# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S142
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RESOLUTIONS

non-Synod-certified early childhood, elementary, junior
high school, and high school teachers who are members of a
congregation of the LCMS and who have completed a baccalaureate degree to finish the Teacher Colloquy Program
of the Synod, even if these teachers subsequently choose
not to be listed on the roster of the Synod; and be it further
Resolved, That when a member of a congregation of the
LCMS is not available to teach in the classrooms of a
Lutheran school, the congregation or associations of congregations be encouraged to require their non-Missouri
Synod Lutheran teachers to enroll in the program outlined
in Resolution 5-24 of the 2004 convention of the Synod; and
be it further
Resolved, That Districts be encouraged to adjust salary
guidelines to include an incentive increase as a way of encouraging congregations and associations of congregations
to recognize their teachers who have completed the
Lutheran Teacher Diploma or the Teacher Colloquy Program; and be it further
Resolved, That congregations and associations of congregations be encouraged to introduce a salary adjustment
that recognizes the additional and vital education received
by the Synod-certified teacher; and be it finally
Resolved, That congregations and associations of congregations be encouraged to give public recognition and an
expression of thanksgiving to God for those teachers who
have satisfied the requirements for Synod certification by
having a public worship service of commissioning and installation.
Action: Adopted (4)
(After discussion, the resolution was adopted as presented
[Yes: 1,035; No: 168].)

To Place Directors of Family Life
Ministry on Roster
RESOLUTION 5-04A
Overtures 5-33–34 (CW, p. 232)
Rationale
The need for congregations and schools to provide ministry in the area of family life is steadily growing. In response
to this need, the Board for Higher Education/Concordia University System previously approved the establishment of a
program of preparation in family life ministry. The family life
program is multi-disciplinary, emphasizing theology, sociology, law, economics, and scripturally sound psychology. The
family life graduate will possess the theological, academic,
and practical training needed for providing specialized services to families in a variety of situations and settings. Students preparing for the position of Director of Family Life
Ministry will participate in a program of study that conforms to the requirements established by the Concordia
University System for admitting, monitoring, and placing
church-vocations students. The requirements for the study
of theology are the same as for Lutheran teacher and director of Christian education students. Family life ministry
programs on Concordia University System campuses will
maintain required academic standards so that graduates
will also be eligible for professional licensure. The family
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life ministry program has now been recognized by the CUS
presidents as a significant ministry that will benefit the
LCMS. It therefore is appropriate that the BHE/CUS Board
approved the Director of Family Life Ministry program as a
church-work program and recommends it to the convention
for adoption as a church-work program. Graduates of the
program will be certified as directors of family life ministry
and entitled to be placed on the roster of the LCMS as ministers of religion−commissioned; therefore be it
Resolved, That persons who are graduates of a Director
of Family Life Ministry program recognized by the Board
for University Education and who are called by qualified
LCMS entities be rostered as members of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod (ministers of religion−commissioned); and be it further
Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional Matters make the appropriate additions to the lists of members
of the Synod in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod.
Action: Adopted (6)
(When it introduced the resolution, the committee called attention to changes to be made to the printed version, replacing
Board for Higher Education/Concordia University System with
Board for University Education in the first resolve, and replacing
Secretary of Synod with Commission on Constitutional Matters in
the final resolve. After the rationale section was amended by inserting the words scripturally sound before the word psychology
in the third sentence, the resolution was adopted as amended by
the required two-thirds majority for constitutional amendments
[Yes: 849; No: 319].)

To Commemorate Centennial
of Black Higher Education
RESOLUTION 5-07
Overture 5-64 (CW, pp. 243–244)
WHEREAS, Luther College, New Orleans, LA, and Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, NC (both founded in
1903), represented the first institutions of higher education
for blacks in the history of Lutheranism in America; and
WHEREAS, In 1916, a missionary named Nils Bakke
sowed the seed for what would become the third institution
of higher education among blacks when a Normal School
for Black Women in Alabama was organized; and
WHEREAS, The school founded by Rev. R. O. L. Lynn
evolved into Alabama Luther College (1922–1939), then Alabama Lutheran Academy (1940–1946), and then Alabama
Lutheran Academy and College (1947–1984); and
WHEREAS, The closing of Luther College (1932) and Immanuel Lutheran College (1961) resulted in the relocation
of these institutions to the campus of Alabama Lutheran
Academy and College, Selma, AL; and
WHEREAS, In 1961, Alabama Lutheran Academy and
College, Selma, in its 40th year of service became the sole
black Lutheran institution of higher education; and
WHEREAS, In 1985, Alabama Lutheran Academy and
College was renamed Concordia College, Selma; and
WHEREAS, Concordia College, Selma, is the only historically black Lutheran institution of higher education in the
United States and is inextricably bound by history and tradition to its predecessors; and