LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 258

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258 HIGHER EDUCATION

6-25A

To Establish “Shared Seminary”
in Saskatoon

WHEREAS, It is of vital interest to the churches that her
pastors receive thorough training that is Scripturally
grounded; and

WHEREAS, The Manitoba and Saskatchewan District in
convention assembled, May 1—4, 1980, resolved to seek

. . . @ New permanent, independent and parallel seminary in

Saskatoon, sharing facilities with the Lutheran Theological Semi-

nary but having its own Board of Control to oversee every aspect of

theological training:
and

WHEREAS, In response to this resolution, a task force was set
up to work on a “Project Design” with this concept in mind; and

WHEREAS, The task force has given sound directions on
which we can proceed; therefore be it
_ Resolved, That the appended ‘Project Design” be approved
in principle; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be in-
structed to make the necessary arrangements to implement the
proposed plan.
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Winnipeg, Man.
Ken Burron, President
Marilyn Doering, Secretary

The document “Project Design” has been submitted to the
floor committee.)

Identical or similar:

6-25B to 6-251

St. Mark’s, Choiceland, Sask. K. Holmen
Good Shepherd, Regina, Sask. Ronald Fink
St. Paul’s, Saskatoon, Sask. Lowell Guebert

Mount Calvary, Maple Creek, and

Trinity, Fox Valley, Sask. Donald Jessop

Redeemer, Sarnia, Ont. Peter McPhail
St. John, Frobisher, Sask. Kuno Freitag
Redeemer, Prince Albert, Sask. Alan D. Dick

The Lutheran Church of Unity, Unity, Sask. John R. Nielsen

6-26A

To Approve New Parallel Seminary
in Saskatoon

WHEREAS, There is an ongoing need for the theological
training of pastoral candidates in Canada; and

WHEREAS, In eastern Canada the Ontario District has a
seminary training program; and
_ WHEREAS, In western Canada a seminary training program
is necessary; and

WHEREAS, The Synod resolved in 1979 that the Canadian
Districts implement a definite plan for the satisfactory and
permanent arrangement for the education of pastoral candi-
ates in western Canada priortothe 1981 convention; therefore

elt

Resolved, That the ‘Project Design for Saskatoon Semi-
nary” be approved as the basis for a new, permanent,

independent, and parallel seminary at Saskatoon; and be it
further

Resolved, That the implementation of this new seminary
project begin immediately after approval by the Synod so that
there will not be a loss of students; and be it finally

Resolved, That the costs of maintaining this seminary
program be borne by the budgets of the Manitoba and
Saskatchewan and Alberta and British Columbia Districts.

Faith Lutheran Church
Saskatoon, Sask.

Alvin Miller, President
Otto Frank, Secretary

Identical or similar:
6-26B to 6-26G

Mount Olive, Regina, Sask. A. I. Maasier
Redeemer, Regina, Sask. Lloyd Dressler
St. Peter’s, Edmonton, Alta. A. E. Sten
Emmaus, Drayton Valley, Alta. E A. Eckert
Christ Markerville, Alta. Terry Lutz
Trinity, Wilkie, Sask. John Nielson

6-27

To Phase Out a Separate Seminary
at St. Catharines, Ont.

WHEREAS, Only 3 percent of the communicant members of
the Synod’s North American Districts reside in the three
Canadian Districts of the Synod; and

WHEREAS, Operating a separate seminary in Canada is the
equivalent of the U.S. Districts of the Synod attempting to
operate 31 separate seminaries in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The seminary at St. Catharines from its inception
was never designed to serve the interests of our church in all of
Canada but was shaped by the Ontario District alone, without
formal consultation with any congregations or church leaders
in the four western provinces of Canada; and

WHEREAS, Further investment at St. Catharines will lock
the Canadian Districts into an expensive and wasteful plan
which squanders the resources of the members of the Synod in
Canada and hinders our participation in world missions and
home missions because of its large financial costs; and

WHEREAS, Far superior alternatives to operating a separate
seminary in Canada are available, such as the popular project
design for a “new, permanent, independent and parallel
seminary at Saskatoon”; and

WHEREAS, This project design provides that our own
professors will give Scripturally correct and doctrinally sound
training to our own ministerial students while also allowing
these professors the opportunity to share this excellent teach-
ing with ministerial students of our sister synods who desire to
take their classes; and

WHEREAS, Inter-Lutheran seminaries function well in other
Commonwealth countries such as Australia, and are able to
operate without financial support from the Synod; and

WHEREAS, A similar inter-Lutheran plan for seminary
training in Canada is proportionate to our needs and makes
the best use of our resources, assuring continued participation
in world missions and home mission development, without
draining off financial resources of the Synod at large; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod in convention give its guidance
concerning the future direction of seminary training in Canada
by declining the plan to operate a separate seminary at St.
Catharines; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod urge the Canadian Districts to
formulate a suitable plan for seminary training in Canada,
within the limits of indigenous support; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod make temporary provision for
continuation of seminary training in both eastern and western
Canada until a unified plan for seminary training for all of
Canada is agreed upon by the Canadian Districts.

Redeemer Lutheran Church
Regina, Sask.
Lloyd Dressler, President

6-28A

To Carry Out Saskatoon Resolution

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in its
cotivention at St. Louis in 1979, Res. 6-04A, decided to phase out
the involvement of our students at the Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, beginning with the
1981-82 academic year; and