# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S193
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HIGHER EDUCATION 193

PRESENT WORDING

k. have authority, after receiving the consent of the
Board of Regents of the colleges involved and with the
approval of the synodical Board of Directors and the
Council of Presidents, to consolidate colleges to the ex-
tent required by the church’s professional needs and by
its financial condition.

PROPOSED WORDING

k. Have authority after receiving the consent of two
of the three following bodies: Synod’s Board of Directors,
the Council of Presidents, or the Board of Regents to
expand, consolidate, relocate, change to a junior college
level, separate from Synod, or close certain institutions.

and be it finally

Resolved, That whenever such serious actions are con-
sidered necessary and are implemented, that the Board of
Regents, the Board for Professional Education Services,
and the Board of Directors be encouraged to be as evan-
gelical, compassionate, and fair as possible as they deal
with those affected by such decisions.

Action: None.

To Change Bylaw Governing Faculty
Removal From Office

RESOLUTION 6-12
Overture 6-107 (CW, p. 332)

Wuereas, A tenured faculty member is expected to be
an active member in good standing in a member congre-
gation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and

Wuereas, The Synod should expect tenured faculty to
retain such membership in good standing; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 6.43 c, “Removal from Office,” be
amended by the addition of subparagraph 7, as follows:

PRESENT WORDING

6.43 Removal from Office

c. The only causes for which members of a faculty
may be removed from office (within the definitions of a
and b above), other than honorable retirement, are:

1. professional incompetency;

2. incapacity for the performance of duty because of
physical, mental, or emotional disabilities;

3. refusal to cooperate;

4. neglect of or refusal to perform duties of office;

5. conduct unbecoming a Christian;

6. advocacy of false doctrine (Constitution, Article II)
or failure to honor and uphold the doctrinal position of
the Synod as defined further in Bylaw 1.03c

PROPOSED WORDING

6.43 Removal from Office

c. (No Change.)

1. (No Change.)

2. (No Change.)

3. (No Change.)

4. (No Change.)

5. (No Change.)

6. (No Change.)

7. The faculty member is no longer an active member
in good standing in a member congregation of the Synod.

Action: None.

To Recognize Two New
Church-Work Programs

RESOLUTION 6-13
Overture 6-112 (CW, p. 333)

Wuereas, Res. 5-09B, approved by the 1983 synodical
convention, allows additional categories of church workers
to be added to the existing five, provided the Board for
Professional Education Services recommends such action;
and

Wuereas, There is ample justification for adding two
new church-work programs at this time, namely, director
of parish music and director of social work; and

Wuereas, The BPES now recommends that these two
categories be added as approved Certified Professional
Church Worker, Lay, programs; therefore be it

Resolved, That students attending a synodically owned
and operated college and enrolled in a director of parish
music program or a Lutheran social work program with
the definite intent of serving the church or one of its agen-
cies be classified as professional church-work students;
and be it further

Resolved, That graduates of these two programs be des-
ignated Certified Professional Church Worker, Lay, with
all the rights and privileges thereto; and be it finally

Resolved, That the colleges that wish to have these pro-
grams, should follow the normal program approval process
with the Board for Professional Education Services.

Action: None.

To Alleviate Educational Indebtedness of
Professional Church Workers

RESOLUTION 6-14

Overtures 6-44-6-46, 6-50-6-51B, 6-56, 6-58, (CW, pp.
313-15, 317-18)

Wuereas, The dramatic rise in the cost of education at
our colleges and seminaries has been borne disproportion-
ately by parents and students during the last 15 years,
causing some professional church workers to have ex-
tremely high debts at the end of their 4, 5, or 8 years of
college and seminary education; and

Wuereas, The cost of their professional education is
disproportionate to the expected income of the graduates;
and

Wuereas, It seems that this situation is having a neg-
ative effect on the recruitment of professional church work-
ers; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Professional Education
Services be instructed to form a panel with representatives
from the Concordia Plans, Lutheran Church Extension
Fund, and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foun-
dation and other principals, to explore the feasibility of
using income from the funds available from these agents
to develop a deferred, repayable, low-interest loan plan for
new professional church worker graduates; and be it fur-
ther