# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S259
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11. COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS 259

Resolved, That the Board for Young People’s Work
be requested to structure adequately the ministry of
the volunteers in the arena of service to the church
and the community by:

a) establishing a pretraining period, for at least one
month, for all volunteers prior to their assignment in
at least three different geographical locations; this
training is to include basic urban orientation, pro-
cedures, and methods to be followed in each particular
ministry; and

b) making both the volunteer and his local super-
visor fully aware of the areas of responsibility, goals,
limitations, and tenure of service for which the worker
is engaged; and be it finally

Resolved, That we request the board to clarify with
the local supervisor the responsibilities of supervision,
including:

a) who is directly responsible, and to what extent,
for the particular day-to-day supervision of each of
the volunteers; and

b) written reports to be given by supervisors and
volunteers each fall and spring on forms provided by
POPV (patterned after the type of reports required
by the seminaries for their vicars)

Detroit LurHeRAN URBAN STUDY
COMMITTEE

Mrs. JEANNE ARNETT

Mr. ALBERT BEIER

Rev. EuGene BEYER

Rev. Davip EBERHARD
Miss HeuMa FUHRMAN
Rev. Harotp HeEcut

Rev. Paut HEINECKE

Rev. Georce Kurz

Mr. DonaLtp LAWRENCE
Rev. KENNETH LINDSAY
Rev. RicHarp STUCKMEYER
Rev. Epwarp WEsTCcOTT, JR.

9. Social Action and Welfare, World
[9-22 Mt] Relief

To Set an Example Whereby Civil
Disobedience May Be Discouraged, etc.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior and King, re-
spected and duly obeyed constituted governmental
authority. Even though Caesar was a tyrannical, cruel
slave owner, Jesus did not organize an emotion-
wrought mob to lie in the streets, blocking traffic and
breaking the imperial law of the land, but He told His
followers: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things
which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are
God’s” (Luke 20:25). Also in Romans 13:1,2: “Let
every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For
there is no power but of God. ... Whosoever there-
fore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God;

and they that resist shall receive to themselves damna-
tion.”

WuereEAas, It is a known fact that sinister forces are
creating instances of civil disobedience throughout the
world. It is also a known fact that these forces usually
exploit any form of civil disobedience begun by them
in order to encourage a spirit of lawlessness. It is
also a known fact that many naive do-gooders have
allowed themselves to be duped. A Christian should
not do evil that good may come of it. In the Augsburg
Confession, Article XVI, we read: “Therefore Chris-
tians are necessarily bound to obey their own magis-
trates and laws, save only when commanded to sin; for
then they ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts
5:29); therefore be it

Resolved, That our officials, pastors, teachers, and
laymen be encouraged to set an example for the rest
of Christendom, by word and deed, so that civil disobe-
dience may be discouraged and condemned and that
worthy goals be diligently sought by using worthy

Christian methods.
Memeers OF ST. JOHN’S

Ev. LuruHeran Cuurcu
Clinton, Iowa

Joun M. RHAME
CHRISTIAN JACOBSEN
Marvin TOLson
ARNOLD F. Paascu
LeRoy CLausen

11. Communications and Public

[14-11 My Relations

To Recognize Department of Public
Relations as Official Channel, etc.

Wuereas, The Synod’s Department of Public Rela-
tions has established a Press Room to prepare and
disseminate the news of this convention; and

Wuereas, Its staff has been augmented by all Dis-
trict directors of public relations or their duly author-
ized representatives, trained and skilled in the tech-
niques and procedures of factual reporting; and

Wuereas, The proper interpretation of the news and
the expediting of the same through all media of com-
munication is to the advantage of all concerned; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That this convention recognize the De-
partment of Public Relations as its channel for telling
the convention story to the general public; and be it
further

Resolved, That no delegate or member of this body
make statements to the press, seek interviews with
reporters, or issue news releases unless such statements,
interviews, or releases have been cleared through the

Press Room.
Rev. Norman TEMME

Director of Public Relations