# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S277 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) HIGHER EDUCATION 281 WuereaS, The aforementioned resolution failed to give specific approval to the program of ministerial training that had been proposed, thus taking incomplete action (cf. Work- book, 1971, p. 285); and Whereas, To date no chair has been established on the basis of Resolution 6-20, interim arrangements only having been effected; and WuereaS, The Lutheran Seminary at Saskatoon is jointly owned and operated by The Lutheran Church in America -—— Canada Section and by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; and WuereEas, The LCMS is not in fellowship with the LCA — Canada Section; and Wuereas, The mere establishment of a theological chair (one man on a theological faculty) gives no control over the doctrine taught at the aforementioned seminary; and WuereaS, Many of the Canadian brethren in the LCMS have expressed grave concern over this arrangement; and Whereas, This arrangement constitutes a dangerous prec- edent for the LCMS in terms of delegating away the theo- logical training of its future ministers to others and thereby surrendering effective control; therefore, be it Resolved, That the LCMS restudy Resolution 6-20 of the 1971 convention and the arrangement with the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, as well as alternative courses of action; and be it further Resolved, That this study be conducted by the President of the Synod, the presidents of the three Canadian Districts of the LCMS, three persons from the CTCR designated by its executive secretary, and by two persons designated by the chairman of the Board for Higher Education; and be it urther Resolved, That the results of this study and the considera- tion of alternate possibilities for training Canadian theologi- cal students be presented to the 1975 convention of the LCMS; and be it finally Resolved, That in the interim that chair of theology au- thorized by Resolution 6-20 at Milwaukee remain unfilled and our Canadian theological students be asked to continue their education at a LCMS seminary. Boarp oF DIRECTORS OnTaRio DIsTRICT Albin J. Stanfel, President Harold R. Patzer, Secretary To Provide Bylaws for Receiving Saskatoon Graduates into Ministry Wuereas, Milwaukee Resolution 6-22 authorized the es- tablishment of a chair of theology at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but did not specify the status of graduates from this seminary with regard to en- trance into the ministry of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in the Canadian District; therefore be it Resolved, That St. Luke Lutheran Church. Ottawa, On- tario, memorialize The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to enact a proper Bylaw to cover the graduates of this pro- gram of ministerial training for reception into the ministry of the Synod. St. LuKeE LuTHERAN CHURCH Ottawa, Ontario H. Thornton, Chairman 6-58 To Adopt Bylaws for Canadian Theological Program (Saskatoon) In response to the ruling of the Commission on Constitu- tional Matters that additional actions and corresponding Bylaws are needed to implement what was intended through the adoption of Milwaukee Resolution 6-20, the Board for Higher Education recommends the adoption of the following proposed Bylaw concerning synodical involvement with Lu- theran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon. 6.171 Canadian Theological Program (Saskatoon) a. The Board for Higher Education may ap- point a person to the faculty of Lutheran Theo- logical Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can- ada, to serve as a professor of theology and ad- visor 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 Synod and the president of the seminary. c. The term of the appointment and the condi- tions of service, including compensation, shall be established by the Board for Higher Education in consultation with the president of the seminary. d. The ranking of the incumbent and his aca- demic assignments shall be determined by the governing board of the seminary in consultation with the Board for Higher Education. e. Students enrolled at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, who desire to enter the pastoral ministry of the Synod shall from the time of enrollment seek the guidance of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod member of the faculty chosen or designated by the Board for Higher Education to fill the chair established by the 1971 synodical convention. f. In order to receive an internship assignment in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, a stu- dent at this seminary shall 1. be certified by the faculty of the seminary as academically qualified; 2. be examined and found qualified for synodical 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 Assignment. g. To be accepted into the pastoral ministry of the Synod and to receive placement, a candidate shall, similarly, 1. be certified by the faculty of the seminary as academically qualified, 2. be examined and found qualified by the same examining board as defined in the above paragraph, and 3. be recommended by the synodical professor to the Council of Presidents acting as the Board of Assignment. BoarD FoR HIGHER EDUCATION Arthur M. Ahlschwede, Executive Secretary 6-59 To Provide Training for Black Leadership Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod is in need of black leadership at all levels of the congregations, Districts, and Synods; and Whereas, Pastor William Griffen and Albert Pero have issued a memorandum,®* dated Oct. 2, 1972, pinpointing some of the problems in developing more black leadership within the LCMS and calling “for an overall plan for recruiting black young people for church vocations” and calling for curriculum changes and a study of policies in the synodical educational system toward preparing blacks and whites more effectively for their ministry; and Whereas, The faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has agreed with the basic content of the Griffen-Pero memo- randum and has urged the Board for Higher Education “to arrange for further study of the various aspects of education for blacks in the Synod’s schools for higher education”; therefore be it