# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S200
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RESOLUTIONS

d. The college shall appoint an adviser for the ap-
plicant and an examining committee.

c. The college shall submit for publication in an of-
ficial periodical of the Synod the requests for colloquies
of all persons whose applications have been approved.
If no valid objection is filed within four weeks after the
publication of such notice, the colloquy procedure may
continue.

e. The adviser shall assist the applicant in arranging
the appropriate qualifying program and, when all re-
quirements have been met, recommend the applicant to
the examining committee for a review of his competency
and readiness for admission to the office of the teaching
ministry. Ordinarily the adviser shall participate in the
final oral examination.

5.115 Applicants from Affiliated Church Bodies

Applications from teachers or candidates for the
teaching ministry who are members of an affiliated
church body and have previously given satisfactory evi-
dence of their qualifications for a teaching position in
the Synod may be received without examination of the
applicant.

5.109 Certification of Eligibility for Placement

a. The examining committee shall recommend to the
faculty for endorsement those applicants who have sat-
isfactorily passed written and oral examinations.

b. The college certifying the applicant as a candidate
for the teaching ministry shall—

1. report its action to the members of the Colloquy
Committee for the Teaching Ministry and the President
and Superintendent of Schools of the synodical district
in which the candidate resides;

2. publish a report of its favorable action in an official
periodical of the Synod.

5.111 Placement

Every applicant whom the college declares qualified
for the teaching ministry shall receive his first place-
ment from the Council of Presidents acting as the Board
of Assignments on recommendation of the Colloquy
Committee.

5.101 Colloquy Committee for the Teaching
Ministry

b. Functions. .. .

4. make a full report of its activities to every con-
vention of the Synod.

5.113 Directors of Christian Education

The foregoing Bylaws 5.101 to 5.111 shall also apply
to application for recognition as a director of Christian
education through the colloquy process. The require-
ment of Bylaw 5.103 c shall be construed as including
also alternative service in the position of director of
Christian education.

study, the president of the district in which
cant resides, and the chairman of the Coll
mittee.

the appli-
‘oquy Com.

6.113 Publication of Notice

_ After the Colloquy Committee has received an ap-
plication as provided in Bylaw 6.111, the committee
shall publish notice of the application in an official pe-
riodical of the Synod. If no valid objection is received
the Colloquy Committee within four weeks after the
publication of such notice, the applicant shall be ac-
cepted into the program. The committee, in its sole dis-
cretion, shall decide whether an objection is valid Its
decision shall not be subject of any appeal, ;

6.115 Program of Instruction

competency and readiness for admission to the teaching
ministry. Ordinarily the college’s colloquy director shall
participate in the final oral examination.

To be omitted.

6.117 Certificate of Eligibility

a. The college’s colloquy-examining committee shall
recommend to the faculty for endorsement those collo-
quy students who have satisfactorily completed the pro-
gram and passed written and oral examinations.

b. The college whose faculty determines that a col-
loquy student for the teaching ministry has satisfactor-
ily completed the colloquy program shall—

1. issue a certificate of eligibility to the colloquy stu-
dent;

2. report its action to the chairman of the Colloquy
Committee for the Teaching Ministry and the appro-
priate district president; and

3. publish a report of its favorable action in an official
periodical of the Synod.

6.119 Placement

Every colloquy student declared eligible for the
teaching ministry shall be assigned his or her first call
by the Council of Presidents acting as the Board of As-

signments.

6.121 Report to the Convention

The Colloquy Committee shall render a full report
on teacher-colloquy activities to each convention of the
Synod.

H. ADMISSION AS DIRECTORS
OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION BY COLLOQUY

6.123 The foregoing Bylaws 6.105 through 6.119 which
are appropriate shall also generally be applied to rf
plicants for recognition as directors of Christian edu-
cation through the colloquy program. In addition, these
applicants shall be expected to meet the academic an

theological requirements comparable to the regular di-
rector of Christian education program.

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