# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S310
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310 HIGHER EDUCATION

Wuereas, The data researched by the Southern Cali-
fornia District and the Board for Higher Education (cf.
previous Convention Workbooks) has been even further
substantiated and authenticated with the passage of
time; and

Wuereas, The site at Irvine, Calif., has been pur-
chased by the Synod and is ready for immediate de-
velopment; therefore be it

Resolved, That we request The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod, in convention in 1969 at Denver, Colo.,
to authorize its Board for Higher Education to proceed
immediately with plans for the establishment of a col-

lege at Irvine, Calif. First LuTHERAN CHURCH

Burbank, Calif.
Don Kaun, President
Puiuip Scorr III, Secretary

(6-32)

To Carry Out District Resolution re Irvine

Wuereas, Plans on the Irvine college have been post-
poned until the Denver convention (1969); and

Wuereas, The Southern California 26th delegate con-
vention assembled in Phoenix, Ariz., April 16—19, 1968,
memorialized the Denver convention in its Resolution
No. 5 endorsing construction of the Irvine college; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That Peace Lutheran Church present [en-
dorse] this resolution to the Denver convention with

vigor, Peace LUTHERAN CHURCH

Pico Rivera, Calif.
James E, WricuHT, President
CuaRLES R. BIRNER, Pastor

RESOLUTION No.5

(Twenty-sixth Convention of the Southern California
District)

Subject: IRVINE COLLEGE

Wuereas, Resolution 6-12 (Proceedings, 1967, p. 127)
presented to the synodical convention in New York by
the floor committee was never duly considered because
of action by delegates from the California and Nevada
District in placing a substitute motion before the con-
vention; and

Whereas, The substitute motion called for deferment
of the Irvine college matter until 1969 and for the Board
for Higher Education to reevaluate the program of
higher education on the West Coast; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education and the
Board of Directors of the Synod have intensively studied
the entire situation of higher education for the West
Coast since 1953; and

Wuereas, Current statistics from California indicate
that the greatest growth potential, as well as the greatest
concentration of Lutheranism, is in the southern Cali-
fornia area; and

Wuereas, The Irvine site, bordering upon a great
state university and closely situated to several universi-

ties and a great metropolitan area, is highly desirable
for any education effort on the part of our church; and

Wuereas, The Irvine site has been purchased and
prepared, and the college has already been planned to
the extent of working drawings; and

Wuereas, The educational needs of a growing church
body continue to increase and the synodical Board for
Higher Education deems California Concordia College
at Oakland to be inadequate to meet these needs (cf.
Resolution 6-12, Proceedings, p.127, New York, 1967);
and

Wuereas, The consideration of California Lutheran
College at Thousand Oaks (ALC) for the training of
our LCMS professional workers is premature, is a de-
parture from synodical policy, and requires in-depth
study; and

WuHerEAS, Such a far-reaching decision should not be
determined by the current financial problem, and we
trust that the Lord of the church, through His people.
will provide the means for the establishment of the Ir-
vine college; therefore be it

Resolved, That this, the 26th delegate convention of
the Southern California District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod, assembled in Phoenix, Ariz.,
April 16—19, 1968, memorialize the convention of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod at Denver, Colo.
(1969), to proceed with the establishment of the Irvine
college; and be it further

Resolved, That the District’s Board of Directors be
directed to carry out the wishes of the convention in
this matter; and be it finally

Resolved, That to this end we of the Southern Cali-
fornia District declare our wholehearted support.

(6-33)
To Begin Irvine Construction
As Soon as Funds Are Available

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
voted at the Cleveland convention in 1962 to build a
Lutheran college in southern California and reaffirmed
this decision at the 1965 Detroit convention; and

WuereEas, The Synod has already purchased property
at Irvine, Calif., for the proposed college and has ap-
proved architect’s plans for the proposed college; and

Wuereas, The need for a college on an adequate cam-
pus in southern California still exists because of the
continuing population explosion in that area; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod begin construction of the proposed college as
soon as furids are available.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Riverside, Calif.

Ray E. Bover, President
Dovucas Futks, Secretary
Lowe L. L. S1eprass, Pastor
WILLIAM GRAUMANN, Pastor