# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S272 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 272 HIGHER EDUCATION not call a pastor to teach in a seminary until that pastor has completed five years of service as a parish pastor. Trinity Lutheran Church Great Bend, N. Dak. Elroy Stein, Chairman Dallas Rossow, Secretary 6-68 To Encourage Continuing Education WHEREAS, Various professions recognize the ongoing need for an organized program of professional growth by requiring their members to meet certain standards regularly in organized programs of continuing education; and WHEREAS, All ministers of the Gospel face the urgent need to keep on growing in theology and its proper application in practice; and WHEREAS, The Dallas convention (1977) adopted Res. 6-20, “To Expand Continuing Education,” to encourage planning and implementing a program of continuing education; there- fore be it Resolved, That all church workers be encouraged to take advantage of presently existing programs of continuing educa- tion available to them; and be it further Resolved, That all congregations be urged to make time and funds available to their full-time workers for continuing educa- tion; and be it further Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be charged to convene a committee including representatives of the sem- inaries and parish pastors to study and draw up a suggested plan of continuing education for pastors: and be it finally Resolved, That this committee be asked to report through the Board for Higher Education to the next convention of the Synod. Faculty Concordia Seminary St. Louis, Mo. Robert Hoerber, Secretary 6-69 To Establish Policies for Leaves for College Administrative Staffs WHEREAS, Synodical colleges and seminaries for efficient operation have developed a growing dependency on the profes- sional expertise of nonteaching administrative staff persons; and WHEREAS, The schools in many instances benefit by the service of such individuals over an extended period of years; and WHEREAS, The administrative staff persons in question might obviously benefit by advanced educational pursuits or by segments of time set aside for special projects of personal and professional interest in the midst of their careers; and WHEREAS, There are no established provisions for granting periods of sabbatical or educational leave to any college or seminary personnel who do not hold faculty rank; therefore be it Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education in consulta- tion with the presidents of synodical colleges and seminaries be instructed to devise acceptable terms and standards to govern the granting of educational and sabbatical leaves to nonteaching administrative staff persons. Board of Control Concordia Lutheran College Austin, Tex. Ray F. Martens, Executive Officer 6-70 To Discontinue the Declaration of Intent WHEREAS, The circumstances of the World War II era which led to the introduction and continuing use of the Declaration of Intent are no longer timely; and WHEREAS, The signing of such a declaration by students frequently calls into question their eligibility for various federal and state funds; and WHEREAS, The synodical requirement that al] students enrolled who are preparing for church work occupations must annually complete the Declaration of Intent form has jeopar- dized the availability of various state funds for some of our colleges; and WHEREAS, The Board for Higher Education has granted exemptions from the use of the Declaration of Intent form for two schools on an experimental basis; and WHEREAS, These experimental exemptions have proved to be satisfactory and have met the needs of the students, the schools, and the Board for Higher Education; therefore be it Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be autho- rized to discontinue the requirement of the Declaration of Intent form among the synodical colleges and seminaries. Board for Higher Education Walter L. Rosin, Executive Secretary 6-71 To Modify the Church Work Deposit Fee Requirement WHEREAS, A form of Church Work Deposit fee has been a synodical requirement for all church-work students for some- what over 40 years; and WHEREAS, The Synod in convention has from time to time revised the amount of the deposit, the process by which the funds are impounded by the synodical treasurer, and the procedures governing returns to graduates; and WHEREAS, The eligibility of some schools and their students for state funds has been brought into question by the synodical Church Work Deposit fee policy; and WHEREAS, The interest generated by the funds in the synodical Church Work Deposit fee account plus the forfeitures are regularly distributed among the schools by the Board for Higher Education as scholarship funds to be awarded to church-work students within each school’s financial aid policies; and WHEREAS, The scholarship funds generated by the Church Work Deposit fee constitute the sole source of such funds available to the Board for Higher Education; therefore be it Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education continue to implement the Church Work Deposit fee policy on behalf of the Synod; and be it further Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be autho- rized to modify the policy for selected institutions or grant an exemption from the Church Work Deposit fee requirement as the needs of the various institutions require; and be it finally Resolved, That the scholarship funds generated by the Church Work Deposit fee account continue to be distributed among the participating colleges for support of church-work students. Board for Higher Education Walter L. Rosin, Executive Secretary 6-72 To Observe Anniversary of St. Paul’s College WHEREAS, St. Paul’s College and College High will, God willing, celebrate its centennial in 1988; and WHEREAS, A campus endeavoris already under way to focus attention of the college and its supporting congregations ona centennial celebration in 1983; and WHEREAS, St. Paul’s is the only remaining educational institution of Synod maintaining the six-year patern of four- year high school and junior college; therefore be it