# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S142
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142 PARISH EDUCATION AND SERVICES

Resolved, That those junior colleges seeking senior
college status be commended for their research and in-
stitutional studies; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education con-
tinue to study the needs for additional 4-year schools in
guiding the development of the synodical professional
training program according to the long-range planning
propositions; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education con-
tinue to solicit the assistance of the various synodical
schools in the development of the Synod’s program for
the preparation of professional church workers.

Action: Adopted.

To Allow Fort Wayne Graduates
to Enter Springfield
RESOLUTION 6-52
Overtures 6-29 to 6-32 (CW, pp. 210—211)

Wuereas, Planning Proposition Eight (CW, p. 149)
has been adopted; and

Wuereas, Under proper conditions such an orderly
system of transfers already exists; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod decline to take action on
Overtures 6-29, 6-30, 6-31, and 6-32.

Action: In place of the foregoing the convention
adopted Overture 6-30 as a substitute motion:

Wuereas, Our Springfield seminary now grants the
Bachelor of Divinity degree; and

Wuereas, The Springfield seminary is at the point of
qualifying for accreditation in the American Association
of Theological Schools; and

Wuereas, It is desirable that the young men of our
church be free to attend the seminary of their choice, as
in the case of the students attending the Synod’s teach-
ers colleges; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod declare that the graduates
of the Fort Wayne senior college are free and without
restriction in attending either the Springfield or the
St. Louis seminary.

To Accept Reports on Higher Education
RESOLUTION 6-53
Reports 6-01, 6-06 to 6-24 (CW, pp. 138—162; 165—209)
Resolved, That this convention hereby express its
appreciation to the boards of control of the educational
institutions of our Synod, their teaching and service
staffs, to the Board of Directors of the Synod, and to the

Board for Higher Education and its staff for faithful ser-
vice; and be it further

Resolved, That this convention accept their reports
with thanks.

Action: Adopted as given above.

To Refer Overture 6-68 (St. Paul High School)
to Board of Directors
RESOLUTION 6-54

Overture 6-68 (CW, p. 222)
Wuereas, The Board of Directors is presently consid-

ering the matter proposed in Overture 6-68 (CW, p.
222); therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 6-68 be referred to the
Board of Directors.

Action: Adopted.

To Arrange for Report on Deaconess
Colloquies
RESOLUTION 6-55
Report 6-05 (CW, p. 165)
WuereEas, The Committee on Colloquies for the Dea-
coness Ministry has not submitted a report to this con-
vention of the Synod; and

Wuereas, The Handbook requires such a report
(4.98) ; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Committee on Colloquies for the
Deaconess Ministry report to the next meeting of the
Council of Presidents; and be it further

Resolved, That the Committee on Colloquies for the
Deaconess Ministry report to the next convention of the
Synod.

Action: Adopted.

7. PARISH EDUCATION AND SERVICES

To Strive for Parish Renewal Through
Education

RESOLUTION 7-01
Report 7-01 (CW, pp. 250—253)

The Need

New and powerful forces affect the church as it pro-
claims justification by grace to modern man. A limited,
basic religious training is made to seem unimportant in
the face of a phenomenal expansion of knowledge and
education in other fields. The tremendous benefits of sci-
ence and technology have tended te augment a spirit of
materialism which has led many to consider Christian
teachings and practices irrelevant to their lives. The
growth of the mass media has been accompanied by such
a deluge of information and entertainment that the
church is faced with the problem of competing for the
time and interest of people—even though its educa-
tional program stresses the one thing needful. An in-
creasing divorce rate, a growth in crime and delin-
quency, the widespread prevalence of immorality, an
increased mobility of individuals, constant population
shifts, a weakening of church traditions, and the in-
creasing unwillingness of parents to accept responsibil-

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