# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S162
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162

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

the restriction of the full report, made every three years, to a few
pages, if the delegates are to have an adequate basis for informed
decision.

I. Implications of Synodical Growth for Pastoral
and Teacher Training

The fact of growth (Charts A and B)

The increasing need and demand for pastors and teachers

Desirability of long-range planning

A 2.84% annual communicant growth rate since 1947

Two projections of communicant growth trends to 1980
(Chart C)

Communicants per pastor in 1953 in congregations of dif-
ferent size (Table 1)

Board for Higher Education participation in “Manpower
Studies”

Ten-year revision of 1948 studies with recommendations to
1959 convention.

Il. Student Recruitment for the Church Professions

The church’s quest for talented persons

Definition of the student-recruitment task of the church

Conditions in our society which affect church recruitment

Factors in and of the church which affect recruitment

Recruitment factors in the nature of the ministry

Group factors affecting student recruitment for the min-
istry (Tables 2 and 3)

What kind of recruit is the church seeking?

The techniques of recruitment

Scholarships

Who shall do the recruitment?

Improved organization for unified and systematic recruit-
ment

When is our recruitment for the church professions effec--
tive?

III. Developments in the Preceding Triennium

Three successive years of record enrollments (Tables 4,

5, 6, and 7)
Advisory Committee on Tests and Measurements
Universal Military Training study
1955 Conference of College and Seminary Staffs
Curriculum Commission
Study of colloquy standards and procedures
Recommended Handbook revisions desirable as adminis-
trative adjustments

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