LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 229

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HIGHER EDUCATION 229

to the Synod in achieving its goals for providing workers for
Black ministries. At the present time, Selma is working toward
the achievement of regional accreditation, which will un-
doubtedly attract additional students. A new library facility
was completed and dedicated in 1980.

Seward. In addition to its high-quality programs for prep-
aration of elementary and secondary school teachers for the
church, Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebr., has been
authorized to offer a preseminary program at the baccalaureate
level. The college also prepares directors of Christian education
in addition to providing preprofessional programs for other
vocations. It has recently been authorized to offer a program in
business administration and will institute that program this
fall. The college also maintains a graduate program for
teachers that is primarily conducted during the summer.

Winfield. From its founding, St. John’s Lutheran College,
Winfield, Kans., has been concerned with offering general
education in a Christian setting as well as providing initial
preparation for ministries in the church. Acting on the request
of the two-year college for four-year status, the Board for
Higher Education granted authorization to enroll third- and
fourth-year students in a consortium arrangement with
Southwestern College, a churchrelated institution also located
in Winfield. The authorization for programs in teacher educa-
tion, preseminary studies, and liberal arts was given with the
understanding that the baccalaureate degree would be granted
by Southwestern. Students who enrolled for the junior and
senior years were notified that no assurance could be given
that the program would be implemented. The future direction is
still somewhat uncertain at this time. In addition to the
programs cited, St. John’s maintains an associate-degree
nursing program as well as parish-worker and business-
preparation programs.

The following provides asummary of programs presently in
existence at the colleges, as well as those that are under
consideration. Programs with dates indicated have been
initiated in the past biennium.

A SUMMARY OF EXISTING AND REQUESTED PROGRAMS

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Fort Wayne and St. Louis. Enrollment at both seminaries
has continued to increase during the past biennium, giving rise
to hopes that the need to fill vacant pastoral positions can be
reduced in the future. This increase has obviously exerted
staffing and financing pressures as the need to fill positions
with qualified instructors grows and as the seminaries also
seek to provide qualified pastors for the growing number of
specialized ministries. An important developmenthas been the
increase in students enrolled in the colloquy program as
verified in table 1, a sizable number of whom have been serving
the church in the teaching ministry. Despite the fact that some
students begin their seminary education without any previous
experience in the synodical colleges, the source for the majority
of students is still these educational institutions. In 1980—81,
of the first-year students at St. Louis, 119, or 81 percent, had at
least some prior experience in the synodical system of higher
education. As it is to be expected, because of its history, the
number and percentage at Fort Wyane is less. However, the
statistics show that here also the majority enroll with some
synodical college background. The following table provides
supporting information.

PREVIOUS ENROLLMENT—SEMINARY I
First Registration at a Synodical School

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The Synod has many reasons to be grateful to our Lord for
the blessings He has showered upon these schools and for the
dedicated work of the instructional staffs that have prepared
so many faithful pastors as ministers of the Gospel.

In reviewing the various progranis in existence it is evident
that the schools have been intensely involved in the attempt to
provide programs that will prepare outstanding workers for
the church and society. Each proposed program is carefully
reviewed and must meet specific criteria before approval for its
introduction is granted. Although similar in nature, seemingly
identical programs have been developed individually with
special emphases and limitations, yet with a reasonable degree
of transferability from one synodical school to another.

As programs are introduced they are monitored locally and
by the Board for Higher Education. Since some programs have
now been in operation for three years, they will be carefully