# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S127
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

General Institutional Matters 125

4) Resolved, That the place for this internship ordinarily is
in the larger congregations; if conditions make it necessary to
use an intern to investigate a new mission prospect, this may be
done only if such work is done under the guidance and supervision
of some pastor and if the intern is given the opportunity to become
acquainted with all phases of pastoral work. Except in cases of
extreme need no intern is to take complete charge of a congrega-
tion or mission.

5) Resolved, That it is the will of Synod that all graduates
aspiring to the ministry take this internship before taking advanced
studies and before serving as assistant professors. (The internship
will give the graduate a complete view of the work of the pastor
and indicate to him which direction his advanced studies may most
profitably follow, and this experience will help to give him the
proper point of view for teaching at our institutions if called on
to do so.)

6) Resolved, That Synod declare this to be its policy that the
graduate be not assigned to an internship in his home District,
unless reasons of citizenship, health, or other important considera-
tions make it advisable. (The graduate will surely profit by
becoming acquainted with conditions of the Church in some other
part of Synod and be helped to overcome any tendency toward
synodical provincialism.)

7. Resolved, That the Board of Allocation, after advising with
the Synodical Board having charge of the mission, shall decide
whether men who are to work in the foreign field of Synod are
to be excused from internship in the home field and how this
essential part of their training is to be acquired.

8) Resolved, That, though Synod would by no means abridge
the rights of a congregation, it declare this to be its policy that
an intern be not called by the congregation he has served imme-
diately after completing his internship. (If the success of the
internship is to be realized, both the graduate and the congrega-
tion should bear in mind that the internship is the last stage of
the preparation for the ministry and not a stepping-stone to
a call.)

9) Resolved, That a uniform stipend be paid to all interns from
the Synodical Treasury, the total annual amount to be determined
by the Fiscal Conference, and that the congregation take care of
traveling expenses of the intern both ways, from and to his resi-
dence, and contribute to the support of the intern according to
ability. (Both Synod and the individual congregation profit by
the work of the intern, and it is advisable to have reasonable
equality among interns.)

10) Resolved, That the class graduating in 1943 be the first
class required to serve an internship.