# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S206
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

206 PARISH EDUCATION

We also participated ip the production of five sound-films ips
“Teaching the Bible” series (4 filmstrips) and “Redeeming
Time.”

Bible Institutes.— One of the most significant new devel
ments in the history of our Synod with a great potential for Chis
tian leadership education is the Bible institute. From one sy
evening school in 1946, these have grown to 35 Bible institutes tha
are designed to give advanced training in Bible, Christian doctr
and in practical church work to equip lay workers for more effec.
tive witnessing, teaching, and intelligent churchmanship. The «
bined enrollment per semester is approximately 3,500. The typi
Bible institute offers a number of courses in an eight- to ten-w
semester with sessions one night a week.

During the past triennium Bible institutes have been in sessio;
at the following places:

Edmonton, Alta., Can. Aurora, II.

Fresno, Calif. Belvidere, II.

Oakland, Calif. River Forest, Il.

San Francisco, Calif. Northside — Chicago, III.
Fort Wayne, Ind. Southside — Chicago, III.
Decatur, Ill. Lincoln, Nebr.

Peoria, Til. Norfolk, Nebr.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Portland, Oreg.

Detroit, Mich. Seattle, Wash.

Flint, Mich. Twin Falls, Idaho

Grand Rapids, Mich. Milwaukee, Wis.
Saginaw, Mich. Sheboygan, Wis.
Minneapolis, Minn. Washington, D.C.
Barney, N. Dak. North Hollywood, Calif.
Minot, N. Dak. Maywood, Calif.

Merrill, Wis. San Diego, Calif.
Wausau, Wis. St. Louis, Mo.

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

The catalog of the St. Louis Institute, which outlines 48 cour
for a three-year cycle, has become the pattern for most of the:
institutes. A workshop is to be held in the summer of 1953 to giv
attention to standards, curriculum, course outlines, and method!
of instruction. ‘

Bible institutes are possible in practically all Districts of Syno
They should be set up as leadership training schools, meet th
needs of the constituent churches, and maintain worthy standards

The practical application of the priesthood of all believers, the
creation of a working laity, the efficient operation of the congre
tion, the carrying out of the teaching ministry in Sunday school