Pacific Lutheran College Bulletin I'uhli",hpf) weeldy by Padl'ic .IJu thC'rull CoJl(>ge 01'
Purldand,
Vol. 1
Tacoma,
\l'u!'Ohiligtoll .
.;:\pplic:ntioll for (·ntry n� 5Pcond class matt('r h;
May 20,1927
1)t�ndinJl.
No.3
Our Church Needs Trai ne d Christian Lead ers �HE congregation \...) partly if it has a
flourishes competent
faithful pastor in the pulpit, and partly
because
it ha s competent
The Christian College conserves for the Church the ability of her own boys and girls.
trained loyal men and women in the pews.
Often the
already.
iVIany congregations have
been strengthened by the interest a nd the services rendered in them by students and graduates of Paci
fic Lutheran College.
There are not a few instances
Iatter mean more for the growth of the congregation
where graduates of our school are the very life of
than the former.
their congregations.
The church college is not only important to train ministers for the pulpit, but just as important to train church leaders for the pews.
But what has been in the past will not suffice for the future.
This same work mllst be carried on as our congregations grow,
The most efficient
as new congregations are
pastor is handicapped be
founded.
yond words if he has no
of an ever larger number of efficient men and wo
one to depend upon for the business life of the
There is need
men to be the backbone of these congregations.
congregation, or for the organization and teach-
Our school must be en-
ing in the Sunday School,
larged and strengthened
or for the activities of
to keep pace with the larger need for its pro-
the women people.
and
young
duct.
In the central part of
The services rendered
ollr Church the foresight
by a school like ours are
of OLIr fathers in estab-
not conlined to the traintd a b iii t y directly at
lishing our great central schools, Luther, St. Olaf,
work
Allgustana,
tion.
and
Con-
in
the
congrega-
The ability, stand-
cordia to supply men and
These students indicate the wide influence of our school. They come from ing, influence which these our British Columbia, California, Montana, ldaho, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, men and women attain in and Victoria la:1u. Church to take the lead their community enlarges the influence, raises the standing of each congregation in the development of the indi\,idual congregations, to which they belong. It wins the goodwill and ap is apparent. In the years that these schools have ex-
women
l oya l
to
isted many, many thousands of young people of the Church have attended them. developed.
Their minds have been
At the same time they have been given
preciation of the community at large. Goodwill is intangible, yet what is life without the goodwill, the
They have
confidence of our felJowmen. \Vhen the Dodge Auto mobile factory was sold fi fty million dollars of the purchase price consisted of goodwill. There is no better
gone back to the congregations appreciating the nec-
way to win goodwill than to give our boys and girls
a full insight and appreciation of the vital importance of church work for God and I--:lumanity.
essity of a vigorous church life and able to take a
today a chance to enable them to make good so that
leading part in helping to develop it.
when they are grown, they may win success, may wield
It is impos-
sible to estimate how much this continued and ever
large influence and as members of our congregations
growing stream of intelligent vigorous leadership has meant to develop our Church in the central states.
reflect honor upon the church to which they belong.
If we ever hope to have a vigorous church life and
On the other hand if we fail to provide adequate schools for the young people in our congregation who
strong growing congregations on the Pacific Slope, a
look for higher education it does not only deprive them
large factor will have to be the trained leadership
of the ability which they might develop, often we lose
which our school, Pacific Lutheran College, must furnish. It has rendered not a small service in this respect
them for our faith completelv because they will go to schools not of our faith.