LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 172

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172 UNPRINTED MEMORIALS

comfort of the Gospel of Christ to the loss of their
eternal salvation; and

Wouereas, Every expenditure of funds which does
not directly serve the preaching of the Gospel to mil-
lions who have never heard of Christ should be elimi-
nated; and

Wuereas, There are those who through their activity
in the School for Graduate Studies have confused and
confounded and caused the work of the church to suf-
fer; and

Wuereas, The School for Graduate Studies is not
vital nor necessary to the direct preaching of the Gospel
to the lost; and

Wuereas, It is the duty of the church to make the
best possible use of every dollar entrusted to it in the
direct work of Gospel preaching; therefore be it

Resolved, To discontinue the School for Graduate
Studies beginning with the period of September 1962;
and be it further

Resolved, That this school not be opened again until
such a time as the church has available such a surplus
of funds as will make this easily possible and not detri-
mental to the primary function of the church, the
preaching of the Gospel to heathen everywhere.

Pauu M. LEHENBAUER, Deshler, Ohio

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To Request Board for Higher Education
to Initiate a Study of Interrelationships
of the Various Training Programs, etc.

Wuereas, The increasing need for professional work-
ers in the church has led not only to the training of
pastors and teachers but also to the establishment of
programs for the training of deaconesses and other
church workers by auxiliary organizations of the
church, as well as by the Synod itself; and

Wuereas, There is need for the clear definition of
the purposes and functions of each of the training pro-
grams in the Synod for deaconesses and other church
workers other than pastors and teachers, as well as the
interrelationships of these auxiliary training programs
and fields of service; therefore be it

Resolved, That the convention of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod convening in Cleveland
20 to 30 June, 1962, request the Board for Higher Edu-
cation to initiate a study of the interrelationships of
the various training programs and fields of service in
the Synod for deaconesses and other church workers
other than pastors and teachers, with the view toward
clearly defining their purposes and functions as well
as their interrelationships and recommending ways and
means to avoid as much as possible the duplication of
purposes and efforts.

THE Boarp oF DIRECTORS
LUTHERAN DEACONESS ASSOCIATION

Rosert V. ScHNABEL, Secretary

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To Appoint Study Commission for
Lutheran Lay Higher Education

Wuereas, It has become increasingly apparent that
the existing facilities for Lutheran lay higher educa-
tion within the Synod cannot meet adequately the need
for higher education for the laity of our church; and

Wuereas, According to a survey of seventeen (17)
eastern states, recently conducted under the joint
auspices of Valparaiso University and Concordia,
Bronxville, interest in, and desire for, increased facilities
are apparent for the youth of our church seeking higher
education under Lutheran auspices; and

Wuereas, Comparatively few college students in the
Synod preparing for professions other than church serv-
ice are enrolled in our own Lutheran colleges and uni-
versities; and

Wuereas, Local groups are becoming interested in
establishing Lutheran colleges and such ventures may
suffer from inadequate planning if not coordinated
throughout the church; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod authorize the President of
the Synod, the Executive Director of the Synod, and
the Executive Secretary of the Board for Higher Edu-
cation to appoint a STUDY COMMISSION FOR LU-
THERAN LAY HIGHER EDUCATION:

1) to study the long-range needs throughout the
Synod in the United States and Canada for such educa-
tion and the most suitable ways and means to provide it;

2) to consult the District officials, pastors, and lay
people in various sections of the country regarding this
problem, and especially the Lutheran University Asso~
ciation;

3) to report its findings to the next synodical con-

vention.
COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF

VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY; CONCORDIA
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, BRONXVILLE;
LUTHERLAND, INcC.; ATLANTIC, EASTERN;
ENGLISH, SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICTS

O. P. KrRETZMANN

ALBERT E. MEYER

Karu GRAESSER

RupotpH P. F. RESSMEYER, Secretary

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To Direct Teachers of Sciences in the Synod’s
Educational Institutions to Instruct Students
Regarding Destructive Character of
Communist Ideology, etc.

Wuereas, The Iowa District East of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod in convention assembled at

Hubbard, Iowa, August 14—17, 1961, unanimously
adopted a similar resolution; and

Wuereas, Communism is known to be militantly op-
posed to Christianity and subversive of principles upon