# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S205
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To Approve Procedure
in Receiving Lutheran Pastors

RESOLUTION 6-07
eport 6-01, App. 6-01A (CW, pp. 242—243)

WHEREAS, The 1981 convention recommended “that
e Council of Presidents and the Pastoral Colloquy
Committee be asked to review our policy regarding
cceptance of pastors from all Lutheran church bodies
nd report to the Synod with appropriate recommenda-
ons with a view toward uniform practice”; and
WHEREAS, The Council of Presidents and Pastoral
Colloquy Committee have presented said recommenda-
tions in the report on Standing Committees on Collo-
quies (App. 6-01A); therefore be it

.... Resolved, That the Synod in convention approve the
. procedural recommendations presented in App. 6-01A
relating to the receiving of Lutheran pastors with the
addition of 5.49 (if applicable) to the references stated in
number 3 on page 243.

Action: Adopted (7).

To Clarify Provisions
for Modified Service and Retirement
of Faculty Members

RESOLUTION 6-08
Overture 6-38 (CW, p. 268)

WHEREAS, Synodical Bylaw 6.53 e does not explicitly
provide that a faculty member who requests early
retirement retains the opportunity for reappointment
on other than a call basis for one academic year at a
time until age 75; and

WHEREAS, Bylaw 6.53 f does not specifically provide
that faculty members who request early retirement are
eligible for modified service loads and conditions of
service on the basis of which faculty members could
continue to work from early retirement until age 70, as
well as from age 70 to age 75; and

WHEREAS, Bylaws 6.53 e and f do not specifically
state that faculty members who retire either at age 70 or
earlier and are reappointed on other than a call basis
are on the appropriate synodical roster and on the
faculty roster as emeriti; and

WHEREAS, The Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters has given an opinion on these subjects, ending with
the recommendation that these matters be studied
further and that appropriate recommendations be made
to the synodical convention for desirable clarification of
the Bylaws; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaws 6.53 e and 6.53 f be revised to
read:

PRESENT WORDING

6.53 Modified Service and Retirement

e. Faculty members may request early retire-
ment under the applicable provisions of the Con-

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 205

cordia Retirement Plan but shall be eligible for
reappointment on other than acall basis at the end of
the academic year in which their 70th birthday
occurs. Reappointment shall be for one academic
year until age 75, at which time retirement shall be
mandatory.

f. Service loans and conditions of service be-
tween the ages of 70 and retirement shall be deter-
mined by the Board of Regents.

PROPOSED WORDING

6.53 Modified Service and Retirement

e. Faculty members may request early retire-
ment under the applicable provisions of the Con-
cordia Retirement Plan and must accept retirement
at the end of the academic year in which their 70th
birthday occurs. Upon retirement, faculty members
who are ordained clergymen or have the Lutheran
teacher diploma are retained on the appropriate
roster of the Synod on the basis of Bylaw 5.45
Emeritus and may, by action of the Board of Regents,
be retained on the roster of their faculty as emeriti

- (Bylaw 6.27 c). Faculty emeriti shall be eligible for
appointment to serve on other than a call basis for up
to one academic year at a time, continuously or
intermittently, until age 75.

f. Service loads and the conditions of service
between retirement and age 75 shall be determined by
the Board of Regents.

Action: Adopted (9).

. (The President stated that these revisions would not pre-
clude engaging a faculty member to teach a specific course or to
serve as a guest lecturer even after reaching the age of 75.)

To Consider Alternative to Tenure
RESOLUTION 6-09
Overture 6-39 (CW, p. 269)

WHEREAS, The legally imposed mandatory age for
modified service and retirement continues to rise and
may be eliminated entirely; and

WHEREAS, Service of tenured faculty extended years
beyond what had been typical has the effect of enlarg-
ing the segment of a faculty with tenure or of denying
tenure to other worthy candidates; and

WHEREAS, A surplus of tenured faculty is especially
difficult in times of necessary consolidation; and

WHEREAS, Tenure provides primarily career security,
which need not be eliminated entirely under another
plan; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Professional Education
Services be instructed to prepare a study of continuous,
rollover contracts as an alternative to tenure and to
report its recommendations to the 1986 convention; and
be it further

Resolved, That present synodical faculties be in-
cluded in the evaluation of this matter; and be it finally

Resolved, That any Handbook changes which be-
come necessary to reflect the results of such study be
presented to the 1986 synodical convention.

Action: Adopted (9).