LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1967, Page 132

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132 HIGHER EDUCATION

needs of these students may have to be met; and be it
further

Resolved, That this convention affirm that it recog-
nizes the relationship between recruitment of Negro
teen-agers and their employment by the church as a
part of a truly integrated ministry.

Action: Adopted as amended.
(Amended by addition of second Resolved.)

To Plan for Continuing Education
RESOLUTION 6-25
Report 6-01 Il, B, 1, e (CW, p. 152)

Resolved, That the responsibility for continuing edu-
cation for the professional personnel of the church con-
tinue to be centered in the educational institutions of
the church; and be it further

Resolved, That efforts be made at all of the schools
to engage in this endeavor; and be it further

Resolved, That the emphasis be on academically re-
spectable work with a sound theological core; and be it
finally

Resolved, That the Council of Presidents encourage
continuing education and that the congregations be
asked to cooperate in developing provisions for regular
educational leaves (of varying duration) for all pastors
and teachers.

Action: Adopted.

To Recruit for Church Vocations
RESOLUTION 6-26
Report 6-01 II, B, 1, e, 2 (CW, p. 152)

Resolved, That the Synod urge all pastors, teachers,
other church workers, congregations, and District re-
cruitment committees to evaluate again the effectiveness
of their past recruitment efforts in terms of the various
ministries; and be it further

Resolved, That all individuals and agencies involved
in recruitment be urged to assume an even more active
role in the general recruitment task and to develop pro-
grams which seek, even more specifically than in the
past, to recruit especially the highly talented (in the
several senses of the term) and pastoral students; and
be it further

Resolved, That increased emphasis be given to the
recruitment of qualified men for training for the pastoral
ministry from among the college students now attending
nonsynodical schools; and be it finally

Resolved, That the administrators and staff members
at the community Lutheran high schools and Lutheran
parochial schools be encouraged to intensify efforts to
recruit especially pastoral students.

Action: Adopted as amended.

(Amended by insertion of “and Lutheran parochial
schools” in final Resolved.)

To Plan Programs of Training
in Synodical Schools
RESOLUTION 6-27
Report 6-01 I, B, 1, e, 4 (CW, p. 153)
Overture 6-59 (CW, p. 219)

Resolved, That the programs for all church-work
students at the junior college level remain oriented
toward concentrating on the necessary general education
courses and that consequently the differentiation of stu-
dents by professional classification be minimized at these
levels; and be it further

Resolved, That vigorous efforts be continued toward
articulation in the teacher education program between
the junior and senior colleges in the interest of reducing
transfer problems for students to an absolute minimum;
and be it finally

Resolved, That the programs of preparation for min-
istries other than the pastoral and teaching ministries
(specifically the parish worker, deaconess, and Lutheran
Lay Training Institute programs) be subject to a sympa-
thetic but critical evaluation by the Board for Higher
Education and the officials at the schools especially in-
volved, and that a report and recommendation be made
to the Synod at the 1969 convention.

Action: Adopted.

To Give Financial Support to College
and Seminary Faculties
RESOLUTION 6-28
Report 6-01 II, B, 3 (CW, p. 152)

Resolved, That in the interest of adequate staffing
and in order to maintain vital faculty morale, faculty
and staff salaries be raised to a level more nearly ap-
proaching the standards of other American church-
related institutions of higher education; and be it further

Resolved, That the provision of funds for advanced
study by present faculty members and for the profes-
sional preparation of potential faculty members be con-
sidered a legitimate cost of faculty development and that
adequate appropriations be made from the budget.

Action: Adopted as given above.

(An amendment to strike “a level more nearly approach~
ing” failed to carry.) ‘
To Give Direction re the Southeast
and Edmonton
RESOLUTION 6-29

Report 6-01 I, B, 1, b (CW, p. 150)

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education con-
tinue to plan for the eventual establishment of a junior
college in the Southeast when the enrollment potential
of professional students makes it feasible; and be it fur-
ther