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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 343

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HIGHER EDUCATION 343

Seminary, Saskatoon. for the purpose of training Canadian
pastors in Canada (1971, Res. 6-20): and

WHEREAS. The Board for Higher Education has implemented
this resolution by placing a professor at the seminary in Saska-
toon: and

WHEREAS, A number of pastors have been graduated from
the seminary and have been given their initial assignment by
the Council of Presidents; and

WHEREAS, Procedures for the certification of Saskatoon
graduates as proposed in the BHE report to the Milwaukee
convention, p. 285, were not incorporated into the Bylaws: and

WHEREAS. The overture of the BHE to the New Orleans
convention (6-58) did not come before the convention for action:
therefore be it

Resolved. That the following procedure be approved for the
certification of students at Lutheran Theological Seminary.
Saskatoon:

In order to receive an internship assignment in The Lutheran
Church— Missouri Synod, a student at the 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 Dis-
tricts of the Synod and the designated synodical member of
the faculty; and

3) be recommended by the synodical professor to the Coun-
cil of Presidents. acting as the Board of Assignment.

To be accepted into the pastoral ministry of the Synod and
to receive placement, a candidate shall similarily —

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 Coun-
cil of Presidents acting as the Board of Assignment: and be
it further

Resolved. That the Bylaws be amended accordingly: and be
it finally
Resolved. That LCMS graduates of Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Saskatoon (1973 and 1974), who have already been
examined by the committee and placed by the Council of Presi-
dents. be declared properly certified for the pastoral ministry
of the Synod.
Board of Directors
Alberta and British Columbia District
Norman W. Eifert, Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-86B

Riverbend, Edmonton, Alta. H. P. Schmidt

6-87A

To Support Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Saskatoon, Sask.

WHEREAS, A study committee was formed by the Synod to
reevaluate the ministerial training of LCMS students, particu-
larly in western Canada, in cooperation with Lutheran Theo-
logical Seminary, Saskatoon; and

WHEREAS, Some are opposed to such ministerial training
and are recommending a separate LCMS seminary without
taking into consideration cost or the amount of qualified man-
power to offer adequate training: and

WHEREAS. The Lutheran Council in Canada has set 1980 as
a possible merger date for all three Lutheran synods in Canada,
and our Synod must think in terms of cooperation rather than
duplication; therefore be it

Resolved. That we continue to support the training of min-
isterial students in cooperation with Lutheran Theological
Seminary: and be it further

Resolved. That we increase our financial support in propor-
tion to the number of students which we have training at the
seminary.

Grace Lutheran Church
Brandon, Man.
Hazel E. Phipps. Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-87B

Christ the King, Edmonton. Alta. Clifford Guebert

6-88A
To Add Another Professor at Saskatoon

WHEREAS. It is the will of our Lord that His Gospel be
preached to all nations, even to the ends of the earth: and

WHEREAS. The need for pastors to carry out this will of the
Lord at home and abroad is great throughout the Synod. espe-
cially also in Canada: and

WHEREAS. Immigration regulations are making it increasingly
difficult for our Canadian students to attend colleges and/or
seminaries in the U.S.A. by restricting the employment priv-
ileges of their spouses: and

WHEREAS. An indigenous clergy is bound to become more
stable and to serve longer in Canada (over the years many
American candidates have served less than 2 years before
returning to the U.S. A.): and

WHEREAS. The Synod did establish a theological chair on the
faculty of Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Sask..
Canada (jointly operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Canada and the Lutheran Church in America, Canada
Section): and

WHEREAS. This arrangement has proved to be very satis-
factory to our church in western Canada, supplying 9 candidates
and 10 vicars for our church in the past 3 years: and

WHEREAS. The Missouri Synod students at this time compose
almost one third of the entire enrollment at the Saskatoon
seminary; and

WHEREAS. The Synod has thus far assumed none of the costs
other than the salary and housing, etc., of our professor in the
amount of $17,013.90 per annum: and

WHEREAS. The Saskatoon seminary has invited us to add a
second professor at this time, preferably in systematics: there-
fore be it

Resolved. That The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod in
convention at Anaheim establish a second theological chair
(preferably in systematics) on the faculty of Lutheran Theolog-
ical Seminary. Saskatoon, Sask.. Canada: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod also begin to pay its fair share of
the costs (currently $2,500 per student per year. considerably
less than at St. Louis or Springfield), for a total of $56,527.80 per
annum (on the basis of 2 professors and 9 students).

Board of Directors

Manitoba and Saskatchewan District
W.H. Eifert. Chairman

M. F. Pollex. Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-88B to 6-88E

Faith, Saskatoon, Sask. Wm. Kienzler

Bethel, Vulcan, Alta. H. A. Hagg
St. Mark’s, Choiceland, Sask. V. A. Raaflaub
Zion, Nipawin, Sask. V. A. Raaflaub