# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S156
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156 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

which he is subjected. To the extent that pursuits can be
predicted, that portion of the educational process which takes
place in the school must seek to furnish the individual with
equipment which will be useful to him in doing the will of God
under the somewhat peculiar circumstances which his pursuits
will tend to impose upon him. Thus, the pursuits of the prospec-
tive minister of the Gospel have an important bearing upon the
kind of personal equipment which he must be expected to obtain
in the school.

H. If a school is to be more than merely an institutionalized
habit of doubtful value, it obviously must orient all of its efforts
about an articulate appraisal of the equipment which a student
needs for his educational experiences, most of which will occur
during his post-school life.

I. The kinds of personal equipment which a student needs and
which he must carry away from the school constitute the true ob-
jectives of the school.

J. These objectives are wholly in the nature of effects which
must be produced in the student through the means and the
methods employed by the school. The objectives form a category
entirely distinct from means and methods. The latter are con-
trolled by the former, but the two must never be confused.

K. Moreover, these objectives must place primary emphasis
upon what the student is to be (i.e., his habits, attitudes, and basic
skills) and only secondary emphasis upon what he needs to know
(i. e., information). For the former effects are lasting, while the
latter are largely transitory.

L. The objectives thus formed must control all means and
methods employed by the school.

M. According to the Scriptures, the office of the minister ap-
pears to require the performance of the following principal func-
tions:

1. Preaching and teaching revealed truth, so that men may

know the truth and believe the truth.

2. Teaching men to live according to revealed truth, so that

they may demonstrate and prove their Christian faith.

N. According to the Scriptures, it appears that a minister
must possess the following broad types of qualifications if he is
to discharge his office acceptably:

1. He himself must know and believe revealed truth and must

be able to distinguish truth from error.

2. He himself must manifest his Christian faith in an ex-

emplary and deeply spiritual life.