# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S706
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 107

3 nviable reputation among both the Protestant and Roman
Kholic church bodies of our country.
;Good relations have been established and developed by the
artment with the nation’s press. The department has been
uraged by increasing willingness on the part of the press to
rt news on religion in general and on what the Missouri
od stands for, in particular.
The department has enjoyed the wholehearted co-operation
athe press associations, Religious News Service, the national
Epekly news magazines, daily and weekly newspapers, and the
hurch press. As a result, the work of our Church was presented
ough the press in more positive fashion than in any other trien-
jam of our Church’s history.
Untoward incidents which occurred in several localities have
n reported fairly, in most cases. In almost all instances local
blic relations representatives have been given the opportunity
tby the press to offer public correction of published misinformation.
4, The Information Service of the department, organized during
this triennium under the direction of the Rev. Paul Schulze, has
rendered invaluable service in building good press relations. Pastor
‘Schulze came to the department directly from the seminary and
thas now accepted a call to a mission congregation in Seattle. It
: is planned to replace him with a layman trained in the field of
§. journalism.
, Radio and Television
The Lutheran Hour, sponsored by the Lutheran Laymen’s
' League, has made a vital contribution to better understanding of
- our Synod during this triennium through its broadcasts at home
- and abroad. Our department has promoted the work of the Lu-
* theran Hour wherever possible.
“This Is the Life,” Synod’s television program, has given Synod

a great new avenue for making its testimony heard through the
happy combination of sight and sound. This bold venture into
a new medium, with its clear recognition of the possibilities and

limitations of television, is a tribute to the passion for the Gospel -

which exists in our Synod. The Department of Public Relations
has been active in the development of this program since its in-
ception.

Various national television programs have been arranged and
produced by the department in co-operation with television net-
works. They include nationally televised programs of the NEC net-
work (“Frontiers of Faith”) and the CBS network (“Lamp unto
My Feet”). The production and presentation of local radio and
television programs by local congregations has been encouraged
by the department in co-operation with Synod’s Radio and Tele-
vision Committee.

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