# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S47
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

46 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Directors and District Presidents giving close attention to the debate

Seminary from Springfield, stating his reasons for
opposition.

Closing

Following the orders of the day, which called for
adjournment, the session was closed with a prayer led by
Dr. Edwin Weber, First Vice-President of the Synod.

Session 15

July 11, Afternoon

Opening

The final session of the convention opened with the
singing of a hymn and with prayer led by Dr. Preus. The
Rev. Oscar Gerken asked for the privilege of leading the
delegates in prayer for Pastor Dubberke, who was not as
seriously ill as previously reported. He was asked to
include also the family of Mrs. Herbert Krieger, who had
died during the time of the convention sessions.

Minutes

The minutes of Sessions 9, 10, and 11 were approved
after they had been amended by adding the words “and
Affirm” in line 14 (TB 314). A rising vote of appreciation
was given to the young people present.

Point of Privilege

Dr. August Bernthal, Fifth Vice-President of the
Synod, was granted the privilege of making a statement
to the convention. He indicated that while he had not

spoken earlier in the convention at the time when a
resolution relating to District Presidents had been dis-
cussed and adopted, if he would have spoken they would
have been words in which he indicated his loyalty to the
Synod and asked for evangelical action in relation to the
men involved.

Higher Education

The convention began discussion of Res. 6-08A (TB
248) at the point at which the discussion had terminated
in the previous session. Dr. Elwood Zimmermann, Presi-
dent of the Indiana District, was granted the privilege of
speaking to the convention. He indicated that he had not
spoken previously since any action taken with regard to
the phasing out of Concordia Senior College or the
movement of Concordia Theological Seminary, Spring-
field, Illinois, to the site of the Senior College would have
involved him as President of the District. Since the first
resolved had been adopted, he now spoke strongly in
favor of the movement of the seminary to the site in
Indiana. After declining an amendment which asked
that the Board for Higher Education be directed to
transfer Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield,
Illinois, to the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
the delegates adopted the second resolved of Res. 6-08A
(TB 248), which directed the Board for Higher Education
to transfer Concordia Theological Seminary of Spring-
field, Illinois, to the campus of Fort Wayne, Indiana, by
June 1, 1977. They then approved the third resolved,
which relieved the Board of Control of the Senior College
of its duties and responsibilities after the transfer of the