# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1072
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352 PARISH EDUCATION

up of source materials, and the assigning of memory w
unit. This was done by Mr. William A. Kramer.
was held for the purpose of training about twenty-five Unit wri
who will assist the Board for Parish Education in working
the sixty units in detail so that only the editing of the material
would remain for the Board for Parish Education,

The workshop was held at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis The
expenditure defrayed the traveling expenses of the Participants
the cost of conducting the workshop. and

5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on th
Nahum. — This project concerns a subsidy for the boo
by Dr. Walter A. Maier, who for approximately fifteen years before
his death worked on a critical and exegetical commentary on the
Prophet Nahum. The cost of publication of this book wil] be ex.
traordinarily high because of the complexity of typesetting. Sub.
Stantial amounts of Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and other languages

appear in the commentary. Our committee subsidized this Project
with the sum of $2,000.

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Projects Discontinued

During the course of the past triennium three projects which
had been approved were discontinued. They are the following:

1. The First Twenty-five Years of the Missouri Synod. — The
untimely death of Dr. H. O. A. Keinath prevented the continuation
of this project.

2. Documents in the History of The Lutheran Church — Mis.
‘souri Synod. — The untimely death of Dr. W. G. Polack has made
it impossible to continue this project.

3. Our Church’s Rural Program. —

the field was referred to the Board for
America.

A conference of interested people called in January, 1953,
agreed that no research project was necessary in this area at the
moment. Therefore, the C.T.O. Research Committee discontinued
this project as of March 31, 1953.

This project suggested from
Missions in North and South

The Scope of the Committee’s Work

On the suggestion of Dr. L. Meyer, Synod’s Planning Coun-
selor, our committee has re-examined its functions. We also con-
sidered how in co-operation with the Board for Higher Education
and the Literature Board of Synod we might shape up a more
comprehensive program of research than we have thus far dealt
with.

Our committee was originally set up to allocate the funds

PARISH EDUCATION 353

mod had set aside from the Centennial Thankoffering for
eat the Milwaukee Convention, Synod resolved that the
ites ontinue the work of supervising the funds already
we nd make further allocations to the extent of funds
‘ble and that the fund for such research work be replenished
‘Sannual appropriation of not less than $15,000 to carry on
ch projects. In the light of the definite contri ution
veeh can make to the work of our Synod we believe that
ae of our committee should be enlarged to include the
the ao vent and direction of an integrated program of scholarly
eh within and for The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
an consider research projects that may be ‘proposed by men
< of Synod and to approve those that meet certain stan ,
bers ting funds for the carrying on of these projects; _
a To initiate research in the following areas: (a) pone ie
search. (b) Reformation research, (c) Church history, ( ) su idle
i when necessary the production of pertinent theologic
ture, (e) Church problems of today; kot ;
3. To allocate funds to underwrite the scholarly work o pas :
tors, teachers, and of retired professors, when such projects me
the standards set by the C.T.O. Research Committee. th
Our committee has requested the sum of $200,000 rom e
“Conquest for Christ” collection for. the purpose of sche arly re
search. These funds would be used to develop and imp omen ;
integrated program of scholarly research outlined above. us a
‘the Board of Directors has not acted upon our request. and.
when such favorable action is given, it is the opinion o: our on
mittee that a subcommittee of our research group meet ee he
Board for Higher Education and the Literature Board to devis
an implementing program.
Dati such a larger program is adopted, our committee has,
of course, the function of developing research projects in response
specific requests from the field.
° ‘Our committee has sent a questionnaire to the members of the
faculties of our teachers’ colleges and seminaries to survey Some
of the ongoing research in Synod. The summary of this researc
should guide us in considering other projects that are broug! oO
the attention of our committee. It is quite possible that this survey
will indicate to us gaps that might be profitably explored.

Financial Summary
The total funds made available to the Committee on Allocating
C.T.O. Funds for Scholarly Research amounted to $213,864.82.