# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S137
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HIGHER EDUCATION 137

‘a. The criteria by which the Colloquy Committee
shall determine an applicant’s readiness for certification
are to be based on adopted standards, including, but not
limited to

1. areas of general education;

2. understanding of and agreement with the scrip-
tural and doctrinal positions of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod;

3. studies in theology assuring a well-rounded edu-
cation in the major fields of theological discipline; and

4. positive experience in the work of the pastoral min-

_ istry.

b. The Colloquy Committee, at its sole discretion,
shall determine the content and amount of academic
work, personal study programs, or supervised ministry
which may be required prior to certification. To this end,
the committee may request the assistance of the semi-
nary faculties, or of qualified pastors or teachers in
other locations, to serve as instructors or mentors.

c. The committee, at its discretion, may require a sec-
ond colloquy interview following the completion of such
study and/or supervised ministry programs.

6.99-Gertifieate-ef Kligibility Certification
The Colloquy Committee shall

a. certify for placement those applicants who have
satisfactorily completed the colloquy interview and any
other requirements as assigned by the Colloquy Com-
mittee;

6. report this action to the chairman of the Council
of Presidents Placement Committee for the Pastoral
Ministry, to the office of the Board for Higher Education
of the Synod, and to the appropriate District President;

@c. publish a report of its favorable action in an of-
ficial periodical of the Synod.

6.101 Placement

Every eeHequy-etudent applicant whom the sespee-
tive-faculty Colloqguy Committee declares qualified for
the pastoral ministry shall be assigned his first call by

the Council of Presidents acting as the Board of As-
signments.

6.103 Report to the Convention
The Colloquy Committee shall | wondor-a-full report

the Synod i in convention.

Action: Adopted as amended (9).

(In earlier presentation Bylaw 6.91 had been deleted by the
committee but was restored in session 9 because it was necessary
to retain it as a transitional paragraph until Res. 3-07A can be
implemented. In Bylaw 6.93 d, the words unless the applicant re-
quests such notice be delayed until after his interview were added
by common consent after the word Synod. Also by common con-
sent the sentence “If the applicant was interviewed first, notice
shall then be published and upon publication 30 days given for
valid objections to be received” was added after the second sen-
tence. An amendment to add to Bylaw 6.91 a the words Ministers
of other Lutheran church bodies who have graduated from a
Lutheran seminary and served at least one year was declined. A
suggestion to change Bylaw 6.93 a to refer to the congregation in:
which the applicant holds membership rather than the District
where he resides was rejected since many applicants do not be-
long to congregations of the Synod.)

To Bring Harmony to Concordia
Theological Seminary

RESOLUTION 5-07A
Overtures 5-08-13 (CW, pp. 202-3)

WHEREAS, It is “good and pleasant when brothers live to-
gether in unity” (Ps. 133:1); and

WHEREAS, There are persons and groups who have ex-
pressed deep concerns to this synodical convention in the
areas of theology, administration, and morale at Concordia
Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind.; and

WHEREAS, The Bylaws of the Synod specifically grant‘the
President of the Synod “supervision over the doctrine
taught in the Synod” and bid him “at regular intervals offi-
cially visit or cause to be visited all the educational insti-
tutions of the Synod” (3.101 b); therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
assembled in convention encourage the President of our
Synod to make a formal visitation of the Fort Wayne semi-
nary for the purpose of quieting concerns, restoring peace
in the church, and strengthening bonds of harmony; and be
it further

Resolved, That the convention be led in prayer, asking
our gracious Lord for His blessing in this matter.

Action: Adopted (10).

To Require Full-Time
Experience of Professors
RESOLUTION 5-08

Overture 5-06 (CW, p. 202)

WuEREAS, In 1981 the Synod “ordinarily” required “some
years of service” as a parish pastor of those called to teach.
in its seminaries (Res. 6-23); and

Wuereas, Similarly in 1983, the Synod directed that
calls to teach in synodical colleges be issued to those per-

sons who, “as a general rule,” have completed some years
of parish service (Res. 6-13); and ,