# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S139
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by the Lutheran Deaconess Association and approved by

the Committee on Colloquies for the Deaconess Min-

istry by:

1, an acceptable level of achievement in the area of gen-
eral education;

2. satisfactory completion of a well-rounded and compre-
hensive training in theology;

3. fulfillment of a minimum of one year’s residence at
the deaconess terminal program at Valparaiso Uni-
versity;

4. satisfactory completion of a supervised internship year.

ce. Before being declared qualified for the deaconess
ministry in the Synod, applicants shall submit to, and
satisfactorily pass, a written and oral examination in the
areas of deaconess service.

d. Applicants who have satisfactorily passed their
examination shall be given a certificate of eligibility by
the Committee on Colloquies.

0.00 Placement

Every applicant whom the committee declares quali-
fied for the deaconess ministry shall be assigned her first
placement by the College of Presidents acting as the
Board of Assignments.
0.00 Report to the Convention

The Committee on Colloquies for the Deaconess Min-
istry shall render a full report on its activities to each
convention of the Synod.

To Intensify Recruitment Program
RESOLUTION 6-06

Overtures 6-27 (CW, p. 251); 6-79 Un (URO, p. 37)
Wuereas, The church’s manpower shortage, which is
adequately documented by the report of the Board for
Higher Education to this convention (cf. Convention
Workbook, pp. 187—190) and by the recent reports on
the calling and assignment of this year’s candidates, is
a major factor hindering the church from making the
most of the opportunities that are set before her; and

Wuereas, There is increasingly urgent need for in-
dividuals and groups to apply themselves to the task
of recruitment since a professional ministry is funda-
mental to every aspect of the church’s work; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod urge every pastor, teacher,
and other church worker to recognize the importance
of his influence in recruitment and to assume actively
his role as an expositor of the Christian doctrine of
vocation and a counselor to individual young people
within his care; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod urge each congregation to
foster recruitment —

1) by assigning to a committee the concern for re-
cruitment at the congregational level, which committee
will make adequate use of the recruitment helps avail-
able to each congregation: (a) the organized recruit-
ment program of each synodical school, (b) the District
program of recruitment, and (c) the various recruit-
ment aids available from the synodical schools, the
Board for Higher Education, and other agencies; and

2) by assisting interested and qualified students who
are in need of financial help; and be it further

HIGHER EDUCATION

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Resolved, That the Synod urge each District recruit-
ment committee —

1) to provide maximum guidance and coordination
by urging and helping congregations to apply them-
selves to the recruitment task and to sponsor intercon-
gregational recruitment activities; and

2) to supply and disseminate recruitment materials
and helps; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod authorize the Board for
Higher Education to augment its professional staff so
as to provide additional guidance, encouragement, and
coordination to all] existing efforts throughout the Synod
and to initiate and supervise the production of adequate
and effective recruitment materials.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Concur in Basic Assumptions
of Higher Education
RESOLUTION 6-07
Report 6-01 I, A (CW, pp. 193, 194)
Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has sub-
mitted 27 basic assumptions which are fundamental to
its projections, plans, and proposals for the orderly de-

velopment of competent and adequate ministries for the
Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod concur in these assump-
tions without indicating that each assumption is binding
in every detail.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Adopt General Planning and Operating
Principles
RESOLUTION 6-08
Report 6-01 I, B (CW, pp. 194, 195)

Resolved, That the Synod adopt the following propo-
sitions as general planning and operating principles for
the Board for Higher Education:

(All propositions as printed in Convention Work-
book except Proposition Eleven)

Proposition One. An intensified and continuing se-
lective enlistment program is a prerequisite for the
steady growth in number of pastors, teachers, dea-
conesses, and parish workers which will be needed to
provide the necessary leadership for the members of the
Synod. No fruitful effort can be spared in impressing
on pastors, teachers, and congregations not merely the
problem of the acute present shortage but also the con-
tinuing and possibly intensifying shortage which a grow-
ing Synod faces.

Proposition Two. Our pastors, teachers, and lay
leaders should encourage prospective and enlisted stu-
dents to use every available opportunity for spiritual,
intellectual, and social maturation and to persist in full
stewardship of talents rather than to seek the easiest
possible route of entrance into the church’s ministries::