# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S195
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HIGHER EDUCATION 195

couraged to continue working toward one established goal
of 65% support for the educational and general budget of
the two seminaries.

Action: Adopted (15).

(During discussion it was noted that the reference to semi-
naries was meant to refer to those at Fort Wayne and St. Louis.
A motion to consider as a substitute resolution Overture 6-52A
was declined.)

To Identify Students for Mission and
Urban Ministry Service

RESOLUTION 6-17
Overtures 6-70A-6-72 (CW, pp. 320-21)

Wuereas, It is desirable to identify as early as possible
those who are interested in and available for missionary
service; and

Wuereas, Urban ministry should be considered as a
missionary field; therefore be it

Resolved, That our synodical colleges and seminaries
attempt, as soon as possible, to identify students who ex-
press interest in missionary service, including urban min-
istry; and be it further

Resolved, That those students be afforded the oppor-
tunity to be trained in urban missionary service through
the seminary or by Synod’s Board for Mission Services.

Action: None.

To Address the Special Needs
of Urban Ministry

RESOLUTION 6-18
Overtures 6-71A-6-72 (CW, p. 321)

Wuereas, Many of our urban settings present special
needs concerning nationality and culture; and

WueErEas, Prospective servants to these urban settings
need to be acquainted with those special needs, challenges
and opportunities; therefore be it

Resolved, That we urge the colleges and seminaries to
continue in their total program from recruitment to place-
ment to address these special urban needs; and be it fur-
ther

Resolved, That the colleges and seminaries interact
with the Board for Mission Services in coordination with
the Board for Professional Education Services to provide
specialized training for urban ministry after initial train-
ing has been completed.

Action: None.

To Develop a Plan
for Continuing Education

RESOLUTION 6-19

Report 6-02, Overtures 6-73A-6-75; (CW pp. 296, 321~
22)

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod re-
solved in its 1981 convention “that all professional church
workers be encouraged to take advantage of presently ex-
isting programs of continuing education available to
them,” and “that all congregations be urged to make time
available to their professional church workers for contin-
uing education, and provide the necessary funding from
their own or other resources” (Res. 6-25A): and

WHEREAS, Continuing professional growth is necessary
to help church workers remain current in their fields and
maintain feelings of self-worth; and

Wuereas, Some church workers pursue professional
growth and others do not; therefore be it

Resolved, That congregations and workers be encour-
aged to develop a continuing education plan for each
worker, that congregations be urged to contribute a min-
imum of $300 per year for each worker who participates
and the participating worker $150 per year and that the
congregation or agency and church worker be encouraged
each year to agree on how accumulated funds are to be
spent on tuition, lodging, travel or other program expenses
for the workers’ continuing education; and be it further

Resolved, That all districts seek to develop organiza-
tional structures and procedures to provide continuing ed-
ucation for their workers; and be it further

Resolved, That the appropriate synodical office, in con-
cert with the districts, develop a standardized system of
record keeping for continuing education experiences, such
as continuing education units; and be it finally

Resolved, That the accounting of continuing education
activities be maintained by the respective district offices
and that the continuing education system be coordinated
by the appropriate synodical office.

Action: None.

To Eliminate Church Worker Deposit Fee
RESOLUTION 6-20
Overture 6-114 (CW, p. 335)

Wuereas, The Church Worker Deposit Fee (CWDF) no
longer effectively serves its intended purpose, namely to
strengthen college and seminary finances (Res. 6-32, 1967
New York convention); and

Wuereas, College tuition charges at synodical schools,
which were very minimal at the time the CWDF was es-
tablished, have significantly increased; and

Wuereas, Church-work students today generally con-