# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S425
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CHURCH LITERATURE AND PUBLICATIONS; PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 425

tors and, as long as the Lutheran Laymen’s League partici-
pates in the sponsorship of the Synod’s television ministry,
four members appointed by the Board of Directors of the
Synod through the recommendation of the Board of Gover-
nors of the Lutheran Laymen’s League. Two members of the
board shall be pastors. Attention shall be given to the spe-
cial concerns of the board.

b. Purpose.

1. To confront the non-Christian, wherever he may be
found, with the Word, through which the Holy Spirit calls
men to faith in Jesus Christ and gives them eternal life.

2. To edify the Christian viewer and stimulate functional
Christian life.

3. To assist congregations, District media people, and ed-
ucational agencies of the church by providing creative ideas,
information, and programs for their use. ~

4. To provide research and development leadership for
the television ministry of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod.

5. To provide professional and ecclesiastical contact with
national and international television concerns.

c. Function

1. The board shall be responsible for formulating and
recommending television communication policy to the Synod.

2. The board shall be responsible for effecting the corre-
lation and coordination of the synodical television commun-
ication endeavor with other boards, agencies, and auxiliaries
of the Synod.

3. The board shall be responsible for preparing appropri-
ate budgets for its work in accordance with synodical pro-
cedure and policy.

4. The board shall be responsible for making a detailed
report to the Synod.

d. Duties. In carrying out its assigned responsibilities, the
board shall —

1. administer the television communication programs en-
abled by the financial resources available to it;

2. supervise the execution of synodical policies and reso-
lutions relating to television communication;

3. produce or cause to be produced materials for domestic
and international telecast and provide materials and consul-
tative service for Districts, congregations, and educational
agencies;

4. assist in training prospective pastors and missionaries
in the utilization of television for their ministries;

5. arrange for conferences, workshops, institutes, or other
consultations for the purpose of coordinating and enhanc-
ing all components of the synodical television effort;

6. determine staffing needs, define the functions and qual-
ifications attaching to staff positions, and engage the nec-
essary personnel in accordance with the policies of the
Synod,

LUTHERAN TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS BOARD

Dr. LEONHARD C, WUERFFEL, Chairman
Rev. RoBerr KaMprATH, Secretary
Dr. Martin J. NEEB JR., Executive Secretary

(10-19)

To Express Appreciation to Television Stations

Wuereas, More than 400 television stations through-
out the United States, Canada, and other areas of the
world have extended their cooperation in granting sus-
taining public-service time for the transmission of “This
Is the Life,” “Pattern for Living,” and “The Fisher
Family”; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
desires to express public appreciation for this coopera-
tion and considers it a significant contribution to the
moral and spiritual welfare of our nation and world;
therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, assembled in its 48th regular convention at Den-
ver, Colo., express its appreciation to television stations
carrying “This Is the Life,” “Pattern for Living,’ and
“The Fisher Family” on a public-service basis: and be
it further

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod commend these stations for their outstanding
spirit of service in the public interest.

LUTHERAN TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS BOARD
LEONHARD C. WUERFFEL, Chairman
RoBert KaAMPRATH, Secretary

Martin J. Nees Jr., Executive Secretary

(10-20)
To Continue Joint TV Sponsorship

Wuereas, Pursuant to Resolution 11-01 of the New
York City synodical convention, entitled “To Accept
Offer of LLL to Participate in Sponsorship of Television
Ministry,” The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod and
the Lutheran Laymen’s League have during the past
biennium carried out the plan “to sponsor jointly the
present television ministry of the Synod as conducted
by its Lutheran Television Productions Board”; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Laymen’s League has, on
the request of the Synod’s officials, contributed in sup-
port of the joint sponsorship of the television ministry
the sum of $286,000 for the programs of the 16th broad-
casting season (1967—68); and the sum of $250,000 for
the programs of the 17th broadcasting season (1968 to
1969); and has made budgetary commitment in the
amount of $334,000 for the programs of the 18th broad-
casting season (1969—70); and

Whereas, The League projects the continued and in-
creased support of the cosponsorship of the television
ministry in its program of mass-communications mis-
sion; and

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Television Productions
Board, pursuant to Resolution 11-01 of the New York
City synodical convention, has been expanded from
seven to 11 members by the addition of four members
elected by the Board of Governors of the Lutheran Lay-
men’s League; and

WHEREAS, The “study and review” of “said joint spon-
sorship association during the next biennium [1967—69]
for purposes of evaluation and reassessment of the de-
sirability of continuing a joint sponsorship association”
by the Synod’s Board of Directors and the Board of
Governors of the Lutheran Laymen’s League has estab-
lished and demonstrated that the joint sponsorship plan
has worked well, in the judgment of all parties con-
cerned, with the evident blessing of the Lord of the
church and to the benefit and advancement of the tele-
vision ministry; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, in convention assembled July 11—19, 1969, at
Denver, Colo., approve the joint sponsorship of the tele-
vision ministry by The Lutheran Church — Missouri