# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S323
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PARISH EDUCATION 323

developed under the Board for Parish Education, in order. to
improve the local church’s ministry to its families; and be it further

Resolved, (g) That Synod encourage our congregations to
observe Christian Family Week, the first to the second Sunday
of May inclusive (thus broadening the scope of Mother’s Day),
and that local boards of education use this occasion to evaluate
and strengthen the year-round program of winning and serving
families for Christ.

Upon recommendation of Committee 4, Synod resolved:

Resolution 13

Wuereas, Signing of the Roman Catholic prenuptial contract is
an infringement of the Christian conscience; be it therefore

Resolved, (a) That every congregation strengthen its program
of warning /and prevention by means of an intensified program
of education against Lutheran-Roman Catholic marriages; and
be it further

Resolved, (b) That churches make study materials, books, and
tracts on the subject available and easily accessible to parents and
youth; and be it further

Resolved, (c) That the Family Life Committee be directed to
supply such materials and give further guidance toward evangelical
and firm but patient procedures in such cases.

J. Other Areas of Adult Education

The ongoing spiritual growth of our people is the concern
of adult education. This growth should include such areas as
(1) Bible, (2) Doctrine, (3) Christian Ethics, (4) Worship,
(5) Family Living, (6) The Christian in Society, (7) The Church
in the World, (8) Evangelism, and (9) Stewardship of Life.

During the first ten years of the Department of Adult Educa-
tion we have restricted ourselves to Bible Study and Family Life
Education. We are just making a beginning in Area Six with the
appearance of the Lutheran Round Table series under the editor-
ship of Robert J. Hoyer. The two booklets produced in 1955 were:
No. 1, God and Our Confused World, No. 2, The Christian and Race.
The two booklets produced in 1956 are: No.1, The Christian and
Labor, No. 2, Social Drinking and the Christian. Other areas such
as evangelism and stewardship are handled by other departments
of Synod.

Surveys indicate that our adults need help also in their growth
in Christian doctrine, Christian ethics, and Christian worship; and