# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S43
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 43

under the guidance of a faculty motivated by reverence for the
Scriptures as the Word of God and by loyalty to the Lutheran
Confessions;

2. To provide the opportunity for qualified individuals teaching
at the seminary and college levels to acquire advanced credits and
degrees in theology for increased effectiveness in their classroom
activities;

3. To serve as an instrument in developing effective leadership
for the church in doctrine and practice;

4. To serve as a theological research center for The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod.

Extension Division

A. Correspondence School

The needs and purposes of the Correspondence School have
been restudied by the faculty. It was agreed that the Correspond-
ence School should be designed for the following categories of
students:

a. pastors interested in refresher courses;

b. members of the teaching profession interested in advanced
work in theology;

c. pastors working toward their A.B. and/or B.D. degree;

d. persons approved for a colloquy program and preparing for
a collequy;

e. missionaries in foreign countries;

f. Seminary students who have a deficiency in courses to
make up (not to exceed six semester hours of credit);

g. students who had to interrupt their studies temporarily for
a valid reason;

h. vicars who are in a position to accelerate their training;

i. Springfield Seminary students who wish to qualify for
a transfer to our program;

j. pastors of other churches interested in becoming acquainted
with our theology.

If the Correspondence School is to meet these needs effectively,
it will be necessary to establish it more firmly financially and to
rework the course offerings. Presently a request is before the
Board for Higher Education to grant a subsidy to enable us to
make the Correspondence School more serviceable and efficient.

B. Extension Centers

With the reorganization of the School for Graduate Studies,
which clearly defined graduate students as such who are doing
graduate work beyond the B.D. level, work at the graduate level