# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S186
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186

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

bership of the District committee on ministerial recruitment

include the following:
1, The District President, ex officio.
2. A pastor.
3. A teacher.
4. A layman.
5. A woman.

Your Board for Higher Education recommends that the
Synodical Committee on Constitutions prepare standard provisions
governing these committees, their functions, and their member-
ship in time for adoption by the District conventions of 1957.

Your Board for Higher Education recommends further that
when the membership and organization of the District committees
on ministerial recruitment is complete, your Board be authorized
to convene a general meeting of the representatives of these com-
mittees, preferably at the time of a plenary meeting of the Board
for Higher Education, to develop plans and procedures for the
effective co-ordination of this Synod-wide effort.

When Is Our Recruitment for the Church Professions Effective?
This entire section of your Board’s report, dealing as it does
with a major issue affecting the welfare of the church and its
ministry, would not be complete without the suggestion of simple
tests of its effectiveness. Perhaps the following test questions are
equally applicable within the congregation, within Synod, and
within its Districts.
1. Is our recruitment active?
. Is it planned?
. Is it searching?
. Is it selective?
. Is it continuous?
. Is it ethical?
7. Is it spiritually mindful always of the welfare of the church
and its ministry and dedicated to the glory of God?

am one WwW PD

ACTION
Concerning the items in this part of the Report of the Board
for Higher Education, the following resolutions drawn up by Com-
mittee 1 were adopted:

Recommitted Resolution 4

Wuereas, The needs of the Church demand a more intensified
program of recruitment of professional students, and

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