# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S707
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 707

Resolved, (g) That the Mass Communications Council shall
meet at least once a year and report its findings and recommenda-
tions to the Board of Directors. The Council shall also prepare
a report for the Board of Directors prior to each triennial con-
vention of Synod; and be it finally

Resolved, (h) That the Council shall give particular attention
and thorough study to the mutual objectives, with the view to
co-ordination and integration; the problem of duplication and over-
lapping; economy and efficiency in the development and production
of materials and programs; new developments and trends; and
any phase in the area of mass communications which the Board
of Directors would ask the Council to discuss or which the Council
itself would agree to discuss.

Television
(Unprinted Memorial 44)

Wuereas, The Lutheran Laymen’s League under the blessings
of Almighty God, has successfully sponsored and administered
The Lutheran Hour and The Family Worship Hour over a period
of years for the preaching of the saving Gospel by radio; and

Whereas, The membership of the LLL has repeatedly urged
the League also to use the medium of television for this pur-
pose; and

Wuereas, It would appear to be unwise and inexpedient for
the LLL to inaugurate its own religious television program, since
Synod’s “This Is the Life” series has been so well received and
so richly blessed; and

Wuereas, Continuing study by the Lutheran Laymen’s League
indicates that the League may be able to render valuable service
to our church by participating in the television project in a more
active and direct manner; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Governors of the Lutheran Lay-
men’s League, on behalf and by authority of the LLL membership,
request The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, assembled in
convention in St.Paul, Minn., to authorize its Board of Directors
to confer and negotiate with the LLL for the purpose of working
out mutually satisfactory arrangements whereby the LLL can
serve the church in the area of television; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors of Synod be empowered
to do all things necessary to carry out the purpose and intent
of this resolution.