# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S708
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 709 |

Our Responsibility
entire organization of Synod’s Department of Public Rela-
has tried to encourage a sense of responsibility among the
iments, Districts, congregations, and members of Synod for
fiing other Lutheran bodies, other Christian bodies, and non-
fristian groups to understand our Church. This feeling of respon-

Our Privilege

s.Our Church has received a great deal from God. We treasure
Gospel we have. We enjoy the gift of Christian love. All of
we are privileged to share with the people among whom we
whether they belong to our Church or not.

t, of love, he glorifies Christ. At the same time he is making
ost important contribution to public understanding of our
urch, for he thereby identifies the Church in the mind of others
th what is really greatest and most important in its existence,
gur crucified and risen Savior Himself.

The development of this kind of good public. relations for
ynod is a settled policy of the Department of Public Relations.
¢It encourages all members of Synod to share in the joy of speaking
and acting for Christ in Synod’s behalf.

7 DEPARTMENT OF Pusiic RELATIONS

je '  Oswatn C. J. Horrmann, D. D., Executive Secretary
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. ACTION .
Upon recommendation of Committee 12 Synod resolved:

Resolution 1 .

Wuereas, Your Committee 12 has met with Dr. Adolph F.
Meyer and Dr. Oswald C. J. Hoffmann of the Department of Public
Relations and reviewed in detail the report of the Department of
Public Relations as given in Memorial 1003, pp. 528—532 of Reports
and Memorials; and . .

Wuergas, Your Committee is fully in sympathy with the pur-
pose, objectives, and activity of the Public Relations Department,
and particularly with its fundamental purpose of identifying our
church body ‘in the public mind with the Gospel of forgiyeness in
Jesus Christ; therefore be it

Resolved, That we encourage our congregations to. recognize

their public relations responsibilities to the local communities
which they serve; and be it