# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S172
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172 RESOLUTIONS

present at the hearing at all times. Opportunity
for cross-examination shall be afforded.

m. The hearings committee shall forward its
findings to the accused, to the president, and to the
Board of Control.

n. After the findings of the hearings committee
have been conveyed to the Board of Control, the
Board of Control, after hearing whatever additional
witnesses it may desire to hear and investigating
all pertinent evidence, shall render a decision. This
decision shall in no case be rendered without giving
the accused a personal hearing, with right of coun-
sel, and with adequate opportunity for the prepara-
tion of a response to the charge.

o. If the decision of the Board of Control is that
the accused is to be removed from the faculty, the
Board of Control shall formally, in writing, notify
the accused that his appointment to the faculty is
being terminated and shall specify the effective
date of the termination.

6.79 Procedure re Other Causes

a. If a member of the faculty is to be formally
charged with professional incompetency, incapac-
ity for the performance of duty because of physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities, refusal to cooper-
ate, or neglect of, or refusal to perform, duties of
office, with the intent that he be removed from
office, the complainant shall in every case be the
president of the institution.

b. In such cases the necessary procedures shall
include all procedures enumerated in 6.78, d
through o.

6.80 Appeal

a. When a faculty member has been officially
notified that his appointment to the faculty is being
terminated for cause, he may, within 30 days of the
day on which he received official notice of the ter-
mination, file an appeal with the Board for Higher
Education. The appeal to the Board for Higher
Education shall be based on the record, and shall
not be a hearing de novo.

b. If the Board for Higher Education concurs
with the Board of Control, it shall so notify both
the Board of Control and the accused. If the Board
for Higher Education finds that the Board of Con-
trol erred in its procedure or conclusions, it shall
remand the case to the Board of Control for a re-
hearing or other appropriate action.

ce. If the Board of Control shall resolve to drop
a complaint against a faculty member or if it ren-
ders a decision not to remove an accused person
from his faculty position, the complainant shall
have no recourse, except that if the accused is a
pastor or teacher and the charge is one for which
the accused may be expelled from the Synod, the
complainant may file a complaint with the appro-
priate District President, and thereafter follow the
procedures outlined in Handbook 5.31 (p.112) even
involving the synodical President if necessary.

6.79 (The number only of existing 6.79 should be
changed to 6.83.)

6.81 (Delete)
6.83 (Delete)

6.59 Faculty Organization and Meetings

f. The faculty shall elect a standing hearings
committee (see 6.78h) or assign the functions of
such a committee to another standing committee.

Action: Referred to Board of Directors for further
Study (17).

(This action was proposed by the floor committee chair-
man. Before acting, the delegates resolved to hear the Exec-
utive Secretary of the Board for Higher Education. After
the motion had carried to refer this resolution, the conven-
tion heard a protest from the floor against open-ended inti-
mations. A delegate made a motion for a rising vote of re-

pentance for making or listening to allegations against fe]-

low Christians. Many stood when the affirmative was called.

The negative was not called.)

To Continue St. John’s College, Winfield
RESOLUTION 6-02
Overtures 6-30, 6-87—6-136 (CW, pp.315, 328—339)

Wuerras, The Synod must and should at various
times study our program of higher education, taking into
consideration rising costs, needs, etc.; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has ex.
pressed its intention to consolidate St. John’s College,
Winfield, Kansas, with other area synodical schools; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education in its
recommendation to consolidate Winfield with other ex-
isting colleges states that this recommendation has not
been adopted by the local Board of Control, nor pre-
sented to the synodical Board of Directors, and the
Council of Presidents for their approval as specified in
the synodical Handbook, thus indicating that a final dis-
position of the issue has not been made; therefore be it

Resolved, That St. John’s College be encouraged to
continue its present curricular offerings and programs
on its campus in Winfield, Kansas, and that such offer-
ings and programs be mutually reviewed by the Board
of Control of St. John’s College and the Board for
Higher Education for the purpose of evaluating and
projecting alterations and changes; and be it also

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education and
the Boards of Control of St. John’s College, Winfield,
Kansas, St. Paul’s College of Concordia, Missouri, and
Concordia College of Austin, Texas, meet together to
determine the needs of the geographic area served by
these colleges and to employ the procedures by which
these needs and the objectives of Christian higher edu-
cation for the kingdom of God in our Synod may be
met.

Action: Adopted (3).

To Appoint Board for Higher Education
RESOLUTION 6-03
Overtures 6-22—6-24 (CW, pp. 313—314)

Wuereas, The present procedure of appointing mem-
bers to the Board for Higher Education has proven sat-
isfactory; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overtures 6-22, 6-23, and 6-24 re-
spectfully be declined,

Action: Withdrawn by committee (8).
(See Resolution 4-35.)

To Train Additional Black Clergy
RESOLUTION 6-04
Overtures 6-44, 6-49 (CW, pp. 319, 320)

Wuereas, The Synod recognizes the need for addi-
tional well-trained black clergy; and