# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S177
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RESOLUTIONS 177

ments be assigned selected parishes or agencies in the
field to update their attitudes and methods; and be it
also

Resolved, That this matter be referred to the Board
for Higher Education with the instruction to present to
the next convention in 1973 a plan of implementation
for field service of all seminary faculty members at
regular intervals.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Refer College and Seminary Support
Program to the Board for Higher Education

RESOLUTION 6-22
Overture 6-48 (CW, p. 320)

Wuereas, Overture 6-48 expresses valid concerns for
financial support for synodical colleges and seminaries;
and

Wuereas, These concerns demand serious study, the
ramifications of which are beyond the scope of the Floor
Committee for Higher Education; therefore be it

Resolved, That the matter be referred to the Board
for Higher Education for study during the next bien-
nium.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Decline to Determine Manner
of Appointment of Faculty Members

RESOLUTION 6-23
Overture 6-39 (CW, p. 317)

Whereas, The concern expressed in Overture 6-39 is
adequately covered in the Synod’s Handbook (6-53);
therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 6-39 respectfully be de-
clined.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Provide for Ecumenical Exposure
in Theological Education

RESOLUTION 6-24
Overture 6-45 (CW, p. 320)

Wuereas, Students in synodical colleges and semi-
naries are at the present time being provided oppor-
tunities for exposure to ecumenical theological educa-
tion; and

Wuereas, The program may offer opportunities for
further implementation; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be
encouraged to arrange for such implementation where
possible.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Provide Student Aid for Minority Groups
RESOLUTION 6-25
Overture 6-47 (CW, p. 320)

Wuereas, The need for young people for the profes-
sional ministries of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod in minority race communities continues to grow;
and

Wuereas, The ministries to and with the minority
communities often demand, in these days of growing
racial and ethnic solidarity, that these professional min-
istries be of the same racial and ethnic background of
the people of God in these communities, as recognized
by Resolution 9-22 of the 1969 Denver convention; and

Wuereas, The financial resources of minority individ-
uals, their families, and their congregations are often
severely limited; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod in this convention assembled instruct the Board
of Directors of the Synod to encourage all Districts and
their congregations to make known publicly their desire
and readiness to make available their student aid fund
to members of minority groups who express the desire
to enter the professional ministries of our Synod; and
be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Synod
be encouraged to establish a student aid fund of $75,000
annually administered by the Board for Higher Educa-
tion for the particular use of minority groups; and be
it finally

Resolved, That one-third (4%) of this fund be pro-
vided the Board of Control of Alabama Lutheran Acad-
emy and College for the use of students at our synodical
school in Selma, Alabama.

Action: Adopted (16).

(The assembly ruled that a proposed amendment did not
apply and was therefore out of order. Another amendment
to strike the words “be encouraged to” in the second re-
solved was defeated.)

To Study Draft Exemption Status
of Missouri Synod Seminarians Training
at Nonsynodical Schools of Theology

RESOLUTION 6-26
Overture 6-46 (CW, p. 320)

Wuereas, The legal ramifications of obtaining draft
exemption for theological students at nonsynodical
schools are beyond the scope of the Floor Committee for
Higher Education; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education study
the issue, and produce and publish guidelines for action
throughout the Synod.

Action: Adopted (16).