# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S172
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172 RESOLUTIONS

the training of LCMS pastors at Saskatoon, and that
these be presented to the next synodical convention”;
and

WHEREAS, The need for pastors in The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod continues to grow, particular-
ly in Canada; and

WHEREAS, In the past, Saskatoon graduate pastoral
candidates have fully met the requirements for place-
ment in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and

WHEREAS, There is a continuing concern that our
pastoral candidates receive sound theological training;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the following Bylaw addition be
made concerning the synodical involvement with
Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon as a
temporary expedient to regularize arrangements in the
Bylaws:

6.171 Canadian Theological Program at
Saskatoon

a. The Board for Higher Education shall appoint
a person to the faculty of Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, to serve as a
professor of theology and adviser to students who
desire to enter the pastoral ministry of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod.

b. This appointment shall require the approval of
the president of the seminary.

c. The term of the appointment and the con-
ditions of service, including compensation, shall be
established by the Board for Higher Education in
consultation with the president of the seminary.

d. The ranking and academic assignments of the
faculty member shall be determined by the gover-
ning board of the seminary in consultation with the
Board for Higher Education.

e. Students enrolled at Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, who desire
to enter the pastoral ministry of the Synod shall from
the time of enrollment seek the guidance of the
faculty adviser appointed by the Board for Higher
Education.

f. To receive an internship (vicarage) assign-
ment in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, a
student at this seminary shall—

1. be certified by the faculty of the seminary as
academically qualified;

2. be examined and found qualified for internship
placement in a Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
congregation by a Board of Examiners consisting of
the presidents of the Canadian Districts of the Synod
and the designated synodical member of the faculty;
and

3. be recommended by the synodical professor to
the Council of Presidents acting as the Board of
Assignments.

g. To be accepted into the pastoral ministry of the
Synod and to receive placement, a candidate shall—

1. be certified by the faculty of the seminary as
academically qualified;

2. be examined and found qualified by a Board of
Examiners consisting of the presidents of the
Canadian Districts of the Synod and the designated
synodical member of the faculty; and

3. be recommended by the synodical professor to
the Council of Presidents acting as the Board of
Assignments.

and be it finally
Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education

restudy the arrangement with Saskatoon and report to
the 1979 convention of the Synod.

Action: Replaced (see below).

To Provide Temporary Arrangement
for the Endorsement
of Canadian Students at Saskatoon

RESOLUTION 6-04B

Overtures 6-57A—B, 6-59A—6-61, 6-67 (CW, pp.
248—249, 251)

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Theological Seminary,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (jointly operated by the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada and the
Lutheran Church in America—Canada Section), has
welcomed the placement of professors from The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod on its faculty; and

WHEREAS, Our Synod has placed one professor on
that faculty (Milwaukee convention, 1971); and

WHEREAS, The Board for Higher Education was
requested by the Anaheim convention to “develop a
procedure to endorse candidates from the Saskatoon
seminary that is consistent with the Constitution of the
LCMS and to develop policy statements in consultation
with Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, for
the training of LCMS pastors at Saskatoon, and that
these be presented to the next synodical convention”;
and

WHEREAS, The need for pastors in the LCMS
continues to grow, particularly in Canada; and

WHEREAS, In the past, Saskatoon graduate pastoral
candidates have fully met the requirements for place-
ment in the LCMS; and

WHEREAS, There is a continuing concern that our
pastoral candidates receive sound theological training;
therefore be it

Resolved, That present Handbook provisions
notwithstanding, the following arrangements be made
concerning the synodical involvement with Lutheran
Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, as a temporary
expedient:

1. The Board for Higher Education shall appoint a
person to the faculty of Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, to serve as a
professor of theology and adviser to students who
desire to enter the pastoral ministry of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod;

2. This appointment shall require the approval of
the president of the seminary;

3. The term of the appointment and the conditions
of service, including compensation, shall be established
by the Board for Higher Education in consultation with
the president of the seminary;

4. The ranking and academic assignments of the
faculty member shall be determined by the governing
board of the seminary in consultation with the Board
for Higher Education;

5. Students enrolled at Lutheran Theological