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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 330

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330 HIGHER EDUCATION

as being not guilty of false teaching while recognizing certain
problem areas which needed further discussion: and

WHEREAS. Since this Report of the Board of Control (June 22.
1972) no new charges have been responsibly made. nor new evi-
dence of false teaching has been brought forth: therefore be it

Resolved. That Res. 3-09 of New Orleans contravenes orderly
and constitutionally approved procedures in dealing with such
matters and shall therefore be declared null and void: and be it
further

Resolved. That Res. 3-09 not be used as a criterion for dis-
ciplinary proceedings against any professor in the Synod: and
be it further

Resolved. That all professors accused of false teaching be
dealt with in a fair and fraternal manner according to the provi-
sions of Bylaws 6.77. 6.78, and 6.79, as adopted at New Orleans:
and be it further

Resolved. That all actions passed on the passage of 3-09 at
New Orleans be declared null and void: and be it finally

Resolved. That in accord with the above resolved, Concordia
Seminary-in-Exile be declared by this convention to be a
recognized school for training ministers for congregations of
The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod.

Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Indianapolis, Ind.

Glenn Hackman, President
Theodore Mesh, Secretary

6-38

To Accept Seminex Graduates
for Ministry

WHEREAS. The charges of false doctrine have not been
proved or substantiated against Dr. John Tietjen or individuals
of the “faculty majority’ formerly of Concordia Seminary.
St. Louis. and now of Concordia Seminary-in-Exile: and

WHEREAS. The student request for identification of false
teachers on the faculty was never dealt with by the Board of
Control, thus precipitating the withdrawal of students and the
faculty on the basis of conscience: and

WHEREAS, The Seminary-in-Exile. comprised of Missouri
Synod theologians and seminarians. is an accredited degree-
granting school subscribing to the Holy Scriptures as the sole
rule and norm of doctrine and to the Lutheran Confessions:
therefore be it

Resolved. That degree holders from Seminex be acceptable
candidates for ministry in Missouri Synod churches.

Faith Lutheran Church
Kirksville, Mo.

Wade Coorts. President
Eileen Coleman. Secretary

6-39A

To Give Recognition to Seminex
WHEREAS. God gives gifts to His church for use in building
His kingdom: and
WHEREAS. The faculty and students at Seminex are gifts of
God to His church: and
WHEREAS. The Synod is experiencing a critical manpower
shortage: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod in convention declare Seminex
a recognized seminary of the Synod and its graduates fully
qualified for service in its pastoral ministry.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Minnetonka, Minn.
Arden H. Malothy. Pastor

Identical or similar:

6-39B

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

6-40

To Establish Seminex
Certification Board

WHEREAS. The faculty members of Seminex have served the
Synod for years and have not been condemned individually as
stipulated by the New Orleans convention: and

WHEREAS. These members in good standing of the Synod
teach the same synodically approved curriculum as they had
taught as faculty members of Concordia Seminary: therefore
be it

Resolved. That, as long as the present impasse exists.
Seminex be recognized as a valid institution for training men for
ministry in the LCMS:; and be it further

Resolved. That candidates from Seminex be certified by an
objective board set up by the Council of Presidents.

Board of Directors
New England District
Clifford G. Larson, Secretary

6-41A

To Establish Procedures for
Certification of Seminex Graduates

WHEREAS, Almost 200 men have completed a program of
preparation for the ministry and have graduated from Concordia
Seminary-in-Exile; and

WHEREAS, These men are gifts to the church which God Him-
self has raised up through the work of the Holy Spirit: and

WHEREAS, These men have pledged themselves to the doc-
trinal article of the Constitution (Article II) of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod and desire to perform the ministry of
Word and Sacrament within our church body: and

WHEREAS, Most of these men have been called or desire to
be called by congregations and agencies of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod: and

WHEREAS, The Synod’s Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters has declared the ordination of these graduates to be null
and void as far as the Synod is concerned: and

WHEREAS, The Bylaw (4.15) on which the Commission based
its opinion was not designed to deal with these graduates:
therefore be it

Resolved, That the 51st convention of The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod:

1) arrange for the certification and subsequent ordination of
these men by appointing a committee of five persons to
meet with each graduate:

each committee to be composed of the District President
into whose District the graduate has been called, the chair-
man of the congregation to which the graduate has been
called, one Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, professor, one
Seminex professor, and one person designated by the
President of the Synod;

three votes in favor of certification will declare the grad-
uate eligible for ordination and thus eligible for the call
which he has received or for another call within the
Synod:

if three affirmative votes are not cast in his favor, the grad-
uate may make appeal to the President of the Synod, who
will form an additional committee to consider the case.

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Hazelwood, Mo.

Richard E. Schroeder, President

Melba Bokelman, Secretary

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3

4

Reams

Identical or similar:

6-41B to 6-411

Immanuel, Clovis, N. Mex. N. Gardels
Pastoral Conference, Oklahoma Dist. F. Schumacher
Hope, High Ridge, Mo. D. Wurster
St. Peter’s, St. Louis, Mo. Elmer Ran
Chapel of Cross, St. Louis, Mo. M. Nauss