# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1329
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 861

q of approximately a million and a half dollars a year without any

; & expense to Synod’s treasury; and

Wuereas, Present-day economic conditions make the con-

= tinued ‘financing of so vast an enterprise increasingly difficult;

therefore be it
4 Resolved, That the Lutheran Laymen’s League through its
; Executive Board petition the synodical convention of The Lutheran

4 Church — Missouri Synod to urge all of our congregations to sup-

port the Lutheran Hour even more energetically and enthusiasti-
cally, on a regular and systematic basis, so that the blessed work
: of proclaiming the Gospel over the radio may continue to grow
and flourish, to the glory of God, for the preaching of His Gospel,
and the salvation of preciously bought souls,

: THe LurHeran LayMen’s LEAGUE

ACTION

Synod adopted the following resolution, submitted by Com-

mittee 14: Resolution 7

Wuenreas, The Lutheran Hour, Bringing Christ to the Nations,
has by God’s grace for seventeen years been privileged to render
outstanding service to The Lutheran Church — Missouri: Synod in
proclaiming the Savior’s Gospel throughout the world and making
our Church widely and favorably known as a Scripture-preaching,
Gospel-loving, Christ-exalting denomination; and

Wuereas, God’s overflowing blessing has visibly rested upon
this radio mission, so that at the time of the sainted Dr. Walter
A. Maier’s homegoing, broadcasts were carried each week in
thirty-six languages, over more than 1,100 stations, located in
fifty-one different countries; and

Wuereas, This gigantic activity has been carried on at a cost
of approximately a million and a half dollars a year without any
expense to Synod’s treasury; and

Wuereas, Present-day economic conditions make the continued
financing of so vast an enterprise increasingly difficult; therefore
be it

Resolved, That we urge all of our congregations to support the
Lutheran Hour even more energetically and enthusiastically, on
a regular and systematic basis, so. that the blessed work of pro-
claiming the Gospel over the radio may continue to grow and
flourish, to the glory of God, for the preaching of His Gospel, and
the salvation of preciously bought souls; and be it further

Resolved, That we grant the Lutheran Hour speaker six (6)
minutes at this convention to present the cause of the Lu-
theran Hour.