# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S776
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

776 CONVENTION MINUTES

Teachers A. W. Obermann, 297 votes, Elmer Roth, 272 Votes: *

Messrs. Otto C. David, 318 votes, N. Fleischer, 323 votes, Arthur 9

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Hahn, 323 votes, Louis Bartelt, 300 votes, George Bettinghaus,

330 votes.

Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House: Messrs.
R. C. Obermann, 336 votes, Alfred Leimbach, 279 votes, A. J. Meyer,
308 votes,

Board for Audio-Visual Aids: the Rev. Messrs. H. A. Bielen.
berg, 263 votes, Otto F. Stahlke, 230 votes; Teachers C. T Brand-
horst, 276 votes, Walter F. Steinberg, 307 votes; Messrs, T G
Carl Schroeder, 319 votes, W. C. Dickmeyer, 312 votes, Col. L. w.
mann, 259 votes.

the Rev. Messrs, C. W. Berner, 350 votes, R. E. Meinzen, 271 Votes,
William Dau; 291 votes; Teacher Walter Redeker, 273 votes; Messrs.
Carl Schroeder, 319 votes, W. C. Dickmeyer, 312 votes, Col. E
Meinzen, 298 votes,

Synod resolved to strive for a goal of 50 per cent of our chil-
dren in day schools by urging congregations to set themselves the
same goal. To this end Congregations were urged to organize
Christian day schools wherever possible and necessary, to share
existing schools with other parishes, to establish more consolidated

cerning the status of the teacher had been moved, the words
“elected or appointed” in Section e (“Today’s Business,” p. 174)

call ministers of the Word, having ‘Synod recognize as “Ministers

of the Word” those called by Congregations for such activities as

are included in the ministry of the Word, and declaring this

designation applicable to those called to similar positions by the
church at large, were adopted.

; The motion to regard Parts I and II of the Common Confession

as one document was recommitted. The motion to take no action

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