Lehre und Wehre St. Louis, Missouri — Dezember 1908, Seite 561

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Kirchlich⸗Zeitgeschichtliches. 561

nur mit Zustimmung der oben erwähnten Behörde geschehen soll. 7. Be⸗
schlossen, daß es der theologischen Anstalt in Kropp zur Pflicht gemacht wer⸗
den soll, ihre Studenten einzuführen in die Gottesdienstordnung, sowie in
die Ministerialakte (Ainisterial Acts) des Generalkonzils. 8. Beschlossen,
daß die stehende Behörde verpflichtet sei, Gelder für die theologische Anstalt
in Kropp zu sammeln. und daß alle innerhalb des Generalkonzils gesam⸗
melten Gelder für Kropp durch die Hände dieser stehenden Behörde fließen
sollen, welch letztere dann verpflichtet ist, dem Generalkonzil darüber Rechen⸗
schaft abzulegen. 9. Beschlossen, daß das Generalkonzil sich verpflichtet, jähr⸗
lich eine gewisse Summe an das theologische Seminar in Kropp zu zahlen.
1 0. Beschlossen, daß alle Kandidaten, die von Kropp zu uns herüberkommen,
bis zu ihrer Anstellung im Amte unter der Aufsicht der stehenden Behörde
vom Generalkonzil stehen.“ P. Ruccius, der Präses der Manitobasynode,
befürwortete die Gründung eines Seminars in Manitoba zur Ausbildung
von Missionaren für den Nordwesten. Die Angelegenheit wurde dem Zu⸗
ständigen Komitee zu ernstester Erwägung übergeben. Der Lurheran er⸗
klärt sich für diesen Plan. Er sagt in seinem Bericht: „He (Rev. Ruccius)
addressed the conference at length on the distréssing state of affairs in the
Northwest because of lack of a sufficient number of laborers. There are
now 21 pastors on the field, but many promising fields of labor cannot be
touched and are occupied by others, because there are no men to send.
Many churches originally founded by the missionaries and for years served
by them have for a like reason fallen into the hands of other synods not,
connected with the General Council. The General Council has spent at
least 850,000 on the fleld in the western provinces of Canada, and others
have harvested much of what we have sown. Pastor Ruccius claimed that
the work among the Lutheran settlers in the Canadian West is so peculiar
and different from that among churches whose members have come from
the United States or from Germany, that men educated in the existing
institutions of the General Council and accustomed to the life and con-
veniences found in Germany and in the United States can only with great
difficulty get used to the great change, and most of them never do, and
will consequently not stay. Hence, the existing theological seminaries of
the General Council cannot furnishe the supply we need. The committee
recommends that we look about for young men in our churches and educate
them in the institutions of the Couneil to be pastors in Western Canada.
But in the first place, this is an expensive matter; traveling and main-
tenance consume large sums; and, secondly, we are not sure that the men
we would send will at the close of their studies be also willing to return
and take up work among their countrymen. It was stated that in the
institution at Kropp there are young men entering as students Who come
from Southern Russia. Still it is problematic if they can be depended on
to take up work in Canada. Wxat ve need and mutst Vuve if the uorl
done sRall not be Iost to the General Couneil, is the founding of a mis-
S0ο⁰naν seminary upon the field. At its last meeting the Manitoba Synod
discussed the question of ministerial supply and of providing a sufficient
number of suitable pastors for its congregations and extensive settlements
of recently arrived Lutherans from all sides and for many hours, but it
came to no other conclusion than this, that the only solution of the prob-
lem is the education of the pastors needed upon the ground, and for this

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