High School, Milwaukee, Wis. 814
1909 Luther Institute, Chicago, Til. 620
1916 Concordia Lutheran High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. 375
1930 Trinity Lutheran High School, Oregon City, Oreg. 29
1933 Trinity Lutheran High School, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 50

1943 Lutheran High School, Racine, Wis. | 220
1944 Lutheran High School, Detroit, Mich. 330
1946 Lutheran High School, St. Louis, Mo. 600
1948 Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio 150
1949 Lutheran High School, Houston, Tex. 44
\ 3,232

In addition to these regular pupils in Lutheran high schools,
ere were 226 pupils in separate 9th grades and 1,545 students in
the high school departments of our synodical institutions. This
makes a grand total of 4,277 students, or 4.8 per cent of the 104,000
ersons of high school age in our Synod. Clearly, the area: of
utheran secondary education is still in need of expansion.

Report on Adult Education

During the past triennium, God has blessed the work in the
Id of adult education abundantly. Significant progress was made
two areas: Bible study and family life education. A new Bible
study consciousness is noticeable, and some sound planning has
been done to inaugurate a Christian family life program.

Bible Study ‘

: The comprehensive resolution on Bible study of the Centennial
x Convention was followed closely in developing the Bible Study
F’Program. The Board’s Council on Bible Study gave attention to
& building Bible classes, increasing the fruitful use of God’s Word
elementary education, in the home, among our youth, the
« training of more Bible teachers through Bible institutes, and ex-
® ploring the problem of a more readable English Bible.

"" Bible study workshops were conducted in 28 Districts. Persons
“trained at District workshops conducted similar conferences in
F about 70 per cent of Synod’s circuits. Guidance was given to help
istricts appraise their own Bible study and give to their congre-
ations continual help toward improvement.

A congregational manual, Studying His Word, Interest Finders,
and Workshop Reports were published. A new adult Bible study
series on the books of the Bible was initiated. Five tracts appeared, .
and many articles were written.

.. Bible class enrollments had declined steadily from 7.5 per cent
_ of the communicant membership in 1936 to 4.2 per cent in 1944,