LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1973, Page 273

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HIGHER EDUCATION 273

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education in con-
sultation with the Board of Parish Education develop in-
formation gathering techniques for use by congregations and
Districts, and analyze the results as a basis for counsel to the
colleges and seminaries.

Facuity
ConcorpDia TEACHERS COLLEGE
River Forest, Il,

6-27

To Abolish Boards of Control for Synodical
Seminaries and to Administer Them
Through an Enlarged Board for Higher
Education

WHEREAS, The Report of the synodical President regard-
ing the false teaching currently offered at Concordia Semi-
nary, St. Louis, Mo.. clearly and conclusively has established
the inability or incompetence of the Board of Control of the
St. Louis seminarv to administer the affairs of the seminary
and to supervise it's faculty according to the resolutions of
Synod; and

Whereas, The theological education of the pastors of Syvn-
od. in complete accordance with the Biblical and confessional
interpretations made by the Synod in its recorded resolu-
tions concerning such theological interpretations and their
application for the educational institutions of Synod, is a
chief objective or aim in Synod’s ongoing endeavor to
achieve doctrinal unity: and

Wuereas, For the achievement of God-pleasing doctrinal
unity among its pastors and those who offer themselves as
candidates for the office of the public ministry, the most di-
rect supervision of the teaching and administration of the
seminaries is called for; and

Wuereas, Such supervision must be capable of making
decisions in accordance with the resolutions and mandates
of Synod and able to demand appropriate responses or ac-
tions by the teaching staffs of the seminaries: therefore be it

Resolved. That Synod. in convention assembled at New
Orleans, abolish Boards of Centrol for its synodical semi-
naries: and be it further

Resolved, That Synod assign all supervisory functions to
an enlarged Board for Higher Education. which shall include
the President as well as the Vice-Presidents of Synod as
voting members ex officio. and that the President of Synod,
or a Vice-President so designated by him, serve as chair-
man of the Board for Higher Education ex officio: and be it
finally

Resolved. That such an enlarged Board for Higher Edu-
cation shall assign the routine supervision of each seminary
to a subcommittee chosen from the membership of the Board
for Higher Education, with the provision that the President
of Synod assign two Vice-Presidents to serve on each of
such committees, and that the President of Synod shall al-
ways remain a voting member of such committees ex officio.

Curist LUTHERAN CHURCH
Coos Bay. Oreg.

Ed Schwartz. President
Gary Tonn. Secretary

6-28

To Emphasize Divinity of Call
to Presidencies

Whereas, The Synod places great academic and spiritual
responsibilities on the presidents of its colleges and semi-
naries in the program of educating the church's ministry:
and

Wuereas, The Synod has carefully formulated procedures
for electing and calling qualified candidates for this office in
conformity with the importance of the offices and with the
doctrinal considerations pertinent to the call into a minis-
terial office; and

WHEREAS, No procedure for the election and calling of

qualified presidents will result in blessings to the church or
in the realization of the Synod's objectives without the guid-
ance of Christ, the only Head of the church, or without will-
ingness on our part to be guided by the Holy Spirit; and

WHEREAS, The call to the presidency of a synodical col-
lege or seminary involves a spiritual dimension and a spir-
itual ministry which causes it to differ radically from an
election and appointment to the presidency of a secular col-
lege or university: therefore be it

Resolved, That we. as a Synod, emphasize strongly the
doctrine of the divinity of the call to the office of the holy
ministry also as it pertains to the calling of presidents of col-
leges and seminaries: and be it further

Resolved, That. in the matter of selecting a qualified man
of God as college or seminary president, we, as a Synod,
urge congregations, Boards of Control, faculty election com-
mittees. and our synodical officers to resist firmly all political
and personal considerations or pressures which are not con-
Sonant with the higher spiritual considerations of fulfilling
the divinely appointed objectives of the church and with
doing the will of God; and he it finally

Resolved, That we, as members of Synod, regard those
who have been duly elected and called to the office of presi-
dent as having been called by God for the welfare and edi-
fication of the church, cooperate with them as such, and re-
gard them highly in love for the sake of their ministry, so
that they may fulfill the responsibilities of their office, not
with bitterness and grief, but with joy and in the best in-
terest of the church,

FACULTY

Concorpia SENIOR COLLEGE
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Melvin L. Zilz, Secretary

6-29

To Endorse Present Procedures Used
in Selection of Institutional Presidents

Wuereas, The Synod has adopted and established prudent
policies and procedures for the selection of presidents for
its colleges and seminaries (cf. synodical Handbook Bylaws
6.101, 6.103, 6.107, 6.109, 6.113, 6.115, 6.117, 6.119, 6.121, and
6.123 [pp. 142—144]): and

WuereEas, Present policies and procedures provide the
faculty of a college or seminary with a voice in the selection
of a president because the Synod recognizes that the strength
of its colleges and seminaries depends on a positive and
constructive relationship between the faculty and the presi-
dent of a college or seminary: and

WHEREAS. Present policies and procedures provide the
Board of Control of a college or seminary with a vote in the
selection of a president because the Synod recognizes that
the strength of its colleges and seminaries depends on a
Board of Control's confidence in and support of its president;
and

WHEREAS. Present policies and procedures provide the
President of the District in which a college or seminary
is located with a vote in the selection of a president because
the Synod recognizes that the strength of its colleges and
seminaries depends on a positive and constructive relation-
ship between a college or seminary and the District in which
it is located: and

WHEREAS, Present policies and procedures provide the
Board for Higher Education with a vote in the selection of
a president because the Synod recognizes that the strength
of its colleges and seminaries depends on a coordinated and
constructive program of higher education within the Synod;
and

WHEREAS, Present policies and procedures provide the
President of Synod with a vote in the selection of a college
or seminary president because the Synod recognizes that the
strength of its colleges and seminaries depends on a positive
and constructive relationship between a college or seminary
and the Synod at large which supports the colleges and semi-
naries and looks to them for leadership and guidance, par-
ticularly in the person of a college or seminary president;
and