# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S201
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

HIGHER EDUCATION 201

5.117 Teacher Colloquies in Argentina

Teacher colloquies in the Argentine District shall
also be conducted according to these regulations,
adapted to requirements of the District. A vice president
of the district and the faculty engaged in teacher edu-
cation shall constitute the Colloquy Committee for
Teachers. A District Committee on Assignments shall
make the first placement.

To be omitted.

Action: Adopted as amended (14).

(The words “or with pastors, teachers, or laypersons author-
ized by that college and residing in the applicant’s geographical
region” were added by amendment.)

To Change Bylaws for Admission to
Pastoral Ministry by Colloquy

RESOLUTION 6-26A

Report 6-01, Appendix. 6-01B; Overture 5-163 (CW,
pp. 292-95, 272-74)

Wuereas, The colloquy program remains a viable route
into the pastoral ministry for qualified applicants; and

PRESENT WORDING

E. Admission to the Pastoral
Ministry by Colloquy

5.71 Colloquy Committee

The Colloquy Committee for the Pastoral! Office shall
consist of a Vice-President of the Synod, appointed by
the President of the Synod, and the presidents of the
theological seminaries at St. Louis and Fort Wayne. The
Vice-President shall be chairman of the committee.

5.73 Functions

The Colloquy Committee shall—

a. direct the synodical activity in matters of collo-
quies for the pastoral office according to regulations
adopted by the Synod;

b. establish academic and theological standards for
admission to the office of the pastoral ministry by col-
loquy;

c. recommend applicants for acceptance into the pas-
toral ministry of the Synod to the Council of Presidents
acting as the Board of Assignments.

5.75 Application for Admission

a. Applications for admission to the pastoral colloquy
program shall be directed to the President of the District
where the application originates.

WuEREAS, It is advisable to improve coordination and
administration of the program; and

Wuereas, The Standing Committee for Colloquy and
the President’s Commission on Higher Education recom-
mend that much of the responsibility for administration
be borne by the seminaries; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following Bylaw changes be ap-
proved:

PROPOSED WORDING

F. Admission to the Pastoral
Ministry by Colloquy

6.87 Colloquy Committee

a. The Colloquy Committee for the Pastoral Ministry
shall consist of a Vice-President of the Synod (appointed
by the President of the Synod), the presidents of the
theological seminaries at St. Louis and Fort Wayne, and
the executive secretary of the Board for Professional
Education Services in an advisory capacity. The Vice-
President shall be chairman of the committee.

b. Each seminary shall have a colloquy examining
committee, selected by its faculty.

c. The Colloquy Committee for the Pastoral Ministry
and each seminary colloquy examining committee shall
have the authority and responsibilities described in By-
laws 6.89--6.99.

6.89 Functions of the Committee

a. The Colloquy Committee for the Pastoral Ministry
shall direct the synodical activity in matters of collo-
quies for the pastoral ministry.

b. The Colloquy Committee shall also establish and
monitor academic and theological standards for admis-
sion to the office of the pastoral ministry by colloquy,
and in the establishment of these standards the com-
mittee shall consult the faculties of the theological sem-
inaries at St. Louis and Fort Wayne.

c. The Colloquy Committee shall approve for admis-
sion to the colloquy program for the pastoral ministry
those applicants who have been recommended for ad-
mission by a seminary colloquy-examining committee
and to which no valid objection is made pursuant to
Bylaw 6.95.

6.91 Eligibility for Admission to the Program

Only such male applicants shall be considered eli-
gible for admission to the pastoral colloquy program as
are