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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1973, Page 281

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HIGHER EDUCATION 281

WuereaS, The aforementioned resolution failed to give
specific approval to the program of ministerial training that
had been proposed, thus taking incomplete action (cf. Work-
book, 1971, p. 285); and

Whereas, To date no chair has been established on the
basis of Resolution 6-20, interim arrangements only having
been effected; and

WuereaS, The Lutheran Seminary at Saskatoon is jointly
owned and operated by The Lutheran Church in America -——
Canada Section and by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Canada; and

WuereEas, The LCMS is not in fellowship with the LCA —
Canada Section; and

Wuereas, The mere establishment of a theological chair
(one man on a theological faculty) gives no control over
the doctrine taught at the aforementioned seminary; and

WuereaS, Many of the Canadian brethren in the LCMS
have expressed grave concern over this arrangement; and

Whereas, This arrangement constitutes a dangerous prec-
edent for the LCMS in terms of delegating away the theo-
logical training of its future ministers to others and thereby
surrendering effective control; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the LCMS restudy Resolution 6-20 of the
1971 convention and the arrangement with the Lutheran
Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, as well as alternative
courses of action; and be it further

Resolved, That this study be conducted by the President
of the Synod, the presidents of the three Canadian Districts
of the LCMS, three persons from the CTCR designated by
its executive secretary, and by two persons designated by
the chairman of the Board for Higher Education; and be it
urther

Resolved, That the results of this study and the considera-
tion of alternate possibilities for training Canadian theologi-
cal students be presented to the 1975 convention of the
LCMS; and be it finally

Resolved, That in the interim that chair of theology au-
thorized by Resolution 6-20 at Milwaukee remain unfilled
and our Canadian theological students be asked to continue
their education at a LCMS seminary.

Boarp oF DIRECTORS
OnTaRio DIsTRICT

Albin J. Stanfel, President
Harold R. Patzer, Secretary

To Provide Bylaws for Receiving
Saskatoon Graduates into Ministry

Wuereas, Milwaukee Resolution 6-22 authorized the es-
tablishment of a chair of theology at Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but did not specify the
status of graduates from this seminary with regard to en-
trance into the ministry of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod in the Canadian District; therefore be it

Resolved, That St. Luke Lutheran Church. Ottawa, On-
tario, memorialize The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
to enact a proper Bylaw to cover the graduates of this pro-
gram of ministerial training for reception into the ministry

of the Synod. St. LuKeE LuTHERAN CHURCH

Ottawa, Ontario
H. Thornton, Chairman

6-58

To Adopt Bylaws for Canadian Theological
Program (Saskatoon)

In response to the ruling of the Commission on Constitu-
tional Matters that additional actions and corresponding
Bylaws are needed to implement what was intended through
the adoption of Milwaukee Resolution 6-20, the Board for
Higher Education recommends the adoption of the following
proposed Bylaw concerning synodical involvement with Lu-
theran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon.

6.171 Canadian Theological Program (Saskatoon)

a. The Board for Higher Education may ap-
point a person to the faculty of Lutheran Theo-
logical Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can-
ada, to serve as a professor of theology and ad-
visor to students who desire to enter the pastoral
ministry of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod.

b. This appointment shall require the approval
of the President of the Synod and the president
of the seminary.

c. The term of the appointment and the condi-
tions of service, including compensation, shall be
established by the Board for Higher Education in
consultation with the president of the seminary.

d. The ranking of the incumbent and his aca-
demic assignments shall be determined by the
governing board of the seminary in consultation
with the Board for Higher Education.

e. Students enrolled at Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,
who desire to enter the pastoral ministry of the
Synod shall from the time of enrollment seek the
guidance of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod member of the faculty chosen or designated
by the Board for Higher Education to fill the chair
established by the 1971 synodical convention.

f. In order to receive an internship assignment
in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, a stu-
dent at this seminary shall

1. be certified by the faculty of the seminary as
academically qualified;

2. be examined and found qualified for synodical
placement in a Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
congregation by a Board of Examiners consisting
of the Presidents of the Canadian Districts of the
Synod and the designated synodical member of
the faculty; and

3. be recommended by the synodical professor
to the Council of Presidents, acting as the Board
of Assignment.

g. To be accepted into the pastoral ministry of
the Synod and to receive placement, a candidate
shall, similarly,

1. be certified by the faculty of the seminary
as academically qualified,

2. be examined and found qualified by the same
examining board as defined in the above paragraph,
and

3. be recommended by the synodical professor
to the Council of Presidents acting as the Board of
Assignment.

BoarD FoR HIGHER EDUCATION
Arthur M. Ahlschwede, Executive Secretary

6-59

To Provide Training for Black Leadership

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod is in
need of black leadership at all levels of the congregations,
Districts, and Synods; and

Whereas, Pastor William Griffen and Albert Pero have
issued a memorandum,®* dated Oct. 2, 1972, pinpointing some
of the problems in developing more black leadership within
the LCMS and calling “for an overall plan for recruiting
black young people for church vocations” and calling for
curriculum changes and a study of policies in the synodical
educational system toward preparing blacks and whites
more effectively for their ministry; and

Whereas, The faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
has agreed with the basic content of the Griffen-Pero memo-
randum and has urged the Board for Higher Education “to
arrange for further study of the various aspects of education
for blacks in the Synod’s schools for higher education”;
therefore be it