# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S334 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 334 HIGHER EDUCATION Resolved. That this declaration be retroactive to the be- ginning of said seminary, so that its graduates may be received into the ministerium of the church through normal channels: and be it further Resolred. That the faculties of the present Concordia Semi- nary in St. Louis and Concordia Seminary. Springfield, IIL, be merged: and be it further Resolved. That provision be made by the Board for Higher Education to allow those individual faculty members so desiring to be transferred from the one faculty to the other: and be it further Resolved. That one of these seminaries be housed at the present location of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and the other at Concordia Seminary, Springfield, on the basis of the least dislocation and moving required: and be it finally Resolved. That these two seminaries be charged to provide theological leadership from their point of view to assist the church in its ongoing discussion through publications. seminars. and any other useful methods. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Newark, Del. Gary Zaiser. President Carolyn Hawf, Secretary Robert G. Heckmann, Pustor Identical or similar: 6-52B to 6-52H St. Marks, Milwaukee, Wis. Grace, Boulder, Colo. David Rockrohr Norbert Hattendorf Hope, High Ridge, Mo. D. Wurster St. Peter’s, St. Louis, Mo. Alma Schaeperkoetter Immanuel, Clovis, N. Mex. N. Gardels Chapel of Cross, St. Louis, Mo. M. Nauss Zion, Belleville, Il. Edgar Rakow 6-53 To Refrain from Supporting Seminex WHEREAS, In the doctrinal controversy that now plagues our Synod an institution known as Seminex has been established: and WHEREAS, This institution has been and is in competition with the established synodical seminaries in St. Louis and Springfield: and WHEREAS. This institution is soliciting funds from the mem- bership of the Synod that otherwise might be used for theolog- ilical education, missions, and other important programs; and WHEREAS. This institution does not respect the authority of the administration of the Synod but rather publicly condemns it along with Concordia Seminary. St. Louis; and WHEREAS, This institution seeks to graduate men and then nstall them as pastors of congregations of the Synod: and WHEREAS, This institution does not subject itself to the Con- stitution and Bylaws of the Synod: therefore be it Resolved. That the congregations of the Synod be asked to refrain from supporting Seminex in any way: and be it further Resolved. That the congregations of the Synod be admon- ished to accept only ministerial candidates who have been certified in accordance with Section IV B of the Bylaws of the Synod: and be it finally Resolved. That the Synod take proper disciplinary action against those individuals who continue to disregard the Bylaws of the Synod in regard to this matter. Immanuel] Lutheran Church Haxtun, Colo. Ed Ulmer, Chairman Albert Quoss, Pastor 6-54 To Rule on Status of Seminex WHEREAS. The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod organized itself the year of our Lord 1847 and is incorporated with objec- tives as stated in the Articles of Incorporation — Article III — Ob- jects, 3: “The training of ministers and teachers for service in the Evangelical Lutheran Church": and WHEREAS, The Synod has two seminaries — Concordia Semi- nary. St. Louis, Mo., and Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Il. and has complete jurisdiction of these two seminaries in keep- ing with Bylaw 3.07 e; and WHEREAS, A group of dissident professors from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., left Concordia Seminary, organized and incorporated a school and called it Seminex (Seminary-in- Exile), but said school was not and is not controlled or governed by The Lutheran Church~— Missouri Synod: and WHEREAS, Said school (Seminex) has advertised its anniver- sary to the general public (witness ad in St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Globe-Democrat) and has done this using the name of The Lutheran Church-— Missouri Synod’s duly organized and properly controlled school “Concordia Seminary”: therefore be it Resolved. That we ask our dear Synod assembled at Ana- heim to speak out against such school called Seminex and de- clare such school Seminex not a seminary of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod: and be it furthermore Resolved. That graduates of such school called Seminex be ineligible for the ministry of The Lutheran Church-— Missouri Synod because Seminex was not organized by the Synod, was not and is not needed by the Synod to train future pastors because we have two well-organized and properly equipped seminaries for such training of future pastors, and Seminex is not owned or controlled and supervised by a board duly elected by the Synod in synodical assembly: and be it finally Resolved. That the Synod declare Seminex not a school for The Lutheran Church~ Missouri Synod ministerial training program. Immanuel Lutheran Church St. Louis, Mo. T. R. Hanske, Chairman Gary A. Spieler, Secretary Walter J. Hoffmann, Pastor 6-55A To Seek Discontinuance of Seminex We deeply regret the formation of Seminex. We especially regret the continued divisive action of all who are now supporting Seminex as an opposition seminary. We plead with our Synod to take all necessary steps to discipline all those who insist on continuing this operation in our Synod. Faculty Concordia Theological Seminary Springfield, Il. Robert Preus, President Mark J. Steege, Secretary Identical or similar: 6-55B Trinity, Easthampton, Mass. Louis Elgert 6-56A To Repudiate Seminex WHEREAS. The Seminex faculty is composed predominantly of men who have deserted the contractual and called positions they previously had held at the Synod's Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., thereby preventing being dealt with according to Resolution 3-09, adopted at the New Orleans convention of the Synod; and WHEREAS. This faculty at Seminex has passed a resolution rejecting Resolution 3-09 as unecalled-for, thus revealing its refusal to be dealt with according to proper and fair procedure: and