# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S157
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 157

Wuereas, A comparison of estimated need (2,955) with ex-
pected supply indicates a pastor shortage of 771;

Wuereas, Synod’s present training facilities as well as those
under construction are not expected to supply more than 240 can-
didates annually, which should be deemed an insufficient number
after 1965; therefore be it

Resolved

1. That the recruitment of ministerial students be promoted
both in quantity and in quality, and that Districts, congregations,
and the organizations within Synod be encouraged to implement
the effort of expanding student and scholarship aid;

2. That the Convention go on record as favoring a further
reduction of general education enrollment at Synod’s colleges for
the purpose of enrolling additional ministerial students;

3. That the Convention acknowledge the efforts of District
officials, pastors, and congregations to conserve manpower by
encouraging small congregations with limited prospects of growth
to share their pastors with neighboring congregations in a multiple-
parish arrangement;

4. That the Praesidium and the Board of Directors continue the
study of Synod’s manpower needs on the basis of well-documented
analyses of Synod’s potential growth, the direction of its growth,
and the larger fulfillment of its missionary imperative.

RESOLUTION RE SYNOD’S TEACHER NEED, 1956—1965

Wuereas, Synod’s elementary schools were signally blessed by
the Lord in the past decade;

Wuereas, A continuation of the Lord’s blessing indicates a
total teacher need of 10,872 for North America from 1956 to 1965
in the following categories:

1, For additional classrooms —..._J__> 2,249

2. For replacement needs —.——_-___. - 8,623

Wuereas, A continuation of the Lord’s blessing indicates for
the same period a supply of 5,149 teachers to be furnished by
Synod’s colleges;

Wuereas, The supply which Synod may be expected to furnish
is less than half of total teacher need in the next decade, thus com-
pelling congregations to secure 5,723 teachers on their own ini-
tiative;

Wuereas, Synod’s regulations require all teachers secured by
congregations to have “the equivalent qualifications with respect
to both character and professional training” of teachers trained
in Synodical colleges; be it therefore