# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S233
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HIGHER EDUCATION 233

Wayne seminary and Dr. Ralph Bohlmann of our St. Louis
seminary.

During the last biennium 123 men have been certified for
ministry in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod by the
Colloquy Board.

After a great deal of encouragement from the Council of
Presidents, special retreats sponsored by the Colloquy Board
were held Feb. 6—8, 1980, at Colorado Springs, Colo., and Feb.
13—15 at Philadelphia, Pa., for men who graduated from
Seminex between 1974 and 1977, most of whom were already
serving in congregations of the Synod but who had not been
certified for the pastoral ministry in the Synod.

Thirty-three men responded. An earlier survey indicated
that this represented two-thirds of those serving LCMS con-
gregations who had not yet been certified.

At the retreats a theological paper by the Rev. Dean Wenthe
and a presentation of the relation of pastors and congregations
to the Synod by Dr. Herbert Mueller, Secretary of the Synod,
and District President Eldor Meyer were given and discussed.
Interviewing teams consisting of professors from both semi-
naries, Colloquy Board members, and District Presidents spent
several hours with each candidate.

On March 3 the board met and decided to certify three of the
candidates without additional study. The board determined to
certify six others who were encouraged to do additional study
in certain areas, and 27 who could be certified after special
studies in specified areas. One of the men would have to study
on the campus of an LCMS seminary before certification.

Presently all but four have successfully completed the
assigned studies and have been certified.

Those certified as a result of these special retreats are Tim
Anderson, Jack Bailey, Mark Bartels, Allen Bauer, Wayne
Berkoben, Duane Feldman, Paul Fitzpatrick, Craig Ford,
Robert Graul, Mark Hayman, Duane Heckman, Lee Heine,
Terry Herzberg, Godfrey Jarabek, Douglas Iben, William Kay,
David Kasischke, Robert Korytkowski, Robert Kuppler, James
Mann, Don Mulfinger, Steven Olsen, Richard Pieplow, Kenton
Rohrberg, Norman Schmoock, Del Schomburg, Tim Schreiber,
Edward Scott, Ronald Sprehe, Darrell Stuehrenberg, Norman
Timmermann, Arthur Wehrmeister, and Eric Westmark.

Candidates for the pastoral office are assigned of course of
study in consultation with the faculty and registrar of the
seminary they choose to attend. Each seminary also has a
colloquy advisor, who is to serve as their academic supervisor
and advise the Colloquy Board about their progress. The
colloquy candidate is asked to serve a vicarage or a supervised
ministry after he has finished his course of study. This period
of supervised ministry is to last for one year. During this year
of preparation he is to be observed by an experienced super-
visor to help the candidate to function in a parish and to be
helpful to him in understanding the work, to fit him for better
service in the parish. It is important for the proper preparation
of a pastor that this supervised ministry be served for a whole
year, so that the man will be faced with all sorts of parish
situations. This is a year of learning and a necessary part of the
preparation of a man for ministry. No candidate ought to miss
this opportunity for growth and proper preparation for his
future work.

Although the Colloquy Board has shortened this supervised
ministry in extraordinary cases in the past, the board will ask
all candidates to do their full year of this learning process.

The coloquy program for the pastoral office and the program
for teachers have served to bring many wonderful people into
full-time service in the church, and we thank God for all of
them.

Those men certified for the pastoral ministry since the 1979
St. Louis convention are:

St. Louis Seminary: Fred Anson, Cristiano Artigas, Roger
Aumann, Thomas Becker, Gerald Behling, Sung Chil Chang,
Robert Cheney, Dean Clausing, Charles Cooper, Larry Cour-
son, Robert Day, Alan Erdman, Allan Fjordbotten, Denis
Fortin, Kenneth Fosse, Daniel Gerken, Fred Grundmann, Carl
Hafner, David Hlemer, Jeffrey Herring, Al Hoger, Lance
Jennings, Thomas Kent, Russell Kerns, Paul Kibler, D. Thomas
King, Jr., Edwin Nicklas, John McWhirter, Raul Martinez, W.
David May, Philip Miksad, B. R. Mireles, Vernon Oestmann,
Randy Rahmoller, John Reimold, Thomas Rogers, Henry

Scherer, William Singleton, James Tsang, Kent Wendorf, and
Ernest Yunghans.

Ft. Wayne Seminary: Terry Ahlemeyer, Edward Ankerberg,
Benjamin Buck, Kenneth Buuck, Gregory Cynova, James
Daugherty, James DeLong, Venice Douglas, Henry Enns,
Theodore Evertson, Carl Fitchett, Daid Gohn, Kurt Gremel,
Martin Hagenow, Gerhardt Hallman, Richard Hallman,
Marvin Hinkel, Harold Hoeferkamp, Terry Hoese, Jack Jacob-
sen, Harold James, David Jaskierney, Harry Klepper, Theodore
Kohlmeier, Harold Krentz, Willie Curtis Lucas, William C.
Mack, Richard Muller, Reholma McCants, Donald McDermott,
Cameron MacKenzie, Laverne Mass, Wilfred Nitz, Glenn
Noble, Curtis Olimb, Gerald Peterson, William Phelps, David
Poovey, Charles Reehl, James Robinson, Gerald Schalk,
Ronald Scheer, David Schillinger, Armond Schoof, David
Schoop, J. Kincaid Smith, Ben Song, Don Stuckwisch, Paul
Wargo, and James Young.

WHEREAS, Some tension has resulted from the practice of
receiving graduates of the Synod’s teachers colleges into the
colloquy program after they have served only five years as
teachers or directors of Christian education; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
adopt the following amendment to Bylaw 4.57, Handbook, p.
108:

PRESENT WORDING
4.57 Eligibility

Only such applicants shall be considered eligible
for admission to the pastoral colloquy program as
are:

2. graduates of the Synod’s teachers colleges
whose names appear on the roster of the Synod and
who have had at least 5 years of successful experience
as a Lutheran school teacher or director of Christian
education and are in good standing in a congregation
of the Synod.

PROPOSED WORDING
4.57 Eligibilty

Only such applicants shall be considered eligible
for admission to the pastoral colloquy program as
are:

2. graduates of the Synod’s teachers colleges
whose names appear on the roster of the Synod and
who have had at least 10 years of successful exper-
ience as a Lutheran school teacher or director of
Christian education and are in good standing in a
congregation of the Synod.

E. C. Weber, Chairman

6-03
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.

Since its founding in 1839, Concordia Seminary’s work of
preparing pastors for the ministry of the Gospel and providing
theological educational programs for the church has been
blessed beyond expectation by our gracious God. His blessings
upon the seminary were particularly evident during the 1979—
81 biennium, as illustrated in this report.

Personnel

Board of Control. The officers and members of the Board of
Control are Dr. Ewald J. Otto, chairman; Dr. Edwin C. Weber,
vice-chairman; Mr. Walter C. Dissen, secretary; Mr. Charles H.
Burmeister, treasurer; Mr. Henry Bergman; Mr. Alvin W.
Narjes; Dr. Raymond C. Rauscher; Rev. Edgar F. Rehwaldt;
Rev. Neil R. Schmidt; Mr. Leland P. Schroeder; and Dr. Paul P.
Spitz. Meetings of the board are held on a bimonthly basis.

Faculty and Administration. Five additional professors
have joined the faculty: L. Dean Hempelmann, practical
theology; Won Yong Ji, systematic theology; Alfred L. Fremder,
practical theology; David P. Daniel, historical theology; and