LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 74

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74 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

curate accounts of all funds, goods, property, and assets re-
ceived and disbursed by the institution in accordance with
the system of accounting and business records prescribed by
the Board for Higher Education in consultation with the
Board of Directors. He shall deposit all funds in a bank or
banks designated by the Board of Control, prepare regular
financial reports to be transmitted to the Board of Control
through the president, submit his books, records, files, and
inventories for inspection and audit, under bonding for the
faithful performance of his duties.

b. The Board of Control is responsible for the supervision
and management of student affairs, of the finances and budg-
ets of student organizations, ventures, and services, and of
properties used or acquired by student enterprises and or-
ganizations. The policies governing each student organiza-
tion and its enterprises are to be submitted to the Board of
Control for its review and approval.

c. All surplus institutional funds above an adequate work-
ing balance shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the
Synod.

6.169 Teachers Colleges

Paragraph b was deleted, and paragraph c was
changed to b.

7.73 Functions

d. The Board for Young People’s Work shall make sug-
gestions to the Board for Higher Education for course work
and activity experience in youth work and leadership.

8.117 The Fund

a. The Church Extension Fund is a permanent fund from
which loans may be made to erect or purchase churches,
schools, parsonages, and teacherages or to acquire property
for new preaching places or congregations and, if approved
by the Board of Directors, to assist boards or agencies in
other areas of the Synod’s work to acquire land or to pur-
chase or erect improvements in conformity with the func-
tions and regulations of the Church Extension Fund and in
accord with synodical authorization.

8.119 Loans

a. Loans shall be granted at the discretion of the board
to incorporated Districts, whether subsidized or self-support-
ing, and to synodical boards and agencies for other areas of
our church program approved by the Board of Directors, in
conformity with the functions and regulations of the Church
Extension Fund.

13.15 Duties of Board

b. The Board of World Relief shall give assistance to con-
gregations or through them to their members, or to others in
dire emergencies or disaster situations resulting from floods,
famines, fires, earthquakes, wars, and related situations. As-
sistance may take the form of cash grants, loans without
interest, distribution of food, clothing, medical and other
supplies, or whatever other means best suit the need.

461 Requirements for Applicants with Partial Training

a. Applicants with partial training shall have completed
one full year of standard theological training to be consid-
ered eligible by the committee for admission to the program
of qualifying for the pastoral ministry by colloquy. Addi-
tional training shall be carried out under the guidance of
the committee.

459 Publication of Applicant’s Request

After the District President has furnished the Committee
on Colloquies with the required documents and the com-
mittee has assured itself that the applicant qualifies for the
colloquy program, the Committee on Colloquies shall pub-
lish the request of the applicant in the official publications of
the Synod. If no valid objection is filed within four weeks
after the notice of the application has been published, the
Committee on Colloquies shall proceed with the colloquy
program.

4.75 Committee on Colloquies -

a. Membership. The Committee on Colloquies for the
Teaching Ministry shall consist of a Vice-President of the
Synod and the. presidents of the synodical colleges offering
a bachelor degree in teacher education.

b. Functions. The Committee on Colloquies for the Teach-
ing Ministry shall —

1. direct the synodical activity in matters of colloquies
for the teaching ministry according to regulations adopted
by the Synod;

2. establish academic and theological standards for admis-
sion to the teaching ministry by colloquy. In the establish-
ment of these standards the committee shall consult the
faculties of the synodical colleges offering a bachelor degree
in teacher education;

3. approve for admission to the colloquy program for the
teaching ministry those applicants who meet the preliminary
requirements;

4. make a full report of its activities to every convention
of the Synod.

4.17 Academic and Theological Requirements
for the Colloquy

Applicants for the colloquy shall be expected to meet
the following academic and theological requirements before
their final colloquy examination:

a. A college program culminating in the bachelor degree;

b. The completion of certain required courses or their
equivalent in the areas of education, doctrine, Biblical inter-
pretation, church history, and practice to meet the academic
and theological standards established by the Committee on
Colloquies;

c. One year of successful teaching in a school within the
Synod prior to permanent placement in the church, or stu-
dent teaching under the supervision of a synodical college
offering a bachelor degree in teacher education;

d. Residence work for at least one full quarter, either
in the summer or during the school year, at a synodical col-
lege offering a bachelor degree in teacher education.

4.79 Procedures

a. Applications of men and women for admission into the
colloquy program shall be directed to one of the synodical
colleges offering a bachelor degree in teacher education.
The application shall be accompanied by the following docu-
ments:

1. An autobiographical statement setting forth clearly the
applicant’s background, religious affiliation, and training and
his reason for wishing to qualify for the teaching ministry
in the Synod;

2. Official transcripts of the applicant’s secondary and
collegiate training and a full description of noncredit aca-
demic work done by the applicant;

3. Whenever applicable, a recommendation from the Su-
perintendent of Schools or from the chairman of the Board
of Education of the District in which the applicant taught;

4. Testimonials as to Christian character and life, per-
sonality, ability, and previous service from the applicant’s
pastor, and two references from a previous employer or
people who have observed the applicant for at least two
recent years.

b. The college shall forward the application together with
all required documents to the following for their recommen-
dation: to the President of the synodical District in which
the applicant resides and to the individual members of the
Committee on Colloquies.

c. The college shall submit for publication in the official
publications of the Synod the requests for colloquies of all
persons whose applications have been approved by the Dis-
trict President and the Committee on Colloquies. If no valid
objection is filed within four weeks after the publication of
such notice, the colloquy procedure may continue.

d. The college shall appoint an adviser for the applicant
and an examining committee.

e. The adviser shall assist the applicant in arranging the
appropriate qualifying program and, when all requirements