# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S174
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7. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
(1) The search committee willshall provide a report to
the board of regents regarding the qualifications of the
candidates
with
its
observations
and
recommendations.
(2) The board of regents shall provide the candidates
with a report containing full disclosure of the
condition of the institution.
(3) The board of regents shall prepare a list of no less
than five candidates and submit that short list to the
President of Concordia University System.
(d) The short list of candidates shall receive prior
approval before the election.
(1) The President of Concordia University System
shall convene a prior approval panel consisting of the
President of the Synod, the district president serving
on the institution’s board of regents, and the chair of
the Board of Directors of Concordia University System.
(2) The prior approval panel shall meet to consider
the short list submitted by the board of regents. The
panel may choose to remove names from the list, but
only with a two-thirds majority vote.
(3) After the prior approval panel has completed its
work, the President of Concordia University System
shall transmit the finalized list back to the agent of the
board of regents. If the amended list contains less than
two names, the election process is terminated. The
board of regents shall determine whether it will utilize
the original list of nominees or generate additional
nominations as its resumes the election process.
(ed) The board of regents shall may suspend, terminate,
or restart its search at any time, but it may only elect thea
president of the college or university using the from a
slate it submittedits slate that received prior approval as
described above. The President of Concordia University
System (or a designee) shall attend this the board of
regents meeting at which an election occurs as a guest
and advisor. The board of regents may require the
president-elect to accept or decline within fifteen days.
(fe) If the president-elect declines the position, the
board of regents is responsible for resuming the effort to
fill the vacancy. Candidates from the approved slate shall
remain eligible to be elected until a president has been
elected and accepted the position.

Action: Adopted as amended (3)
An advisory delegate suggested the addition of the words “within
15 days” after “agent of the board of regents” in the proposed
Bylaw 3.10.6.6.2 (b)(8). The committee, amenable, requested
the modification. A delegate objected, bringing the amendment
to a vote, which succeeded [Yes: 860; No: 58] After further
discussion, the question was called; this carried [Yes: 622; No:
306]. Res. 7-04A was adopted [Yes: 576; No: 378].

174 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 (67TH) LCMS CONVENTION

To Recognize and Give Thanks
for Work at Selma
RESOLUTION 7-05A
Reports R1, R1.2, R16, R52, R58 (CW, 6, 62, 109–10, 166,
203–6); Overtures 7-23–29 (CW, 475–77)

WHEREAS, The institution ultimately known as
Concordia College Alabama (CC Alabama) was founded in
Selma, Ala. on Nov. 13, 1922, to help train teachers for the
various mission schools throughout the American South,
and on Feb. 21, 2018, the Board of Regents of CC Alabama
announced that it had voted to close the institution; and
WHEREAS, CC Alabama served faithfully for nearly a
century in training thousands of Lutheran educators and
lay people in their godly vocations; and
WHEREAS, There is a time for all endeavors of man, which
blossom one day and wither the next like the flowers of the
field, but the Word of the Lord and His work of salvation
endure forever (Ecclesiastes 3; Isaiah 40; James 1); and
WHEREAS, The impact of CC Alabama will continue in our
congregations and communities through its alumni; and
WHEREAS, The LCMS, through the ongoing work of LCMS
Black Ministry and the Office of National Mission,
continues to explore many avenues for the work of sharing
the Word of the Lord in the American South and
throughout the African American community, including
such efforts as the Black Clergy Caucus, the Black Family
Ministry Convocation, the Rosa Young Academies, and the
Lifehouse Mentoring Programs; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Synod in convention assembled
remember and recognize with thanksgiving to God the
good and godly work of the many faculty and staff
throughout the history of CC Alabama in the training and
instruction of God’s Word and Christian life; and be it
further
Resolved, That we remember and recognize with
thanksgiving to God the good and godly work of the many
alumni of CC Alabama which they have done and will
continue to do in our congregations and communities; and
be it finally
Resolved, That we give voice to our thanks and praise to
God for working through CC Alabama over 97 years, and
pray His continued guidance, as we rise and sing the second
stanza of “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (LSB 656:2).
Action: Adopted (9)
In Session 8, with former students, faculty members, and regents
of Concordia Alabama, who were later introduced, joining the
committee, Res. 7-05 (TB, 1:112) was read and introduced by the
committee, with the final resolve modified to conclude as follows:
“…pray His continued guidance, as we rise and sing the second
stanza of “A Mighty Fortress.”
Resolutions