LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 186

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186 RESOLUTIONS

cases if the unanimous consent of the electors is
given.

Action: Adopted (5).

To Revise Provisions for Retirement
of Faculty Members

RESOLUTION 6-13A
Overtures 6-56, 6-64, (CW, p. 269, 271)

WHEREAS, Bylaws relating to the retirement of
faculty members require modification to meet the
changing needs of the church as well as changing
federal requirements; and

WHEREAS, The present Bylaws relating to retirement
of faculty members do not meet these changing needs
and requirements; and

WHEREAS, The Synod in convention in St. Louis,
1979 (Res. 4-05A), directed the Board for Higher Educa-
tion to “review the Bylaws applicable to colleges and
seminaries and propose to the 1981 convention neces-
sary Bylaw changes to meet the current personnel needs
of the Synod’s system of higher education keeping in
mind Bylaw 2.105, Federal requirements, and general
trends in higher education”; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 6.82 e and f, Modified Service
and Retirement, be changed to read as follows:

PRESENT WORDING

6.82 Modified Service and Retirement

e. Faculty members may be honorably retired or
transferred to modified service by action of the Board
of Control at the age of 65 or any year thereafter and
shall be retired at the age of 75.

f. Service loads and conditions of service after age
65 shall be modified according toindividual capacity
and shall be determined by the Board of Control.

PROPOSED WORDING

6.82 Modified Service and Retirement

e. Faculty members may request early retirement
under the applicable provisions of the Concordia
Retirement Plan but shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment on other than a call basis at the end of the
academic year in which their 70th birthday occurs.
Reappointment shall be for one academic year until
age 75, at which time retirement shall be mandatory.

f. Service loads and conditions of service between
the ages of 70 and retirement shall be determined by
the Board of Control.

Action: Adopted (5).

To Establish Placement Procedures
for Teacher Candidates

RESOLUTION 6-14
Overture L6-73, Appendix IV (CW, pp. 411—412)
Resolved, That the document: “Procedures for the
Calling and Otherwise Engaging of Personnel into the
Educational Ministries of The Lutheran Church—

Missouri Synod” be adopted as amended by the con-
vention floor committee.

Board of Assignments
Response to 1979 Resolution 6-14A

At its 1979 convention, the Synod requested the Board of
Assignments to review its placement procedures for teacher
candidates and to report to the 1981 convention. The Board of
Assignments has reviewed these procedures in consultation
with the placement directors of the colleges and presents the
following report in response to the resolution of the Synod.

Procedures for the Calling
and Otherwise Engaging of Personnel
Into the Educational Ministries
of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Introduction

A strong and complete system of Lutheran education
requires an effective utilization and constant supply of
educators knowledgeable in their profession, committed
to discipleship, and dedicated to the cause of Christian
education. God has led The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod wisely to maintain its own educational institu-
tions in order to provide and train such personnel forits
mission fields, parishes, and schools. Many nonsynod-
ically educated persons have also made great contri-
butions to the cause of Lutheran education.

Congregations and other calling bodies operate their
educational ministries autonomously, and so they make
their own decisions concerning equipment, facilities,
budgets, policies, and day-to-day operation. They also
call or otherwise engage their own teachers, ministers of
Christian education, and other staff personnel.

Definitions

The educational ministries include positions in early
childhood, elementary, secondary, or college teaching,
school administration, director or minister of Christian
education, mission education, and other special min-
istries. The educational ministries are contrasted with ©
the pastoral or preaching ministries.

A calling body may bea single congregation, a group
of congregations, a church agency, asynodical board, a
District board, or any other group which has therightto. -
extend a solemn call or to otherwise engage a person.

A solemn call is an official request, offer, or agree-
ment extended by a calling body in the name of the,
triune God to a person eligible to receive such a call into.
an educational ministry of the LCMS. Offers extended
to such eligible persons but erroneously referred to a
“appointments” or “contracts” are also to be considered :
calls. A call may be for a limited period of ti
(nontenured) or unlimited (tenured). A solemn call is.
also referred to as a divine call. Official synodical call.
documents are available from most District offices and
Concordia Publishing House. Do not use locally de.
signed documents. Calls may be changed or terminated
for valid reasons. ;

Eligibility to receive a solemn call requires the.
completion of graduation or colloquy requirements at 2
synodical teachers college and approval for ministry by
its faculty. Men and women educators who are eligible’.
to receive calls should not be otherwise engaged.