# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S430
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

430 MISSIONS

Pastor William Hillmer. Twenty-three women attended these all-
day sessions which were held five days a week for a two-week
period. One of these women has entered the full-time service of .
the Church, while others are serving their local congregation in
a part-time capacity. This experimental school demonstrated:
beyond all doubt that our laity, particularly the women, are eager
for additional guidance. particularly in the field of personal mis-
sion work.

“Today,” a “Journal of Practical Missionary Procedure. — In
January, 1946, the Board for Missions in North and South America
secured the services of Rev. H. W. Gockel to edit a special pro-
fessional journal for the clergy, the purpose of which was to
stimulate our pastors to ever-increasing missionary activity and
to acquaint them with the latest methods of procedure in this field. —
This: magazine, now in its fifth year, has served as a clearinghouse
of practical ideas which have been used effectively by pastors
throughout the Church. To our. pastors this magazine needs no
introduction. The Lord has given Pastor Gockel a ready pen, for
which we are grateful.

While employed by the Board for Missions in North and South -
America, Pastor H. W. Gockel is serving our Church in a number
of promotional and literary capacities which, strictly speakirig, do: -
not come under the supervision of our Board. He is editor of
the missionary tract Just a Minute, published bimonthly by Con-:
cordia Publishing House in an edition of 150,000 copies. He is the |
author of the newspaper series known as “Preaching Through the
Press,” a series of newspaper mats which are made available
through the St. Louis Lutheran Publicity Organization. A brochure
giving a complete list of these live, interesting, striking articles,
each one stressing the way of salvation, may be secured by writing
to the office of the St. Louis Lutheran. Pastor Gockel has also
rendered valuable service to the Church during the past triennium
by collaborating on the synodical movie “Reaching from Heaven”
and on Synod’s recent film “Beyond Our Own Horizon.”

Relative Importance of Mission Fields. —- One of the tremendous
tasks which has confronted your Board for Missions in North and
South America for a number of years is the task of determining
the relative importance of our various North American mission
fields. Only by an accurate study of the relative importance of
these fields can we arrive at an equitable distribution of Synod’s
manpower and money power. A thorough analytical study. is

now under way which, we hope, will be‘gompleted within the com- a

ing year. This analysis is being conducted under the general super-
vision of Pastor William Hillmer.