# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S153
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Elementary Education 151

other single factor to get our training program into our congre-
gations. It is gratifying to note that groups in every District of
Synod are participating, and it is hoped that those who are con-
vinced of the merits of our training course will use their influence
to arouse others. We trust that the time will come when sys-
tematic teacher-training has become the rule throughout Synod.

Your Committee therefore recommends:

1. That congregations again be urged by Synod to make the
most of this opportunity for systematic Sunday-school . teacher
training.

2. That District boards of Christian education be encouraged
to cooperate to the fullest extent in Synod’s teacher-training

program. Pau. Koenic, Chairman

A.C. Muetier, Secretary

Synod-Wide Program for Expansion of Educational
System
(Memorial 202)

Wuereas, We recognize certain defects in our Lutheran Church
in regard to Christian education; and

Wuereas, Much has been said at conferences and synodi¢al
conventions about various causes and reasons for these defects,
which lead to a decline in growth and a deterioration of our school
system where it formerly flourished, such as

1. Lack of confidence in the Christian day-school as an educa-
tional agency on the part of parents and congregations;

2. The Christian day-school of the past;

3. The declining birth-rate;

4. The breakdown of the parochial system, especially in urban
’ centers;

5. Unwarrantedly small parishes;

6. Transportation problems;

7. The English District;

8. Teacher-pastor friction.

9. Financial factors (cost; inadequate salaries) ;

10. Inadequacies of plants;

11. Inadequacies of personnel;

12. Poor coordination with local public school systems;

13. Lack of an integrated system of Christian education from
preschool level through secondary school levels;

14. Inadequate coordination with other parochial and inter-
parochial educational agencies;

15. Inadequate supervision;

16. Poor public relations policies; and