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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 329

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HIGHER EDUCATION 329

same faculty that taught thousands of pastors presently on the
clergy roster of the Synod; and

WHEREAS, We are convinced that the ordination of called
Seminex graduates is valid and proper in every way and that
their ministry is true and valid; therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod recognize Concordia Seminary-
in-Exile, sometimes known as Seminex, as a bona fide, legitimate
seminary for training pastors and professors for service in our
Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That all graduates of Concordia Seminary-in-Exile,
sometimes known as Seminex, be included on the clergy roster
of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod without prejudice.

Saint Thomas Lutheran Church
Central Nyack, N. Y.

Robert M. Brueckner, Pastor
John Schnitta, President

Edith Houk, Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-34B

St. Michael’s, La Grange Park, III. W. Bakewicz

6-35A

To Recognize Seminary-in-Exile

WHEREAS, Little has been done to constructively resolve
the seminary question; and

WHEREAS, A serious lack of Christian love and patience has
repeatedly been evidenced in efforts to reconcile the differ-
ences between the Seminex community and the Board of
Control; and

WHEREAS, Seminary-in-Exile has been recognized as a
qualified, reputable seminary by accreditation as an associate
member of the Association of Theological Schools; and

WHEREAS, Several District Presidents and individual con-
gregations have responded in Christian conscience and concern
to what they have considered an unjust synodical policy pro-
hibiting placement of Seminex graduates and vicars, by using
Seminex vicars and by calling and ordaining Seminex graduates
into active service to God and His church; and

WHEREAS, The faculty and student body of Seminary-in-
Exile acted out of Christian conviction in response to the ac-
tions taken by the Board of Control and the positions of the
President of the Synod toward them while they were yet part
of Concordia Seminary; and

WHEREAS, The faculty and student body of Seminary-in-
Exile have never been convicted of heresy: and

WHEREAS, The Christians of the Seminex community have
remained steadfast in their love and duty to the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and its demands for love among all people and especially
among fellow Christians; therefore be it

Resolved, That this Synod in this convention either effect
the reintegration of the students and faculty of Seminary-in-
Exile into Concordia Seminary or recognize Seminary-in-Exile
as an accepted institution of the Synod: and be it further

Resolved. That Seminary-in-Exile students be placed in
vicarages throughout the Synod and that graduates be ordained
and allowed to accept calls from any congregation in the Synod.

Christ the King Lutheran Church
St. Peters, Mo.

Richard Brueggemann, President
Margaret Bagley, Secretary
Ronald E. Bronemann, Pastor

Identical or similar:

6-35B and 6-35C

University, Lawrence, Kans.
Redeemer, Philadelphia, Pa.

N. L. Steffen
Richard Hoyer

6-36A

To Accept Seminex

WHEREAS. Concordia Seminary-in-Exile was established
by reason of the action of both faculty and student body: and

WHEREAS, The Synod in many ways has not been just and
loving in its treatment of this faculty majority and student body;
and

WHEREAS. The Concordia Seminary-in-Exile faculty is under
a cloud, i.e., its members called Bible doubters, divisive, false
teachers, heretics; and

WHEREAS. Students are under the threat of not being certi-
fied; and

WHEREAS. Some reactions of the Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, community have been wrong and unloving: therefore
be it

Resolved. That the Synod in convention at Anaheim in all
love express its concern for the Concordia Seminary-in-Exile
community by:

1. Accepting Concordia Seminary-in-Exile with its present
confessional base as being a seminary in The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod:

2. Accepting certification of all students of Concordia Semi-
nary-in-Exile by their present faculty:

3. Assigning vicarages and senior placement to those stu-
dents along with the students from Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, and Concordia Seminary, Springfield;

4. Ordering the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, to open its library facilities to the Concordia Seminary-
in-Exile students:

5. Requesting the Board of Control, the faculty, and the
students of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, to practice and
and share Holy Communion with the brethren of the two com-
munities;

6. Desisting and stopping any unloving, unkind, unjust, and
unfair actions over against this faculty and student body.

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Westwood, N. J.
Norman G, Brinkmann, Pastor

Identical or similar:

6-36B

Zion, Maywood, N. J. D. Reinheimer

6-37

To Dispose of Res. 3-09 and
Recognize Seminex

WHEREAS. Res. 3-09 charges “the faculty,”’ or “the faculty
majority,” with being ‘in violation of Art. II of the Synod’s
Constitution,” teaching false doctrine which “‘cannot be tolerated
in the church of God, much less be excused and defended”’, and

WHEREAS. President John Tietjen and seminary professors
at New Orleans flatly denied that what was condemned in Res.
3-09 was being taught at the seminary: and

WHEREAS. Res. 3-09. having been “turned over to the Board
of Control of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,’ could be used as
an instrument to discipline and even dismiss professors, in spite
of the fact that these professors have denied the charges against
them contained in the resolution; and

WHEREAS. Members of ‘‘the faculty majority’ have not been
confronted as individuals with specific accusations or with those
who make these accusations; and

WHEREAS. In full conformity with the Synod’s instructions
(Milwaukee Res. 2-28), the Board of Control of Concordia
Seminary, after thorough review of the faculty’s doctrinal posi-
tion on the basis of written documents and personal interviews,
did in fact resolve to “commend” every member of the faculty