# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S788
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

788 * CONVENTION MINUTES

a year and attend to the matter of co-ordinating Synod’s work in
these departments, develop materials and programs, and study
any new developments (TB:142—143, 3). The LLL was commended
for its work in mass communications and its financial support of
the synodical television program (TB:143, 4). The Visual Educa-
tion Board was encouraged to expand its work, and congregations
were urged to make use of the facilities it provides (TB:144, 5).
With thanks to God for the blessings of our radio ministry and
KFUO, Synod commended the Board, Manager, and Staff of KFUO
for their faithful services (TB:145, 6).

The Committee on Nominations (16) presented the following
slates: 1. Board for Missions in North and South America. After
adding the following names: Revs. Henry Blanke, Raymond Ernst,
E. H. Buchheimer, William Otten, and Messrs. E. T. Schumm, Ben-
jamin Timm, Alvin Wulf, the nominations were closed and the slate
was adopted (TB:97—99); 2. Board for Missions in Foreign Coun-
tries: After deleting the name of William J. Danker and adding
the following names: Revs. LeRoy Buuck, Carl Rusch, H. Earl
Miller, George Kuechle, Robert Plagens and Mr. Louis Prange,
the nominations were closed and the slate adopted (TB:100—103) ;
3. Board for Parish Education: After adding the following names:
Profs. H. G. Coyner and M. Steege, Rev. W. Sommerfeld, and
Mr. Harold Braun, nominations were closed and the slate was.
adopted (TB:104—106).

Upon recommendation by Committee 13 Synod recommended
that District mission boards and welfare agencies support chaplains
at institutions, avail themselves of new opportunities, help the
present chaplains secure clinical training, and, where possible,
induce parish ministers to render part-time institutional service.
The theological seminaries are to establish accredited training
centers for institutional chaplains, in which they are to receive
the aid of the Department of Social Welfare (TB:79—80, 3). . The
Board of Directors was empowered to establish a service to immi-
grants (TB:80, 4). The attention of pastors and congregations was
directed to the opportunities open in the welfare agencies of the
church, to the need of recruiting such workers, and acquainting
them with available scholarships. The necessary information is to
be supplied by the Department of Social Welfare (TB:81, 5). Con-
gregations and Districts were asked to establish welfare commit-
tees, in which the Department of Social Welfare is to render
assistance by preparing, publishing, and distributing manuals
(TB:81—82, 6). Synod noted the existence of Good Shepherd Home
in Terra Bella, California (TB:123, 15). The work of Concordia
Historical Institute was gratefully acknowledged. Contributors to
its collection were thanked and the request made to entrust his-