# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S732
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

732 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

them also a number of our own men, have been benefited by: a
these courses,

The conviction that all institutional chaplains, in order to dig.
charge their duties efficiently, should have such training, 8radually
gained ground. The Federal Prison system was the first to require

not adequate nor satisfactory to meet our needs,

It is obvious that we must establish our own system of clinica}
training for our pastors if we wish to continue the great work
our Church is doing through its city missionaries and institutional

instruction in practical theology which we have given and are
giving our pastors at our seminaries,

Recognizing the need for Lutheran training centers, representa-
tives of the Department of Social Welfare and Associated Lutheran

Charities, in Company with delegations from other Lutheran groups,