# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S186 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 186 RESOLUTIONS cases if the unanimous consent of the electors is given. Action: Adopted (5). To Revise Provisions for Retirement of Faculty Members RESOLUTION 6-13A Overtures 6-56, 6-64, (CW, p. 269, 271) WHEREAS, Bylaws relating to the retirement of faculty members require modification to meet the changing needs of the church as well as changing federal requirements; and WHEREAS, The present Bylaws relating to retirement of faculty members do not meet these changing needs and requirements; and WHEREAS, The Synod in convention in St. Louis, 1979 (Res. 4-05A), directed the Board for Higher Educa- tion to “review the Bylaws applicable to colleges and seminaries and propose to the 1981 convention neces- sary Bylaw changes to meet the current personnel needs of the Synod’s system of higher education keeping in mind Bylaw 2.105, Federal requirements, and general trends in higher education”; therefore be it Resolved, That Bylaw 6.82 e and f, Modified Service and Retirement, be changed to read as follows: PRESENT WORDING 6.82 Modified Service and Retirement e. Faculty members may be honorably retired or transferred to modified service by action of the Board of Control at the age of 65 or any year thereafter and shall be retired at the age of 75. f. Service loads and conditions of service after age 65 shall be modified according toindividual capacity and shall be determined by the Board of Control. PROPOSED WORDING 6.82 Modified Service and Retirement e. Faculty members may request early retirement under the applicable provisions of the Concordia Retirement Plan but shall be eligible for reappoint- ment on other than a call basis at the end of the academic year in which their 70th birthday occurs. Reappointment shall be for one academic year until age 75, at which time retirement shall be mandatory. f. Service loads and conditions of service between the ages of 70 and retirement shall be determined by the Board of Control. Action: Adopted (5). To Establish Placement Procedures for Teacher Candidates RESOLUTION 6-14 Overture L6-73, Appendix IV (CW, pp. 411—412) Resolved, That the document: “Procedures for the Calling and Otherwise Engaging of Personnel into the Educational Ministries of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod” be adopted as amended by the con- vention floor committee. Board of Assignments Response to 1979 Resolution 6-14A At its 1979 convention, the Synod requested the Board of Assignments to review its placement procedures for teacher candidates and to report to the 1981 convention. The Board of Assignments has reviewed these procedures in consultation with the placement directors of the colleges and presents the following report in response to the resolution of the Synod. Procedures for the Calling and Otherwise Engaging of Personnel Into the Educational Ministries of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Introduction A strong and complete system of Lutheran education requires an effective utilization and constant supply of educators knowledgeable in their profession, committed to discipleship, and dedicated to the cause of Christian education. God has led The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod wisely to maintain its own educational institu- tions in order to provide and train such personnel forits mission fields, parishes, and schools. Many nonsynod- ically educated persons have also made great contri- butions to the cause of Lutheran education. Congregations and other calling bodies operate their educational ministries autonomously, and so they make their own decisions concerning equipment, facilities, budgets, policies, and day-to-day operation. They also call or otherwise engage their own teachers, ministers of Christian education, and other staff personnel. Definitions The educational ministries include positions in early childhood, elementary, secondary, or college teaching, school administration, director or minister of Christian education, mission education, and other special min- istries. The educational ministries are contrasted with © the pastoral or preaching ministries. A calling body may bea single congregation, a group of congregations, a church agency, asynodical board, a District board, or any other group which has therightto. - extend a solemn call or to otherwise engage a person. A solemn call is an official request, offer, or agree- ment extended by a calling body in the name of the, triune God to a person eligible to receive such a call into. an educational ministry of the LCMS. Offers extended to such eligible persons but erroneously referred to a “appointments” or “contracts” are also to be considered : calls. A call may be for a limited period of ti (nontenured) or unlimited (tenured). A solemn call is. also referred to as a divine call. Official synodical call. documents are available from most District offices and Concordia Publishing House. Do not use locally de. signed documents. Calls may be changed or terminated for valid reasons. ; Eligibility to receive a solemn call requires the. completion of graduation or colloquy requirements at 2 synodical teachers college and approval for ministry by its faculty. Men and women educators who are eligible’. to receive calls should not be otherwise engaged.