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SEMINARY ISSUES 117

6.27 Election of Elective Members

a. The Committee for Convention Nominations
shall solicit names of suitable candidates for the
Board of Control of each educational institution of
the Synod and compile a list of candidates in ac-
cordance with the specific provisions of Section
2.141 and Sections 6.23 and 6.25 of the Bylaws of
the Synod.

This report shall contain pertinent information con-
cerning each candidate. such as age, occupation,
District affiliation, residence, and specific experi-
ence and qualifications for membership on the
Board of Control. The chairman of the Board for
Higher Education shall submit in person the report
of the Board for Higher Education acting as a
nominations committee for Boards of Control to the
convention in connection with the report of the
Committee for Convention Nominations (Section
2.145a). Additional candidates may be nominated
from the floor of the convention according to the
procedure outlined in Section 2.145 a.

t. Present 6,05 s.

6.27 Election of Elective Members

a. The Board for Higher Education shall solicit
names of suitable candidates for the Board of Con-
trol of each educational institution of the Synod
and compile a list of candidates in accordance with
the specific provisions of Sections 2.141, 6.05s, 6.23,
and 6.25 of the Bylaws. The local Board of Control
and Board of Directors of the synodical District in
which the institution is located shall be required
to propose suitable candidates to the Board for
Higher Education.

3-11A

To Recognize Reports of Board of Control
as Fulfillment of Resolution 2-28

Wuereas, The Synod administers its educational] insti-
tutions through their respective Boards of Control, which are
entrusted with the task of fostering and safeguarding the
Synod’s religious, academic, and financial interests in the in-
stitutions under their control (Handbook 6.21): and

Wuereas, The Board of Contro! of each institution is spe-
cifically given the task of making “certain that the work of
the institution entrusted to its care is carried on effectively,
in accordance with the theological and academic standards
of the Synod” (6.39); and

Wuereas, Res. 2-28 (Milwaukee, 1971) states “that the
Synod direct the Board of Control [of the St.Louis semi-
nary] to take appropriate action on the basis of the report”
of the Fact Finding Committee, and to “report progress di-
rectly to the President of the Synod and the Board for
Higher Education”; and

Wuereas, The same resolution states “that the President
of the Synod report to the Synod on the progress of the
Board of Control within one year"; and

Wuereas, The Board of Control] made its preliminary
progress report on time; and

Wuereas, The Report of the Synodical President. issued
on Sept. 1, 1972, was rendered on the basis of the prelimi-
nary report, before the Board of Contro] had completed its
full task of evaluation; and

Wuereas, The Report of the Synodical President con-
tained evaluations that go beyond the synodical directive to
him to report on the progress of the board and thus threat-
ens to subvert the board's constitutional jurisdiction in this
matter; therefore be it

Resolved, That we reaffirm that the primary supervision
has been given to the Board of Contro] by the Synod in the
investigation of Concordia Seminary; and be it further

Resolved, That we recognize the board reports. both pre-
liminary and final, as an exercise of its constitutionally as-
signed responsibility and as a fulfillment of Res. 2-28: and
be it finally

Resolved. That the Synod recognize the Report of the
Synodical President as his own personal evaluation of the
issues.

NortH REGION PASTORAL CONFERENCE
New Encianp DIstrRIcT
John Lemkul

Identical or Similar:

3-11B

Redeemer Lutheran Church, Oklahoma City, Okla. W.
Ewing, President; N. E, Kabelitz, Pastor.

3-11C

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Dix Hills, N.Y., Raymond
Yeadon, Secretary.

3-12

To Declare Faculty Statement Inadequate

Whereas, The Fact Finding Committee appointed by Dr.
J. A. O. Preus conducted a thorough interview of the mem-
bers of the faculty of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis to de-
termine whether charges of false doctrine being taught at
the seminary had any validity; and

Whereas, The Fact Finding Committee did discover and
report that there are serious deviations from many of the
truths of Scripture as they are upheld by the Scriptures and
the Lutheran Confessions. such as the inspiration and iner-
raney of Scripture. Creation, the authorship of Genesis and
Isaiah, the virgin birth of Christ. the facticity of miracles,
the immortality of man’s soul, Christ as the only way to
heaven, ete.; and

Whereas. Dr. Preus. as he was required to do by Synod,
reported these matters to the membership of Synod, and
asked that the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary
deal with the faculty members, commending or correcting
where such was in order: and

WHEREAS, The Council of Presidents interviewed and
asked that the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary deal
with the faculty members, commending or correcting where
such was in order: and

WHEREAS. The Council of Presidents interviewed and
asked the members of the faculty to explain their doctrinal
position in brief statements: and

Wuereas, The faculty responded in two parts. Part I con-
sisting of a joint statement and discussion of issues and
Part II consisting of Personal Confessions of Faith; and

Wuereas. The faculty response. particularly Part I. the
joint statement. is evasive. leaving more questions un-
answered than it answers; and

Wuereas. The Board of Control has stated that it has
found no evidence of false or unscriptural doctrines being
taught: and

WuereEas, The Board of Control has thereby either ignored
or overlooked evidences of false doctrine being taught, such