LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 76

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76 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

requested to restudy the question of the relationship
between tenure and rank on the faculties of synodical
schools.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Listing Prospective Instructors
RESOLUTION 1-11
Memorial 147, p. 89, Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That the members of the Synod be re-
minded of their privilege and responsibility to call the
attention of the Board for Higher Education and the
synodical college and seminary presidents to the names
of men and women who are particularly well suited for
service in the Synod’s colleges and seminaries; and be it
further

Resolved, That we reaffirm Resolution 4 of Floor
Committee '1 of the 1953 convention. (Proceedings,
1953, pp. 219, 220)

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Nore: Resolution 4 of Floor Committee 1 of the 1953
convention reads as follows:

Wuereas, It is of vital importance that those who teach
in our institutions should not only be well qualified aca-
demically, but also should be men of practical experience
in the work of the Church and dedicated to the task of
Christ-centered teaching; and

Wueneas, The need for a larger number of such. well-
qualified men at our institutions is constantly increasing
as our system of higher education is being expanded; and

Wuenreas, Every effort should be made to discover such
well-qualified men in order that this talent which God
has given to the Church may be used as the opportunity
presents itself; therefore be it

Resolved, That we accept the recommendations of our .

Board for. Higher Education “That Synod’s Board for
‘Higher Education be directed to prepare general nomina-
tions forms and to send them to every pastor and to every
congregation in Synod at appropriate intervals. Each
mailing of these forms shall be accompanied by an invita-
tion to nominate candidates for listing in the Board’s file
of personal and academic data on potential faculty per-
sonnel for Synod’s colleges and seminaries. A statement
defining the purposes of Synod’s schools and describing
the general characteristics for successful work on these
staffs shall also be included in the mailing.”

Revision of Requirements of the Theological
Department of Concordia Seminary,
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil, America do Sul
RESOLUTION 1-12

Report 118, pp. 40, 41, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Lack of manpower in Brazil and future
stipulations of the Theological Association make it desir-
able to eliminate the vicarage requirement and to sub-
stitute an additional year of study in the program of
ministerial training; therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention grant the request of
the Board of Control of the Theological Department of
Concordia Seminary, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil, upon receiving the concurrence of the Brazil Dis-

trict, to eliminate the present vicarage requirements in
the ministerial training program but to retain required
field work during the school years and especially dur-
ing summer vacations and to substitute for the vicarage
requirements another year of studies in the program.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Sixth Professorship at Porto Alegre
RESOLUTION 1-13

Report 118, p.41, Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That the Synod grant the Board of Control
of the Theological Department of Concordia Seminary,
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, America do
Sul, permission to call a sixth full-time professor in
accordance with the established procedures.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Crespo Property
RESOLUTION 1-14
Memorial 166, p. 96, Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod grant permission to its Argentine District to use
the Crespo property with its buildings for purposes of
higher education; and be it further

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod relinquish all rights and claims to said property
and buildings to the Argentine District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod, since the property and the
buildings were originally acquired and donated by our
Argentinian Lutherans.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Preparatory School at Obera,
Misiones, Argentina
RESOLUTION 1-15
Report 116, pp. 38, 39, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Argentine District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod operates a Concordia Lu-
theran College at Obera, Misiones; and

Wuereas, It is possible for Concordia students to en-
roll at the state college at Obera, where they can earn
the credits required by the state for a scholastic de-
gree; and

Wuereas, The students from Concordia can currently
earn additional credits at Concordia College for admis-
sion to our Concordia Seminary at Villa Ballester, a
suburb of Buenos Aires; and

Wuereas, The Argentine District, with the approval
of its Board for Higher Education, the college faculty,
and the Board of Control of Obera, has already sanc-
tioned this procedure; and

Wuereas, The Argentine District desires the approval
of the Synod, which provides 50 percent of the operat-
ing expense (about $3,000 for 1962); therefore be it