# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S287
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

286 PARISH EDUCATION

5. So long as 67.8 Per cent of our school children are receiving
@ secular schooling, with their total training divided between the

The Effectiveness of Schools

The parish school, as the fathers believed it would, has left
its distinct mark on the conservatism and doctrinal integrity of
our Synod, though it was by no means the only factor. Its effec-
tiveness must be judged by its nature and the work it performs.
As a means of building and extending the church, the fathers placed
it next in importance to the office of public preaching, while
certainly not overlooking the influence of the home and the
institutions for training pastors and teachers,

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