# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S174
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174 RESOLUTIONS

Wuereas, The items called for in Overture 6-27 are
covered in the synodical Handbook 6.05; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education is already
committed to the Mission Affirmations; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 6-27 be respectfully de-
clined.

Action: Adopted (14).

To Train and to Certify Lay Ministers

RESOLUTION 6-10
Report 6-03 (CW, p. 286)

Wuereas, The Committee on Training and Certifica-
tion of Lay Ministers has continued to meet to facilitate
the implementation of the 1969 convention Resolution
6-25 (Handbook 4.101, 4.103); and

Wuereas, The committee concludes that it is now
possible to establish guidelines and procedures for the
preparation, qualification, and supervision of licensed
lay ministers; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following requests of the commit-
tee be approved (cf. CW, p. 286, Report 6-03, Nos. 1—6):

1. That the Synod authorize the creation of a board
for the training, certification, and licensing of lay min-
isters, consisting of one District President, one parish
pastor, one member of a synodical seminary faculty, one
member representing the Lutheran Lay Training Insti-
tute, a Vice-President of the Synod who shall serve as
chairman, and, in an advisory and nonvoting capacity,
the executive secretary of the Board for Higher Educa-
tion or his representative.

Since the function of the colloquy board for lay min-
isters is an extension of the present function of the Lu-
theran Lay Training Institute, the board shall work in
harmony and cooperation with the institute.

2. That the voting members of this board be elected
with overlapping terms by the Council of Presidents,

3. That this board be authorized to formulate ap-
Propriate bylaws to replace Handbook 4.103, pursuant
to the resolution of the Synod and consonant with its
Constitution, structure, and approved procedures, in
consultation with the Commission on Constitutional
Matters, for submission to the next convention.

4. That this board be empowered and charged with
the responsibility of screening and accepting applicants;
assigning them additional educational experiences either
at a college or seminary or in nonacademic or noninsti-
tutional settings, as may be indicated; examining or
otherwise determining the qualifications of candidates;
and finally recommending them to the Council of Presi-
dents for certification and licensing.

5. That this board be empowered, with the approval
of the Board of Directors, to engage full-time or part-
time staff (director of studies) as conditions may war-
rant and require.

6. That this board be empowered and required to
formulate and present to the Council of Presidents for

approval general policies governing the procedures of
recommendation, certification, licensure, commissioning,
placement, supervision, and the like; and be it also

Resolved, That the board do all in its power to en-
courage ministers particularly for part-time nonsalaried
service,

Action: Adopted as amended (14).

(Amendment: the last resolved.)

To Build Irvine Now
RESOLUTION 6-11

Overtures 6-29, 6-52—6-86, 6-137
(CW, pp. 315, 321—328, 339)

Wuereas, The Synod has purchased land in Irvine,
California, designated for use as a site for a synodical
college and has completed architectural drawings for the
proposed school; and

Wuereas, Both the 1962 and 1965 synodical conven-
tions have committed the Synod to construction and
opening of this college: and

Wuereas, The 1967 and the 1969 conventions of the
Synod instructed the Board for Higher Education to
make a final restudy of the whole matter of higher edu-
cation on the West Coast, and this complete study reaf-
firmed that a new 4-year school is needed; and the best
possible place for it is the Irvine site; and

WuHereas, This report was also approved by the
Council of Presidents and the Synod’s Board of Direc-
tors; and

Wuereas, The Southern California District offers
a strong base for the school both in areas of recruitment
and finances and has enthusiastically supported the
establishment of this school, and has pledged financial
support; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education study
recommends that California Concordia College of Oak-
land be closed in 1972, which, if done without opening
the Irvine school, would leave this immense and very
populous section of the country and of the Synod with
no synodical school at all; therefore be it

Resolved, That construction of a four-year college
on the Irvine site in California be started immediately
so that minimal facilities are constructed at an initial
cost to the Synod of approximately $2,000,000, enabling
the school to be opened in September 1973; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Synod continue to use the facili-
ties of California Concordia College until they are no
longer needed; and be it further

Resolved, That both the Southern California and the
California and Nevada Districts be authorized and en-
couraged to initiate a Special fund-raising program to
assist in the construction of the college; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Control at Irvine, to-
gether with the other electors, be authorized to call
a president immediately; and be it finally

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