Version History
Current published version
Today's Business, Issue 3. pp. 331-332. Revised published proposal.
Official Resolution Source Text
Resolution: 6-07
Canonical number: 6-07
Committee: Pastoral Ministry and Seminaries
Source: Today's Business, Issue 1
Printed pages: p. 116
PDF pages: 116
Version: original, superseded
Source reference: Issue 1, p. 116
Line numbers follow Today's Business, Issue 1, with numbering reset on each printed page, so delegates can compare this page with the official PDF.
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- To Encourage and Support Specific Ministry Pastors to Pursue General Pastor Certification
- RESOLUTION 6-07
- Overtures 6-46–48 (CW, 392–94)
- WHEREAS, The Synod is blessed with faithful specific ministry pastors who serve under call for the sake of Christ’s
- Church; and
- WHEREAS, Specific ministry pastors, the congregations they serve, and the Synod as a whole are blessed when specific
- ministry pastors pursue the hybrid General Pastor Certification (GPC, ordinarily achievable in an additional three years),
- the Residential Alternate Route (RAR) Program, or the Master of Divinity (M.Div.), enabling them to deepen their
- theological understanding, learn biblical Greek, and serve the Synod in additional roles of responsibility (circuit visitor,
- district or Synod officer or board member, pastoral delegate at Synod convention, etc.); and
- WHEREAS, Many specific ministry pastors desire to pursue GPC but are limited due to financial constraints and limits
- on access to needed classes; therefore be it
- Resolved, That the Synod encourage specific ministry pastors to pursue hybrid GPC, the RAR Program, or the M.Div.;
- and be it further
- Resolved, That the pastors’ congregation(s), district, and seminary work collaboratively to fund all tuition and fees
- for specific ministry pastors pursuing GPC; and be it further
- Resolved, That the seminaries work in partnership with each other and prospective GPC candidates to accommodate
- the schedules of students (evening courses, intensive classes, etc.); and be it finally
- Resolved, That we give thanks for the specific ministry pastors who have completed or are in the process of completing
- the GPC.
- The Chief Financial Officer and LCMS Accounting and Financial Services staff, in consultation with the Finance
- Committee, note no incremental costs to corporate Synod but that districts and seminaries will bear costs related to
- collaborative funding of "all tuition and fees" (estimate required by Bylaw 3.1.7 [g]).
