# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S158
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158 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

channels other than the regular training program should like
f certification, the Board recommesg

be guided into some form 0
- that the committee on certification proposed above be instructed
include also this matter in its study and submit its findings to

College of Presidents.

9. A growing problem, though not directly within the pro
of the Board for Higher Education, is the highly desirable reg
tion of the transfer of women in service from one congrega fhe
to another. In the case of men, the regulations in the synodi
Handbook are clear. There seem to be no parallel regulations
women. Practices in the field generally leave women teache:
an “on your own” basis. Since others in responsible positions
repeatedly brought this situation to our attention, and since
closely related to the certification item, the Board recomme
if it may presume to make a recommendation in this area, {:
Synod refer this matter for study to the same committee w)
is to concern itself with certification and that the committee re}
its findings with recommendations to the College of President

Faculty Personnel

Your Board continues to be aware of the great riches Go
His grace has bestowed upon the Church in her supply of
ministers and teachers and that the whole future of our S:
depends on whether they turn out ill or well. So long as
pastors and teachers are, and continue to be, properly educ
and trained, our synodical ship may expect to have a fair v'
otherwise the consequences are better left unspoken. ;

Since the quality of the product depends, under God’s bl
upon the teachers in the colleges and seminaries, Synod must 3
every effort to make available its finest spokesmen, its 1
intellects, its most skilled teachers, and its most productive s
for full-time association with these schools.

Our Church has never believed that ministerial and te
training can be carried to a successful conclusion merely by puj
courses into the catalog and employing instructors with doct
As one of our college presidents * puts it: “We need men 0!
faculties who are academically qualified, but who are not
academicians. We need men who are theologically sound an

at the same time know how to translate sound doctrine into %4
of practical Christian living. We need men who view our sc
as ‘schools of the prophets,’ whose chief aim and sole rea
existence is to train young men for the professional service ‘0!

Church. We need men whose approach is not subject-cent

* Dr. Thomas Coates of Portland.