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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 338

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338 HIGHER EDUCATION

Resolved. That the District Presidents of those members of
the Synod who are teaching or supply administrative and sup-
portive services to Seminex be asked to admonish these indi-
viduals and urge them to repent: and be it finally

Resolved. That those members of the Synod who persist in
such offensive conduct be expelled from the Synod according
to the provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod.

Board of Control

Concordia Seminary

St. Louis. Mo.

Ralph Bohlmann. -cting President

To Reject Educational Services
of Seminex

WHEREAS. The former faculty majority of Concordia Semi-
nary, St. Louis, has indicated its intention to ignore certain
resolutions of the New Orleans synodical convention: and

WHEREAS, This group has withdrawn from its called teaching
duty and has formed a rump seminary under its own direction:
and

WHEREAS, This organization engages in an active recruiting
campaign to attract students and further prevails upon mem-
bers and organizations of the Synod to support it financially: and

WHEREAS, A continuing campaign to express its point of
view is conducted within and outside of the Synod. in too many
cases involving the public media, and in considerable contrast
to the stated means of dissent: and

WHEREAS, It is the apparent intention to prolong this opera-
tion while remaining in the Synod but independent of synodical
control; therefore be it

Resolved. That because of its unscriptural doctrinal position
the so-called Seminex be termed divisive and not in keeping
with the synodical function of higher education: and be it further

Resolved. That the members of the Synod be urged to avoid
giving financial or moral support to Seminex: and be it finally

Resolved. That the Synod continue to reject the ‘educational
services’’ of Seminex.
Saint Mark's Lutheran Church
Youngstown, Ohio
Charles Shemenske, President
Arthur Schiefelbein, Secretary

6-65A

To Condemn Establishing
Seminary-in-Exile

WHEREAS. One of the primary purposes of the Synod is to
train its own pastors and professional workers to assure to the
church an orthodox ministry: and

WHEREAS. A Seminary-in-Exile has now been established
in St. Louis outside the jurisdiction of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod; and

WHEREAS. This action is in defiance of the Board of Control
of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, the elected officials of the
Synod, and of the Synod itself: and

WHEREAS. This action is also contradictory to one of the
Synod’s expressed purposes as stated in Article III of its Con-
Stitution: “the conservation and promotion of the unity of the
true faith and a united defense against schism and sectarian-
ism’’: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Iowa District West assembled in con-
vention condemn the action of establishing a Seminary-in-Exile
as contrary to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod and
in conflict with the Christian unity the Synod seeks to preserve:
and be it further

Resolved. That the Iowa District West assembled in con-
vention memorialize the Synod assembled in convention in

Anaheim, Calif.. to likewise condemn the action of establishing
a Seminary-in-Exile.

Iowa District West

D. E. Weiss, Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-65B to 6-65D
Immanuel, Albany, Oreg.

Immanuel, Pomeroy, Iowa
Faith, Sioux Falls. S. Dak.

Herbert Boehne

V. W. Brack
O. D. Brack

6-66A

To Disavow Seminex

WHEREAS. The majority of the Seminex faculty is composed
of professors who voluntarily and defiantly left Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. (°801"'), on Feb. 19, 1974. rather than
permit themselves to be dealt with according to Resolution
3-09 of the New Orleans convention of the Synod. so that.a test
of the case became impossible for the good of all of us in the
Synod: and

WHEREAS. It is reported (Concordia Journal. Jan. 1975) that
“faculty and staff people removed vital records from seminary
offices and files” without synodical authorization and in an
apparent effort to choke off operations on the 801" campus: and

WHEREAS. It is reported in The Lutheran Witness — Reporter
Edition. Feb. 9. 1975, that “Seminex violates good order in the
church and in its ministry: Seminex is competing with our
Synod’s ministerial training programs: Seminex is hurting our
Synod's financial situation: Seminex has not contributed to
synodical reconciliation: Seminex has illegally appropriated
the name and identity of Concordia Seminary: Seminex publicly
condemns Concordia Seminary": and

WHEREAS. Seminex is soliciting funds from synodical con-
gregations, bound to support synodical schools and seminaries.
for a rival Seminary-in-Exile: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod disassociate itself completely from
Seminex and its faculty as they now operate: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod in convention at Anaheim, Calif.
declare Seminex outside the synodical system of training for
pastors since the Synod has no control over the curriculum of
Seminex and our Synod has adequate seminary schools: and
be it finally

Resolved. That should Seminex defy the actions of the Synod
and continue to function as a “divisive group.’ the Synod refuse
ordination and/or installation of its graduates, painful as this is.
among us.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church
North Tonawanda. N. Y.

Dale Maerten. President

Carl Kwiatkowski, Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-66B to 6-66E

Zion, Maywood. Calif. E. C. J. Boxdorfer

Immanuel, Everett, Wash. R. H. Weiland
St. Paul's, Shelton, Nebr. David Caspersen
St. John’s, Roselle, Ill. R. P. Wiegert

6-67

To Dissolve Seminary-in-Exile

WHEREAS. The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod had only
two seminaries. one in St. Louis and the other in Springfield.
at the time of the New Orleans convention in 1973: and

WHEREAS. The big majority of the professors at the St. Louis
seminary walked out of their classrooms, taking the majority
of students with them and thereby starting another seminary
without the consent of the Synod, calling it Seminex: and