# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1081
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION 383

Buidance for their development be made the responsibility of
geict Boards for Parish Education, in consultation with Synod’s
werd: for Parish Education.

cial Assignments to the Board for Parish Education
9.1. State Aid.

e Board for Parish Education recommends that Synod re-
the position on State Aid taken at the 1944 and 1947 con-
ons. This emphasizes:
That the social service programs of the State should in
equity be available to all children of school age, irrespective
of their school association. The Church can accept this pro-
gram as it is offered and may even be within its rights in
demanding it.
,-That the granting of tax moneys by the State to subsidize
church schools is de facto support of the teaching program
of church schools, hence also support of religious instruction.
We are opposed to the granting of State or Federal funds for
_ the support of church schools.
.2. Religious Education in State-Supported Schools
nod resolved in 1947 that the Board for Parish Education
irected to continue its studies and report its findings at the
convention. This has been done in the current report pre-
d herewith.
The issues involved in this problem are complicated and can-
“be decided by the mere routine application of an abstract
ciple. The Board recommends that congregations and con-
erences study the opinions presented in our report and counsel

i the Board for Parish Education in the further study of the
blems.

The Program of the Board for Parish Education
10.1. Enlarging the Staff

The Board for Parish Education has been assigned the func-
of providing comprehensive educational leadership in the
of parish education. This embraces all agencies of Christian
cation. :

It is clear that the effective carrying out of the responsibilities
gned to the Board for Parish Education requires an adequate
. The Board can function as a policy-making group as can
Board, but it cannot actually do the work involved in produc-
materials of instruction and maintaining contact with the Dis-
icts and congregations of Synod. The Board can supervise the
ork of staff members, but it cannot substitute for staff members.
§. Though our staff now numbers eight men, the Board for Parish