# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S142
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142 RESOLUTIONS

a. providing promotional literature, addressing all
age levels, beginning with age five through college;

b. arranging for sponsors of District or regional re-
cruitment workshops;

¢. directing recruitment of students in public univer-
sities and junior colleges;

d. aiding college and seminary recruitment and ad-
missions officers in their present efforts; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod in convention urge each
District to make recruitment for professional church
workers a priority item on its next convention agenda.

PRESENT WORDING

4.55 Application for Admission

a. Applications of candidates for the pastoral min-
istry shall be directed to the President of the District
where the application originates.

c. Lutheran parochial school teachers shall in ad-
dition to the above testimonials from the District
President also present a recommendation from the
superintendent of the schools of the District in which
they have last served as teachers.

4.57 Eligibility

Only such applicants shall be considered eligible
for admission to the pastoral colloquy program as are:

1. ministers, or candidates for the ministry, who
are in good standing in Christian church bodies not in
fellowship with The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod and are graduates of recognized theological
seminaries;

2. graduates of the Synod’s teachers colleges who
have had at least 5 years of teaching experience and
are in good standing in the teaching ministry of the

synod.

4.61 Program of Instruction

a. Ministers, or candidates for the ministry, in
good standing in Christian church bodies not in fellow-
ship with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod shall

expected to receive one full academic year of resi-
dent training in one of our Synod’s seminaries. They
shall also be required to serve a vicarage.

b. Graduates of the Synod’s teachers colleges who
have had at least 5 years of successful teaching experi-
ence shall be required to take a minimum of 2 years of

’ instruction at one of the Synod’s theological seminar-
ies. They shall also be required to serve ina vicarage.

Action: Adopted as amended (5).

(Amendment: restatement of first resolved and its first sub-
paragraph.)

To Revise Colloquy Bylaws
RESOLUTION 6-04

Report 6-02 (CW, pp. 277278); Overtures 6-86A, B;
5-108A, B (CW, pp. 247, 342343)

Resolved, That the following revisions in the Bylaws
for the Colloquy Board for the Pastoral Office be adopted:

PROPOSED WORDING

4.55 Application for Admission

a. Applications for admission to the pastoral collo-

guy program shall be directed to the President of the
istrict where the application originates.

c. Men whose names appear on the teaching roster

as Lutheran parochial school teachers or directors of

4.57 Eligibility

Only such applicants shall be considered eligible
for admission to the pastoral colloquy program as are:

1. ministers, or candidates for the ministry, who
are in good standing in other Christian church
bodies and are graduates of established theological
seminaries;

2. graduates of the Synod’s teachers colleges
whose names appear on the roster of the Synod and
who have had at least 5 years of successful experience
as a Lutheran school teacher or director of Christian
education and are in good standing in a congregation
of the Synod;

3. members in good standing of synodical congre-
gations who are graduates of an established nonsynod-
ical seminary;

4. members in good standing of synodical congre-
gations who are over the age of 40, are college grad-
uates, and have had considerable experience in church
work;

5. members in good standing of a synodical congre-
gation who belong to a Special ethnic or linguistic

oup, who have a college-level education, and who
ave had considerable experience in church work.

4.61 Program of Instruction

a. After admission to the pastoral colloquy pro-
gram, a full final year of resident training in one of
our Synod’s seminaries, as well as a vicarage under
synodical auspices, shall be expected of:

1. ministers, or candidates for the ministry, in
good standing in other Lutheran church bodies;

2. members in good standing of synodical congre-
gations who are graduates of an established nonsynod-
ical Lutheran seminary. .

b. After admission to the pastoral colloquy pro-
gram, “B to 2 full academic years of instruction at one
of the Synod’s theological seminaries, including not
less than one full year in residence, as well as a
vicarage under synodical auspices, shall be expected
of:

1. ministers, or candidates for the ministry, in
good standing in non-Lutheran Christian church bod-
ies;