# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S130
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130 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

education. The committee may employ a combination of standard
examinations.

b. Satisfactory completion of a well-rounded and comprehen-
Sive training in all major fields of theology. Deficiencies in theo-
logical preparation may be removed by seminary courses taken
in residence during regular or summer sessions and recommended
seminary correspondence courses.

c. Satisfactory completion of a year of supervised vicarage.

7. If the candidate for colloquy shows promise of satisfactorily
completing the required work as prescribed by the committee,
he shall be asked to submit a theological Paper and a written
sermon, topic and text to be assigned, respectively, by the com-
mittee. He shall also furnish a recording of a service as conducted
and a sermon as preached by him. As a final requirement he shall
Pass an oral examination, administered by the committee on the
campus of either of the seminaries or, in very exceptional cases,
elsewhere under the supervision of the committee.

8. In the case of men who have received a full standard theo-
logical training in churches outside of the Synodical Conference,
the procedure shall be similar to that given in Paragraphs 6 and 7,
with the exception that no quantitative measure will need to be
applied, if the committee is convinced, upon careful inquiry and
evaluation, that the candidate fully understands and shares the
doctrinal standards of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
is acquainted with its practice, and gives evidence of the ability
and determination to teach and preach in accordance with the
former and to administer in conformity with the latter. Never-
theless every candidate for colloquy shall be held to an acceptable
minimum of academic work in residence at one of the seminaries
and a year of supervised vicarage before being recommended by
the committee for acceptance into the ministry of Synod.

9. Every candidate whom the committee declares qualified for
the ministry shall receive his first placement by the College of
Presidents acting as a board of assignments.

IV. Additional Recommendations

1. That the name “Examining Committee” be changed to
“Committee on Colloquies.”

2. That the synodical activity in matters of colloquies for
pastors and teachers be directed by one committee consisting of
a Vice-President of Synod, to be appointed by the President of
Synod, and the presidents of the terminal schools; that the Vice-
President of Synod and the presidents of the theological seminaries

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