# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S183
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cordia College, Selma, Alabama (Proceedings, 1962,
1-21, p. 78); and

FP WHEREAS, The Southern District continues these
Forts, and the Synod has brought the physical facilities
acceptable health, safety, and academic standards by
viding six new buildings since 1965; and

HEREAS, The graduates of the high school and
or college divisions of Concordia College, Selma,
sfer to other synodical schools to complete their
eparation for professional church work; and

WHEREAS, The mission of Concordia College, Selma,
still viewed as recruiting Black students for pro-
ssional church work, but the entire Black baptized
ambership of the Synod numbers only about 60,000;

WHEREAS, The Synod in convention has resolved,
at synodical subsidies be granted to colleges and
seminaries primarily for the support of church-work
‘tudents according to a formula established and im-
‘Yemented by the Board for Higher Education on
approval of the Board of Directors, with support
increasing as students progress through the class levels
t of each church-worker program, and with priority being
a given to students preparing for the pastoral and
f teaching ministries” (Proceedings, 1979, Res. 6-01A, p.
© 189); and
WHEREAS, Concordia College, Selma, has not yet
been able to achieve accredited status with the regional
’ accrediting agency and as a consequence is being
deprived of significant potential sources of funds and
“ gtudents; and
WHEREAS, A considerable improvement of institu-

tional resources in the area of faculty, library, and

faculty and student support services is needed to obtain

accreditation; and

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
has in recent years given special attention to the

opportunities and needs of Concordia College, Selma;

and

WHEREAS, Concordia College, Selma has been urged
to intensify recruitment and expansion of educational
opportunities; and

WHEREAS, The application of the present subsidy
policy of the Board for Higher Education, based on the
number of Lutheran church-work students, would cause
severe reduction in subsidy to Concordia College, Selma;
and

WHEREAS, The Board for Higher Education has
given relief to the unique and special situation at
Concordia College, Selma; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod thank and praise God for
the many blessings bestowed on Concordia College,
Selma and its faithful Board of Control, faculty, and
students; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod continue to support the
special mission of Concordia College, Selma, and
encourage all of its congregations and professional

RESOLUTIONS 183

church workers to recruit students for ministry to
Blacks; and be it finally

Resolved, That Concordia College, Selma, continue
to be exempt from the BHE’s subsidy policy through the
1985—86 school year.

Action: Adopted (14).

(The committee changed 10,000 to 60,000 in the sixth
whereas and changed the name throughout the resolution to
“Concordia College, Selma.”)

To Refer Subject of Additional
Funding for Concordia College,
Selma, to the Board of Directors

RESOLUTION 6-06A
Overture 6-43 (CW, p. 264)

WHEREAS, Matters dealing with the administration
of additional financial support to meet the yearly
operating costs of Concordia College, Selma, not covered
by the normal Board for Higher Education allocation is
an internal administrative responsibility; therefore be
it

Resolved, That this matter be referred to the Board of
Directors for final implementation.

Action: Adopted (14).

To Study the Feasibility
of a Four-Year College at Selma

RESOLUTION 6-07A
Overtures 6-45, 6-57—6-58 (CW, pp. 265, 269—270)

WHEREAS, Trained church workers are a crucial
element in God’s strategy of bringing the Gospel and a
new life in Christ to people in the Southeast; and

WHEREAS, A significant obstacle in recruiting Black
and white students from the Southeast for full-time
ministry is the geographical and cultural distances
between this growing area and the nearest synodical
schools; and

WHEREAS, A Lutheran four-year college with a multi-
track curriculum would provide a positive means for the
witness and identity of the Lutheran Church in the
Southeast; and

WHEREAS, The Synod has provided continuing
encouragement and funding for program and construc-
tion of facilities for the existing Lutheran institution in
the Southeast, namely, Concordia College at Selma,
Ala.; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod instruct the Board for
Higher Education to make an extensive study during
the next biennium of the need and desirability for
establishing four-year academic programs at Concordia
College, Selma; and be it further

Resolved, That Overtures 6-57 and 6-58 be referred to
the Board for Higher Education.