# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S340
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340 HIGHER EDUCATION

preparing for ministry in The Lutheran Church— Missouri
Synod: and

WHEREAS. Faculty members of Concordia Seminary-in-Exile
are training students for the ministry of The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis. reverse its decision to bar students and faculty of
Concordia Seminary-in-Exile from use of the library: and be it
further

Resolved, That the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary.
St. Louis. grant full use of the facilities of the library to students
and faculty of Concordia Seminary-in-Exile.

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Fullerton, Nebr.
Terry Twiestmeyer. Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-72B to 6-72G

Bethlehem, Minnetonka, Minn.
Grace. Union, N. J.
St. Mark’s, Milwaukee, Wis.

Arden Malotky
David Sandmann
David Rockrohr

Bethel, University City, Mo. Alfred Buls
Our Redeemer, Newark, Del. Robt. Heckmann
Trinity, Carneys Point, N. J. G. Grimm

6-73A

To Commend St. Louis Seminary
Board of Control and Faculty

WHEREAS. The St. Louis seminary Board of Control, meeting
on Nov. 18, 1974, directed that the Concordia Seminary library
is ‘not to provide any library services to any Seminex faculty,
students, or staff"; and

WHEREAS. That action became necessary because Seminex
was demonstrably “inimical and disruptive” of the Synod’s
program of theological education: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Concordia Seminary Board of Control be
supported for the steps taken in the protection of faculty, stu-
dents, and staff of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. from ‘‘be-
coming involved in Seminex, supporting Seminex. or providing
encouragement to Seminex”’: and be it further

Resolved, That whatever adverse criticism this brought about
for the administration of Concordia Seminary in carrying out
the directive be recognized as part of the laudable progress the
seminary is making in rebuilding its full program of theological
education as one of the Synod’s seminaries.

First Ev. Lutheran Church
Clearwater, Fla.

Donald Drung, President
Ronald Thornton, Secretary
David V. Dissen, Pastor
Timothy J. Parsch, Pastor

Identical or similar:

6-73B and 6-73C

Christ, Coos Bay, Oreg.
Immanuel, Grand Forks, N. Dak.

Herbert Schutte
Neil Schmidt

6-74
To Expect a More Christian Attitude
by Governing Boards

WHEREAS, Our Synod is still beset with terrible turmoil as
a result of the ongoing theological divisions and with little
healing in sight: and

WHEREAS, More and more of our seminary and college
professors are seeing fit to take issue with the various Boards
of Control and particularly with the synodical Board for Higher
Education: therefore be it

Resolved. That we urge the evincing of a more Christian
attitude by the synodical Board for Higher Education, the
Concordia Seminary Board of Control, and the various other
Boards of Control.

Grace Lutheran Church
Enterprise, Oreg.

James Maasden, President
Robert W. Nelson, Secretary

6-75

To Commend Officials at Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Concordia
Teachers College, River Forest, and
Other Synodical Schools

WHEREAS. In the face of much criticism the Board of Control
and acting president of Concordia Seminary. St. Louis. and the
Board of Control and president of Concordia Teachers College.
River Forest, have faithfully endeavored to execute the respon-
sibilities of their respective offices in accordance with the
Synod’'s Constitution and Bylaws. synodical resolutions. and
directives of synodical boards and commissions: therefore be it

Resolved. That the above named be commended for their
efforts and encouraged to continue so doing: and be it further

Resolved. That the Boards of Control and administrations
of other synodical schools be commended for any and all actions
supportive of the synodical Constitution and Bylaws, synodical
resolutions, and directives of synodical boards and commissions:
and be it finally

Resolved. That all Boards of Control and administrations of
synodical schools be urged to lend full support to the operations,
programs, and position of the Synod.

5 St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ellisville. Mo.
Kenneth Smith. President
Eugene Rusert, Chairman
Paul V. Schnelle, Pastor

6-76

To Instruct St. Louis Board of Control
to Make Restitution

WHEREAS, The right of dissent and the right of due process
within the Christian church is guaranteed to every evangelical
Christian in the Lutheran Confessions (Treatise on the Power
and Primacy of the Pope): and

WHEREAS. In the exercise of this right of dissent the former
faculty majority of Concordia Seminary was summarily dis-
missed by its Board of Control on Feb. 18, 1974. in violation of
due process: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod declare the board action contrary
to the doctrinal standard of the LCMS and instruct the board
to make proper restitution.

Bethel Lutheran Church
University City. Mo.

James C. Flowers, President
Virginia E. Burmeister, Secretary

6-77A
To Reverse Actions of St. Louis
Seminary Board of Control

WHEREAS. The former faculty majority of Concordia Semi-
nary, St. Louis, Mo., and Dr. John Tietjen are currently making
an important witness to the Lutheran Confessions and to that
which is best in the LCMS: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod in convention reverse the actions
of the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.,