# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1051
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

810 PARISH EDUCATION

doctrine, They are servants of the Word to children, and

the
undershepherds of the shepherd of the congregation,40 ¥ are

gation as rulers and elders, as teachers, and

emphasized that the Congregation could and should do this ‘because
all gifts which God had given to His Chris

The pastor as supervisor of the school. — In 1916 R. F Nimmer
wrote in the Schulblatt that in the school the teacher had the high.
est authority and the right to rule there alone. While the pastor

the right and the duty

charging a part of the public ministry, h
an accounting of his office as the one to
before God.42

© was to give the Pastor"
whom he was responsible

clergy fares to the teachers. It was reported that investigation had
showed that this Step would not grant desired clergy certificates
to the teachers, and the request was denied by Synod. The rail-
—

1, Dornseif, “Die Stellung des Pastors und Lehrers zueinander,”
Lehre und Wehre (June, 1907), p. 246.

41 F. Pieper, “Die goettliche Ordnung des oeffentlichen Predigtamts,”
Lehre und Wehre, 60 (April, 1914), Pp. 150,151,

. @ R. F. Nimmer, “Die Autoritaet des christlichen Gemeindeschul-
lehrers,” Schulblatt, LI (Oct., 1916), p. 306,

PARISH EDUCATION a

was encouraged to continue his efforts toward getting
erred certificates for the teachers.*2 » teachee's
cher’. fice defined. —In 1921 Zobel defined the tea ner’
ae t ‘i ing words: “The office of the Lutheran tea ers
a the i hed by our Christian congregations, has a timited

a ae Word and doctrine in training the children, whi

— acon conferred on him for a lifetime by the Christian
Ce sion. Hence the Lutheran teacher has a divine call.

Phe divine call of the teacher.—In 1930 W. C. Kohn, pres-

; i River Forest, Ill, wrote an
iden ordia Teachers College, er wrote an
ae ot aling the teacher’s office an auxiliary office which flow
t ticle

teacher has a divine
a2 ic ministry. He asserted that the sea
ae in ewer to the question “What makes a call divine?” he

ivi to a certain person,

~ sw : is divine when God says toa

y oe no Mie sone God does not do this directly any more,
* You does it mediately. The Christian cgneregation aseney
bat aver the Office of the Keys by the Savior. “Ms is se ney
heen on, ‘You s .

ich God says to a person,

through whic

' Although there is this difference between the pastorate and the
Althou:

isti r, that the pastorate was instituted
office ot af hou of the oer has issued out of this office
by God silt nonetheless there is no difference between the & t
a the teas her and the call of the pastor: both are cared PY ‘a
Oe hen h which God calls His servants. Both are ce < y
poey nantes the congregation, and both are assigned their o: c
God egation, the pastor the entire office that has been in
OF et te Ged, the teacher the important part of this office
bs of Jesus.” 45 a
ee roche as an “assistant functionary” in the ongreaetion. .
essay delivered to the Southern Illinois Piste win
CT Spite defined the work of the teacher Bs ponows: ind paris
jan ris... an assis :
oon ey no ant an assistant pastor and yet an Psistant
onder th astor in feeding the lambs of Christ. His chie a
the te chin, and training of children. He is called to teacl pe
oh ire in hie care the one thing needful and to train them in the
fear an admonition of the Lord. In this capacity he is representing
ear ane “the pastor, but also the parents of the children, a ie
these children are away from home and under his. care.

43 Proceedings, Missouri Synod, XX XI (1920), Pp. ee. Day School
4 Zobel, “Theses on the Call of the Laur eran
T achen Luthoren’ School Journal, LVI (June, 192 ),p. “won unserer
° Kohn, “Eine herzliche Bitte an die ‘Lehrer zum | ee
Gemeindeotnon Lutheran School Journal, LXVI (Sept., 30),

46 Proceedings, So. Ill., 16 (1933). Loa