# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1058
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

860 PARISH EDUCATION

with the task of developing theologically and pedagogically sou
curricula and standards, and that our Church should now deve

a number of young men who can devote their lives to this. ty

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Guidance on Versions .
In promoting greater use of the Bible, the Council on ]
Study was at once confronted with the problem of a more re
able English text. Contacts at conferences and a survey mad
the Sunday school office indicate that the need is pronoun
Throughout the English-speaking world many new versions
appearing. This is somewhat of a phenomenon of our times
reveals a generally felt need. Our Church, too, must be pre ps
for this demand. Many of our people already are making us
new versions and paraphrases. For this reason the Board .f
Parish Education asked a committee of the Council on Bible Stu
to look into the problem and explore it further. This committee
known as the Advisory Committee on English Versions. It®
made some preliminary explorations in the field and will
special attention to the problem of an English text that can
used more fruitfully in parish education, in family worship,
in guiding our youth into the treasures of God’s Word.

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Council on Bible Study
We wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude toward Gé 7
the service of the many persons who during the past trienniu
have served as members of the Council on Bible Study and hay
given much of their time and energy to this program. W.
directed chiefly by the Secretary for Adult Education, much vs
able assistance was given by the committee, chiefly the Steerin
Committee. :
Much work remains to be done to provide guidance and train
ing materials for those thousands of men and women who must
first be trained as capable Bible teachers if we are to reach a goal
as low as 20 per cent of all communicant members enrolled.
Bible classes. We need leadership texts, audio-visual aids, a
other helps, especially for the small isolated parishes of Syn
The Steering Committee will continue to work for improved study"
materials for Junior, Senior, and Adult Bible classes. The great
need of all is more conscecrated, well-indoctrinated, and capable
teachers of the Bible. An analysis of one of our largest District:
revealed that it now has about 200 classes, but that it should ha
_no less than 700 classes to have adequate Bible study facilitié
It is chiefly the setting up of classes for many age levels in rs
congregation rather than the building of a few large Bible classey*é
that will do most to help us reach our goal of “building a Biblé
studying laity in this generation.” ey