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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 331

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HIGHER EDUCATION 331

Whereas, Pastors and teachers, being compelled to
exercise theological criticism in their respective min-
istries, both within and outside the Lutheran Church,
must depend on sound personal scholarship and study;
and

WHEREAS, Pastors and teachers, who must also re-
spond to the need to offer social criticism and to be
a vital force for good in our church, community, and
nation, seek to define through study the applications
and implications of their theology for this society better
to prepare for their ministries in this era; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Districts of the Synod encourage
pastors and teachers periodically to return to formal
study in an academic community; and be it further

Resolved, That the individual congregations annually
be encouraged to budget funds to be used to assist
the pastors and teachers of the congregation to pursue
their study: and be it further

Resolved, That the Districts of the Synod offer assis-
tance to the individual parishes to obtain personnel to
carry on the duties of the pastors and teachers during
the time in which they are participating in this study:
and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod commend those congrega-
tions which have made such formal study possible for
their preachers and teachers.

FACULTY
ConcorDIA TEACHERS COLLEGE
River Forest, Ill.

(6-68)

To Grant Funds to Valparaiso University

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education was di-
rected by Resolution 13-15 of the New York convention
to study the feasibility of reimbursing Valparaiso Uni-
versity for each university student entering one of
the synodically approved ministries: and

Wuereas, Valparaiso University provides a unique
function in the training and education of the church's
youth so that its product is equipped for an effective
vocational and professional lay function in God's king-
dom and in some instances qualified to train for a synod-
ically approved ministry: and

Wuereas, For the above-named reason Valparaiso
University is deserving of every continued financial
support: and

Wuereas, Valparaiso University must look to the
church for an increasing measure of financial support
not only from the annual Valparaiso offering of the
congregations of the Synod but also from other revenue
which would meet ever-mounting costs of tuition and
fees: therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod not only continue to en-
courage the congregations in their annual offering but
also annually allocate a sum in the amount of at least
$100,000 from the special project section of the synodical
budget to Valparaiso University for the university's

program of financial assistance to deserving and worthy
students, and it thereby recognize its moral obligation
as a church body to support and subsidize not only those
young men and women who enter a synodically ap-
proved ministry but also those who are called and
trained for a lay vocation in God's kingdom.

Boarp FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

SAMUEL GOLTERMANN, Asst. Exec. Sec.

(6-69)

To Investigate Charges re Sensitivity Training

WHEREAS, Sensitivity Training is presently sweeping
the country under many forms: and

Wuereas, Sensitivity Training has been used in at
least one preparatory school and District: and

WHEREAS, Sensitivity Training is psycho-cybernetics
or commonly called “brainwashing”: and

Wuereas, It is a definite attack on the morals of each
person: and

Wuereas, In one school and District the organiza-
tion known as Parnassus Institute is the founder and
supporter of the infamous San Francisco Mime Troupe;
and

WHEREAS, Offerings given to Christ are in reality pro-
moting hard-core pornography: therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education and
the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church — Mis-
souri Synod conduct a full-scale investigation and take
appropriate action; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education and
the Board of Directors be empowered in this instance
to withhold funds from subsidized Districts who persist
in using funds in this manner.

MEssiaH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Citrus Heights, Calif.

Rev. R. C. Mack. Pastor

RICHARD SUTTON, President
(6-70)

To Study Changes Required to Qualify
for Federal and State Aid

The faculty of Concordia Junior College. Bronxville,
N. Y., recommends that the Synod authorize a study of
the changes required in the relationship of the Synod
to its colleges and in their control and operation in or-
der to meet the qualifications for federal and state aid.

We note that:

1. Federal and state aid in higher education to pub-
lic and to private, independent institutions is now a mat-
ter of well-established policy in our country.

2. The Synod’s undergraduate colleges do not qualify
generally for federal and state aid.

3. Present limitations lie in various areas: owner-
ship. control and governance, purposes, and policies.

4. With rising educational costs—and there is no
end in sight — the difficulty of meeting capital-project