# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S267
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HIGHER EDUCATION 267

4. reports of health examinations required by the
Lutheran Deaconess Association.

b. The District President shall assure the Colloquy
Board of his endorsement of the applicant.

c. The Lutheran Deaconess Association shall
approve the applicant before the Colloquy Board can
act favorably on the application.

4.95 Publication of Applicant’s Request

After the Executive Director of the Lutheran
Deaconess Association has furnished the Colloquy
Board for the Deaconess Ministry with the required
documents and the board has assured itself that the
applicant qualifies for the colloquy program, the
board shall publish the request of the applicant in an
official periodical of the Synod. If no valid objection is
filed within 4 weeks after the notice of the application
has been published, the Colloquy Board shall proceed
with the colloquy program.

4.96 Requirements for Certification of
Eligibility
a. Four years of college training leading to a
bachelor of arts degree with a major in theology, or
approved equivalent, and a year of supervised intern-
ship shall be considered the quantitative minima for
admission to the deaconess ministry by colloquy.

b. Readiness for admission to the deaconess
ministry shall be demonstrated according to stan-
dards established by the Lutheran Deaconess Associ-
ation and approved by the Colloquy Board for the
Deaconess Ministry by:

1. an acceptable level of achievement in the area
of general eduation;

2. satisfactory completion of a well-rounded and
comprehensive training in theology;

3. fulfillment of aminimum of one year’s residence
at the deaconess terminal program at Valparaiso
University;

4. satisfactory completion of a supervised intern-
ship year.

c. Before being declared qualified for the deacon-
ess ministry in the Synod, applicants shall submit to
and satisfactorily pass a written and oral examina-
tion in the areas of deaconess service.

d. Applicants who have satisfactorily passed their
examination shall be given a certificate of eligibility
by the Colloquy Board.

b. The educational institution shall forward the
application together with all required documents to
the following for their recommendation: the President
of the District in which the applicant resides and the
individual members of the Colloquy Board for the
Deaconess Ministry.

c. The educational institution shall submit for
publication in an official periodical of the Synod the
request for colloquies of all persons whose applica-
tions have been approved by the District President
and the Colloquy Board for the Deaconess Ministry.
If no valid objection is filed within four weeks after
the publication of such notice, the colloquy procedure
may continue.

d. The educational institution shall appoint an
adviser for the applicant and an examining com-
mittee.

e. The adviser shall assist the applicant in arrang-
ing the appropriate qualifying program and, when all
requirements have been met, recommend the appli-
cant to the examining committee for a review of her
competency and readiness for admission to the office
of the deaconess ministry. Ordinarily the adviser
shall participate in the final oral examination.

Delete 4.95

4.96 Requirement for Certification of Eligi-
bility

a. Four years of college training leading to a
bachelor of arts degree with a major in theology, or
approved equivalent, and a year of supervised intern-
ship shall be considered the quantitative minima for
admission to the deaconess ministry by colloquy.

b. Readiness for admission to the deaconess min-
istry shall be demonstrated according to standards
approved by the Colloquy Board for the Deaconess
Ministry by:

1. an acceptable level of achievement in the area
of general education;

2. satisfactory completion of a well-rounded and
comprehensive training in theology;

3. fulfillment of a minimum of one year’s residence
at one of the educational institutions certified to
prepare deaconesses for The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod;

4. satisfactory completion of a supervised intern-
ship year.

c. After the successful completion of the residency
and internship each applicant shall submit to a
written and oral examination in the areas of deacon-
ess service.

d. The examining committee shall recommend to
the faculty of the school or college for endorsement
those applicants who have successfully passed the
written and oral examinations.

e. Theschool or college certifying the applicant as
a candidate for the deaconess ministry shall

1. report its action to the deaconess colloquy
board and the President of the District in which the
applicant resides, and

2. publish a report of its favorable action in an
official periodical of the Synod.