# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1016
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 241

ACTION
Concerning this proposed change in the Handbook, Commit-
tee 6 recommended, and Synod resolved: .

Resolution 6
. ‘WHEREAS, Applications are being received by District Presi-

"4a and the Examining Committee for admission to the ministry

ts
in Synod from men who have never had seminary training; and

‘WHEREAS, The seminaries have occasionally been requested to

jcipate in preparing these men for examination prior to ad-
mission into the ministry of Synod under the terms of a col-
Joquium; and

Waergas, Synod has set definite standards for admission to the
ranks of the ministry in the Church requiring a lengthy training
period; and

Wuereas, Synod’s Handbook under Section IV, D, makes no
provisions for dealing with applications of persons without pre-
yious seminary training who desire to enter the ministry of the
Church; therefore be it °

Resolved, That the President of Synod appoint a committee to
study this problem and to present to Synod at its next convention
recommendations and the necessary Handbook provisions for pro-
cedure in such cases; and be it further

Resolved, That this committee set up provisional directives to
govern its examiners during the time in which the studies are
being conducted; and be it finally

Resolved, That this committee be made up of two members
of the Board for Higher Education; the two presidents of our two
seminaries; a vice-president of Synod; two members of the College
of Presidents.

Admission, Transfer, and Enrollment Policies
Handbook Section 6.07 —

Since the responsibilities in the proposed addition detailed
below are currently assigned to no synodical officer, commission,
or board, and since the welfare of Synod urgently requires that
these responsibilities be discharged properly and effectively, your
Board ,

Recommends that the following paragraph be added to Hand-
book Section 6:07: “Prescribe such admissions, transfer, and en-
rollment policies which are required in the interest of effective
educational procedures, which are in harmony with Synod’s ob-
jectives of ministerial and teacher training, and commensurate
with the capacity of the individual institutions and of the theo-
logical seminaries.”