LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2010, Page 197

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Seminary and University Education
Resolved, That the 2010 LCMS convention commend the Creation Research Society and express agreement with its statement of
belief; and be it further
Resolved, That the 2010 LCMS convention declare that all of the
professors in LCMS colleges and seminaries must teach that evolution is contrary to the Bible and true science and that God created
the world in six 24-hour days and not millions or billions of years;
and be it further
Resolved, that the LCMS thank CPH for publishing In Search of
the Genesis World—Debunking the Evolution Myth and Dr. Erich
von Fange for his decades-long defense of creation and opposition
to evolution; and be it further
Resolved, that the 2010 convention ask all science teachers in the
LCMS to promote the work of the Creation Research Society and
Answers in Genesis; and be it finally
Resolved, that the 2010 convention recommend that members of
the LCMS consider visiting the Creation Museum.
The entire letter was published in the September 8, 2009,
Christian News.
2
Lutheran Study Bible was reviewed in the March 23, 2009,
Christian News.
3
Storms over Genesis was reviewed in the September 7, 2009,
Christian News.
4
The August 4 & 11, 2008, Christian News on creation and
evolution featured the Creation Museum.
Trinity
New Haven, MO
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To Provide Deaconess Colloquy at Seminaries
Whereas, The LCMS Board for Human Care Ministries is encouraging more LCMS church workers to serve in the specialized pastoral
ministries of institutional chaplaincy, pastoral counseling, and supervision of specialized pastoral ministry training programs; and
Whereas, To become a certified member of professional pastoral
care organizations, a person must have current ecclesiastical endorsement from their church body and have completed a graduate-level
theological degree; and
Whereas, Deaconesses who serve in specialized pastoral
ministries such as hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, prisons, congregational counseling centers, and LCMS Recognized Service
Organizations need this ecclesiastical endorsement and professional
certification; and
Whereas, The Synod has a deaconess colloquy program to prepare non-Synod-trained deaconesses for Synod certification at the
under-graduate level; and
Whereas, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne and
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis train deaconesses at the level of
Master’s Degree, needed for professional certification; therefore be it
Resolved, That the LCMS deaconess colloquy process additionally be offered at the Synod’s seminaries so that deaconesses with
graduate-level degrees can go through the process at the seminaries.
Circuits 20, 21, 30
Texas District

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To Revise Bylaw 3.8.3.5 re Commissioned
Ministry Colloquy
Rationale:
It is proposed that the bylaw on commissioned minister colloquy
should be revised to achieve three purposes.
1. Replacing the two college presidents with a representative from
CUEnet and two faculty members will bring the committee
membership into closer contact with the actual students and
their instructional program.
2. Specifying two-year terms of service for committee members
brings the committee into alignment with the proposed fouryear convention cycle (two years will be an appropriate
rotation of faculty members).
3. Specifying that the program policies and procedures are to be
maintained by the committee and publicized by the Concordia
University System places the responsibility upon the entities
that manage the program and deliver the instruction.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaws 3.8.3.5.1–3.8.3.5.10.1 be revised to read:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.8.3.5.1 The Colloquy Committee for Commissioned Ministry shall
consist of the First Vice-President of the Synod, the executive director
of the Board for University Education, and two college/university presidents. The President of the Synod shall appoint the vice-president of the
Synod and the two college/university presidents serving on the committee. the president of Concordia University System or a representative ,
a representative from CUEnet, and two Concordia University System
faculty : one member of a theology department and one member of an
education department, appointed to two- year terms by the president of
the Concordia University System. The First Vice-President appointed
by the President shall be the chairman of the committee.
(a) The committee shall direct the Synod activity in matters of colloquies for commissioned ministries.
(b) The committee shall also establish and monitor academic and theological standards for each of the colloquy programs. The procedures
and standards shall be documented by the Concordia University
System and made available through its publications.
(c) The committee shall consult the directors of the various programs
offering colloquy at the Synod’s colleges and universities when establishing or reviewing the standards, application and curriculum
requirements, and procedures.
(d) The committee , in its sole discretion, shall decide whether an objection to a colloquy candidate is valid.
(c) (e) The committee shall render a report on commissioned-minister
colloquy activities to each convention of the Synod.
Application and Certification
3.8.3.5.2 Each individual college or university shall be responsible
for acting upon applications and for establishing a prescribed program
of study (including the requisite courses in theology) for each person
admitted.
(a) Each of the Synod’s colleges and universities shall have a colloquy
examining committee.
(b) The institution’s president shall appoint the committee, and it shall
include the directors of the commissioned-ministry programs.
3.8.3.5.2.1 Persons seeking membership in the Synod through a colloquy program for commissioned ministry shall submit an application
to one of the Concordia campuses offering the desired colloquy program
or to Concordia University Education Network (CUEnet) when applicable. Determination of the applicant’s eligibility to begin a course of
study shall rest with each institution and/or with CUEnet. The student

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