# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S165
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HIGHER EDUCATION

plication materials and an oral interview. In general,
the course of study shall include items mentioned in
6.129 a and b.

b. In exceptional cases and in cases of nonsynodically
certified deaconesses, the colloquy examining committee
may regard prior learning, educational attainments, or
church work experience as meeting portions of the afore-
mentioned requirements, provided that the Synod’s high
professional standards for the deaconess’s ministry are
maintained.

c. The institution’s director of deaconess colloquy
shall supervise the appropriate qualifying program and,
when all 1 requirements have been met, recommend ti

. student to the institution’s colloquy examining commit-
tee for the final oral review outlined in 6.127 6 3.

6.137 Certificate of Eligibility

The institution's faculty shall receive the deaconess
colloquy examining committee's recommendation (of a
colloquy student as outlined in 6.127 6 4. Upon the in-
stitution faculty's endarsement of the colloquy student,
the institution shall

. G, issue a certificate of eligibility to the colloquy
student,

6. report its action to the chair of the Deaconess Col-
loquy Committee and the appropriate District President,
and

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

6.139 Placement

Every colloquy student declared eligible for the dea-
coness ministry shall be assigned her first. call by, the
Council of Presidents acting as the Board of
Assignments.

6.141 Report to the Convention

The Deaconess Colloquy Committee shall render a
full report on deaconess colloquy activities to each con-
vention of the Synod. {

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Action: Adopted (10).

To Provide for Special Certification
for Valparaiso University
Teacher Education Graduates

RESOLUTION 6-08
Overture 6-35 (CW, p. 279)

Wuereas, Some teacher education graduates of Val-

paraiso University have accepted positions in Lutheran .

schools, early childhood education, elementary, and sec-
ondary for many years; and

Wuereas, The 1989 synodical convention (Res. 6- ;20)
referred the matter of alternate certification procedures
for Valparaiso University graduates to the Board | for
Higher Education Services with a request to report to\the
1992 convention; therefore be it :

Resolved, That the convention approve the following ad-
dition to Bylaw 6.109:

PRESENP/PROPOSED WORDING

d. Graduates of the teacher education program of Val-

paraiso University need not meet the age requirement to

apply for admission to the LCMS teacher colloquy
program.

Action: Adopted (13).

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To Exempt Geographical
District President
from Membership on the Seminary
Boards of Regents

RESOLUTION 6-09
Overtures 6-26, L6-51 (CW, p. 276; TB, p. 11)

Wuereas, The geographical District President has both
a pastoral and supervisory role to all the called workers
within his District; and
Wuereas, According to Bylaw 6.01 a 3, the President
of a District in which a seminary is Jocated is by virtue of
: his office a member of the Board of Regents of the semi-
nary; and
Wuereas, Being a part of the Board of Regents could
put the geographic District President into a possible po-
sition of conflict of interest (i.e., President: and pastoral
responsibilities to District-called workers vs. his rote as
synodical administrator); and
Wuereas, Conflicts of interest can arise that could place
the geographic District President into an adversarial po-
* gition among church workers in the District; and
Wuereas, Seminaries serve the entire Synod and not
merely the Districts in which they are located; therefore
be it
Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
change Bylaw 6.01 a 3 to exclude the geographic District
_ President from membership on the Board of Regents of a
seminary located within his District; and be it further
Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
. change Bylaw 6.01 a 3 to direct that one member of the
_ Board of Regents for each seminary be a District President
elected by the synodical Council of Presidents.

, Action: Adopted (11).

(An amendment to delete the final resolve in its entirety was
_ declined. A motion for reconsideration in session 12 was defeated.)

To Provide for Five-Year
Renewable Terms of Office
' for LCMS College, University, and
Seminary Presidents

RESOLUTION 6-10A
|
1 Overture 6-20 (CW, pp. 274—75)

Wuereas, The Synod has created positions to which an
: ordained or commissioned minister may be elected, called,
| or appointed for a specific period of time; and
'  Wuereas, The presidency of a seminary or church-
owned college or university is a church-created office to
which a man is elected in a manner similar to the above-
mentioned positions; and
Wuereas, The president of a synodical seminary, col-
lege, or university is elected to a specific administrative
position similar to the election or appointment of other
j academic administrators such as vice-presidents and
deans; therefore be it

Resolved, That the BHES establish a five-year renew-