# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S311
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HIGHER EDUCATION 311

(6-34)
To Develop Lutheran Educational
Institution at Irvine

Wuereas, Southern California with 1242 million peo-
ple is the population center of the West Coast with:

1) 60 percent of the population in the state of Cali-
fornia;

2) 50 percent of the population in the three western
coastal states; and

3) 40 percent of the population in the 11 western
states; and

Whereas, There is a strong concentration of Lu-
theranism in southern California with more than 500
Lutheran congregations, of which 223 are affiliated with
The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; and

Wuereas, The site at Irvine is an exceptional location
for the development of an educational institution be-
cause of its proximity (within four blocks) of the Uni-
versity of California at Irvine with a student enrollment
of 27,500 by 1985: and

Whereas, The property at Irvine has been purchased,
architectural plans have been completed, and the Board
of Control has been chosen and is functioning; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has
studied the Lutheran educational institutions on the
West Coast and is developing a plan for expanding
higher education: and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has rec-
ommended to the Synod that the Irvine campus be de-
veloped and both the synodical conventions at Cleve-
land (1962) and Detroit (1965) concurred with this
recommendation of the B.H.E. and voted to proceed
with development of the Irvine campus: therefore be it

Resolved, That the pastors of Circuits 4. 5, and 6 of
the Greater Los Angeles area support these resolutions
of the Synod concerning the Irvine campus and that
these pastors are urging the Board for Higher Educa-
tion of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to pro-
ceed as quickly as financial resources are available to
develop a Lutheran educational institution at Irvine,
Calif., where population growth and Lutheran strength
are greatest on the West Coast.

PASTORAL CONFERENCE OF
Circuits 4, 5, AND 6
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT
Amos ScHmiptT, Chairman
HERBERT HOHENSTEIN, Secretary
(6-35)
To Build a Seminary at Irvine
and to Study Advisability
of Relocating Springfield Seminary

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
assembled in convention at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1962,
resolved to build a new Lutheran college at Irvine,
Calif.; and

Wuereas, This resolution was reaffirmed by the syn-

odical convention assembled in Detroit, Mich., in 1965;
and

Whereas, The Southern California District of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod is by far the most
populated area in the western region of the United
States, with some 1212 million people living in the 14
counties of southern California, with five of these coun-
ties — Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
and Ventura Counties — passing the 10-million mark in
population; and

Whereas, Forty percent of the people in the 11 west-
ern states reside in southern California, and thus it
would appear to be a most effective location for an edu-
cational institution; and

WuereEas, There are more Lutheran Church — Mis-
souri Synod congregations in the Southern California
District than in any other comparable area on the west
coast; and

Wuereas, The educational site at Irvine, Calif., is
considered by some authorities to be one of the best
The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod has in the
United States, in an area considered by some to be one
of the best planned communities in our nation, situated
near the University of California at Irvine; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod holds title to this
property at Irvine and full architectural plans have
already been developed by John Warnecke and Asso-
ciates for the development of this educational site; and

Wuereas, The property at Concordia College, Oak-
land, Calif., is far too small for growth and future ex-
pansion; and

Wuereas, A 4-year college is also needed on the
west coast because of continuing population shifts, and
property is available at Lake Chabot for such an insti-
tution on the west coast; and

Wuereas, A Missouri Synod Lutheran seminary on
the west coast is a must in future synodical planning,
since population trends are continuing west: therefore
be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, assembled in convention at Denver, Colo., autho-
rize the Board for Higher Education to begin construc-
tion of a new seminary at Irvine, Calif, as soon as
money is available; and be it further

Resolved. That this convention instruct the Board
for Higher Education to thoroughly study the advisabil-
ity of moving the present Springfield seminary to the
Irvine property. Trinity LUTHERAN CHURCH
Whittier, Calif.
Rospert W. Wo cter, Pastor
Louis MarkKwortu, President
Tuomas P. THOMSEN, Secretary
(6-36)

To Proceed with All Haste at Irvine

Wuereas, The West Coast and southern California
particularly continue to be the fastest-growing area in
the nation; and