LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 247

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HIGHER EDUCATION 247

1981. During this summer, Founders Library and Woltman
Athletic Center will be completed for use in the fall semester.
These facilities, costing $2,200,000, will add 50,000 square feet
of functional space for campus life and programs. The numbers
and the brief time span speak eloquently of the generous and
immediate outpouring of gifts in response to the desire of the
college and the Synod to establish more significant Lutheran
higher education in Texas. That the task was accomplished
without a decline in annual support for Concordia and without
deterring the great Forward in Remembrance effort testifies to
the growing strength of Lutheranism in the Sunbelt and to the
dedication of an education-oriented church.

The Future

The population of Texas will grow about five percent by
1985, and Lutheran population will grow at least as much.
Thirty-five new LCMS congregations will have been estab-
lished in the Texas District over the same period. The immedi-
ate future promises active, vibrant, and growing Lutheranism
in Texas. And Concordia of Texas will be a part of that future.

The future with all of its blessings and challenges ulti-
mately belongs to God. Concordia’s commitment of faith and
hopeis that we shall progress where and to the extent that God
gives direction and strength. Concordia Lutheran College of
Texas joins with all of the Synod in joyful confidence in God’s
future, in loyalty to Jesus Christ, and in enthusiasm for His
Word and mission.

Ray F. Martens, Executive Officer

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St. Paul’s College and High School
Concordia, Mo.

Program

During the past biennium St. Paul’s College and College
High School has continued to serve the needs of the church by
providing Christ-centered Lutheran education for future
church workers and lay leaders. A long-range planning com-
mittee, called the Committee for the Future, conducted a survey
of the constituent area of the institution. The survey question-
naire was sent to selected congregations of the Missouri
District and a proportionate random sample of the congrega-
tions of the Missouri Synod in the United States to determine
the type of school and the kinds of programs that should be
offered in order to best serve the needs of the congregations.
The results of this survey among pastors, parents, and youth,
as analyzed by consultants, was that St. Paul’s College should
continue to serve the Synod as a four-year high school and
two-year college with an acceleration program for high school
students. The alumni and faculty of St. Paul’s College concur
with this finding. The institution will continue to offer pre-
theological, teacher education, director of Christian education,
social worker, and deaconess programs that articulate with all
of the four-year colleges of the Synod.

In addition to the church-worker programs, St. Paul’s
College offers a Christian education in a Christian and secure
environment for students who desire the liberal arts and
business programs. The liberal arts program offers the student
who has not made a vocational choice an opportunity to begin
college while investigating various options. Through the years
this program has been the educational impetus for a large
number of lay leaders who now serve the congregations of the
Synod. These people began their education at St. Paul’s and
have entered fields such as engineering, dentistry, and medi-
cine. The business program offers secretarial, accounting, and
general business courses. The one-year-certificate and two-
year-degree business students are ready for placement in the
world of work, or they can continue their programs at four-year
colleges. In conjuction with the business program, a two-year
church secretarial degree program and the first two years of
the business teacher program for service in the Lutheran high
schools and colleges of the Synod are also offered.

The high school continues to serve the needs of high school
age youth who do not have a Lutheran high school in their
home community. The people in the rural and smaller urban
communities also have a need for continuing Christian educa-

tion in a secure environment for their high school age youth.
The high school program also offers these young people an
opportunity to begin their preparation for church work during
their high school years. These young people receive not only a
more thorough founding in our Lutheran faith and life but also
the opportunity to accelerate their education by taking courses
in the college department while they are still in high school.
Qualified high school juniors and seniors with a grade-point
average of 2.50 are permitted to take college courses and receive
college credit that can also be applied to their high school
graduation requirements. The acceleration program saves the
Synod education dollars and gives a number of those acceler-
ated students who enter church work an extra year of full-time
church-work service.

Finances

The financial problems common to church-related secon-
dary and higher education institutions are very real to St.
Paul’s College. The decreasing proportion of the required>
budgetary funds supplied by the Synod is a primary concern.
While the amount of synodical funds has remained rather
constant, the inflationary spiral continues to make these funds
a decreasing percentage of the costs of operation. The decrease
in synodical funds has required the addition of personnel in the
area of development to secure funds from congregations,
organizations, and individuals who are committed to the cause
of Christian education.

The institution has attempted to resolve the financial
problems that result from a decreasing enrollment by increas-
ing and stabilizing the number of personnel in recruitment and
admissions. St. Paul’s College currently has two full-time men
involved in recruitment. We are grateful to the Missouri
District Lutheran Women’s Missionary League forsupplying a
$15,000 grant to assist in the promotion and recruitment efforts
of the institution.

The administrative structure of the institution has been
revised, and the faculty has been reduced in order to effect an
economy of operation and maintain a viable program.

Faculty Changes

During the past biennium the following staff changes
occurred. Those leaving the staff were:

1979 1980)

Robert Hillemann Roberta Dennison
Randal C. Gast
Jan Heinitz
Neil Lohmeyer
Larry Luikart
Dr. Walter L. Rosin
Dale Schulz

Joining the staff were:
1979 1980

Randal C. Gast Dr. William R. Keel
Charles Parsley Jr.
Kevin Scherping
Suzann Schoen
Robert Senninger
Merrilee Sump

In the list of those leaving the staff, special note must be
given to the name of Dr. Walter Rosin. He served faithfully as
president from June 1971 through May 1980. The Synod once
again staked its claim on the presidential leadership of our
institution when Dr. Rosin accepted the call to serve as
executive secretary of the Board for Higher Education.

Board of Control

The Board of Control has provided positive and dedicated
Christian leadership. Present board members are Mr. Roger
Alewel, chairman; Mr. Lester Golz, secretary; Rev. Carl
Heilman, Rev. Clemens Mehl, Mr. Roger Eichler, and Mr.
Wayne Walquist. The Synod owes a debt of gratitude to these
men, who meet regularly and without compensation give of
their time and talents to direct the affairs of the institution.