# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S194
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192 Reports on General Missions

WHEREAS, on account of the marvelous proportions which it
has assumed, especially through extension to other continents,
its importance has tremendously increased during the last years,
so that-it is desirable that it should be made a definite project of
our Church, enjoying the counsel and cooperation of duly
authorized or appointed representatives of our Church, an arrange-
ment which can help to coordinate the Lutheran Hour with our
other mission activities, therefore the Board of Governors of
the Lutheran Laymen’s League respectfully submits the fol-
lowing suggestions to the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri,
Ohio, and Other States in convention assembled at Fort Wayne,
June, 1941:

1. That Synod declare the Lutheran Hour to be one of its own
mission enterprises;

2. That Synod instruct one of its Vice-Presidents—to be
designated by the President of Synod — and its Secretary of Mis-
sions to attend the meetings of the Board of Governors of the
L. L. L. where the Lutheran Hour affairs are planned and discussed;

3. That Synod instruct its Secretary of Missions to attend the
meetings of the Executive Committee of the L. L. L. with the special
object of utilizing the Lutheran Hour in the efforts of the Church
to bring the Gospel to others;

4. That Synod instruct the faculty of Concordia Seminary, as
its official board of censors of publications with respect to doctrine,
to include the broadcasts of the Lutheran Hour among the public
declarations which it examines before they are released;

5. That the Secretary of Missions be instructed to present a
report on the Lutheran Hour at every convention of Synod,
especially from the point of view of its importance for our missions;

6. That, while Synod recognizes the Lutheran Hour as its own
project and assists in its promotion as heretofore, the actual
management and supervision is to remain with the Lutheran Lay-
men’s League until it becomes evident that a different arrangement
would be preferable.

Respectfully submitted,
Boarp or Governors or THE LUTHERAN LAYMEN’s LEAGUE
E. J. GALLMEYER, Chairman
Oscar T. Doerr, Secretary
By T. G. Eccrrs, Executive Secretary

Report of-Committee 2
Your Committee recommends:
1. That Synod recognize the Lutheran Hour as a powerful
agency in the missionary enterprises of our Church and heartily
endorse this project;