# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S248
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

248 MISSIONS

During 1952, 134 children discontinued their enrollmen
us because they were able to attend regular Sunday school:
During the year 1952-we received $1,974.82 as contri
from the children enrolled in Sunday School by Mail. Th
cost of Sunday School by Mail for the year 1952 was $4}
after contributions had been deducted. 7

B. Telemission

The term “telemission” was coined in order to designagg
follow-up phase of our Synod’s television program. Tel
has to do only with following up all people who have writ
our Synod’s television program. Since this is a type of eva
this work was turned over to our Home Mission Dep
Briefly stated, the procedure is as follows: All names of
who have written are stamped on a double card, are segs
according to Districts, then forwarded to the mission se
of the various Districts, and from them they go to the congr
for follow-up. After a preliminary contact a return card
to the District Mission Secretary, and at the end of each;
he sends a telemission report to our office.
At this writing the telemission program is just begi

get into full swing. However, the first reports indicate that%@]
9% of the people writing to our Synod’s television prograry
unchurched, 28% are Missouri Synod Lutherans, and 634
members of other denominations.
Since our “This Is the Life” program does not encourag

to write about their spiritual problems, not much mail of this
is received. Nevertheless there is a small amount of mail in
people ask for assistance on various problems. This mail als
to our office for handling. We have asked Rev. A. Melendez
us with this problem mail. He is in our Mission Departme
has had considerable experience in answering mail for the
Lutheran Hour. Telemission is a new venture, and cons
it may be necessary to revise our procedure from time:
However, in a general way, we believe that our program:
lowing-up is satisfactory.
Since nothing was included in our 1953 budget for tel

the Board of Directors has agreed to provide the necessary
for the telemission program if and when they become ni
;

South America

Statistics
District Congr. Pr. Stat. Pastors Souls
Argentina —______.__. 116 2 34 15,535
. Paraguay ......-_ 4 1 1 - 337
Uruguay 2 _ 1 170

Brazil _-_ 337 231 92 67,926