# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S204
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204

RESOLUTIONS

PRESENT WORDING os

5.77 Eligibility

Only such applicants shall be considered eligible
for admission to the pastoral :colloquy program as
are: ee
1. ministers, or candidates for the ministry, who
are in good standing in other Christian church bodies

‘and are graduates of established theological

seminaries; ;

_ 2. men who are graduates of the Synod’s col-
leges, whose names appear on the roster of the Synod
as teacher members of the Synod, and who have had
at least 10 years of successful experience as a
Lutheran teacher or director of Christian education
and are in good standing in a congregation of the
Synod;-' ¢; :

3. members in good standing of synodical.con-

_ gregations who are graduates of an established non-

synodical seminary;

‘4. members in good standing of synodical con-
gregations who are over the age of 40, are college
graduates, and have had considerable experience in
church work;

5. members in good standing of a synodical
congregation who belong to a special ethnic or
linguistic group, who have a college-level education,
and who have had considerable experience in church
work. ae

and be it further
‘Resolved, That Bylaw 5.81 be amended to read as

follows:

PRESENT WORDING

c. After admission to the pastoral colloquy pro-
gram, a minimum of 2 full academic years of instruc-

;tion at one of the Synod’s theological seminaries, at

least 1% years of which shall be in residence, as well
as a vicarage under synodical auspices, shall be

_expected of:

1. members in good standing of synodical con-
gregations -who are over 40, are college graduates,
and have had considerable experience in church
work;

2. members in good standing of synodical. con-
gregations who belong to special ethnic or linguistic
groups, who have a college-level education, and who
have had considerable experience in church work.

To Decline Overture 6-26,
to Revise Regulations

of Colloquy Program for Pastors

RESOLUTION 6-06

Overture 6-26 (CW, p. 266)

WHEREAS, It is impractical to handle the pastoral

PROPOSED WORDING
5.77 Eligibility eo
Only such applicants shall be considered eligible
“for admission to the pastoral colloquy program as
are: :

1. ministers, or candidates for the ministry, who
are in good standing in other Christian church bodies
and are graduates of established. theological
seminaries; : ‘

7 2. men who are graduates of the Synod’s col-

- leges, whose names appear on the roster of the Synod
as teacher members of the Synod, and who have had
at least 10 years of successful experience as a
Lutheran teacher or director of Christian education
and are in good standing in a congregation of the
Synod; ;

3. members in good standing of synodical con-
gregations who are graduates of an established non-
synodical seminary;

4. members in good standing of a synodical
congregation who.belong to a special: ethnic or
linguistic group, who have a college-level education,
and who have had considerable experience in church
work.

PROPOSED WORDING

c. After admission to the colloquy program a
minimum of 2 full academic years of instruction at
one of the Synod’s theological seminaries, at least 1%
years of which shall be in residence, as well as a
vicarage under synodical auspices, shall be expected
of members in good standing of synodical congrega-
tions who belong to special ethnic or linguistic
groups, who have a college-level education, and who
have had considerable experience in church work. .

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Action: Adopted (7).

(Discussion began in Session 4. An amendment was pro-
posed to delete Bylaw 5.77, point 4. During discussion of the
amendment a request to strike the words “to special ethnic or
linguistic groups” in the proposed Bylaw 5.81 c was declared
out of order. The amendment was defeated. In Session 7
discussion was resumed on the resolution itself. A motion to
strike the words “only such” from proposed Bylaw 5.77 was
declared out of order. An amendment to reinsert former point4
into the new Bylaw was declined after the delegates had agreed
to cease debate on the amendment. The resolution was then
adopted as presented.)

and teacher colloquy programs in like manner at this
time; therefore be it ‘

Resolved, That Overture 6-26 be respectfully declined.
Action: Adopted (7).