RESOLUTION 8-02
Report R1.2 (CW, p. 30–31); Overture 8-01 (CW, p. 377); President’s Report, Part 2 (TB, pp. 21–31)
WHEREAS, God commands parents, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Prov. 22:6); and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther said that “for the sake of the Church, we must have and maintain Christian schools” (“To the Councilman of All Cities in Germany that they Establish and Maintain Christian Schools,” 1524) and that “the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them on the hearts of the youth”; and
WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) always has supported Christian parents in their God-given vocation; and
WHEREAS, The LCMS has a distinguished history of over 175 years of assisting parents in this task through Lutheran schools; and
WHEREAS, Competent and faithful administrators are necessary to continue this task; and
WHEREAS, 40 percent of the current Lutheran school administrators are anticipated to retire within the next five years; and
WHEREAS, LCMS School Ministry has a School Leadership Development (SLED) program that recruits and equips administrators for LCMS schools; and
WHEREAS, It is essential to recruit and equip a new generation of faithful Lutheran administrators; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Synod in convention direct the Office of National Mission and LCMS School Ministry to provide for the preparation of early childhood and school administrators, whether current, new, or prospective; and be it further
Resolved, That the Synod in convention direct the Office of National Mission and LCMS School Ministry to fund programs to recruit and equip such current, new, and prospective administrators; and be it finally
Resolved, That congregations pray for the administrators and educational programs of LCMS early childhood centers and schools.
[The estimated cost to implement this proposed resolution appears in the Report of the Finance Floor Committee – found in Sunday’s issue of Today’s Business.]