# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S80
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Lutheran high schools;

p. have authority, after receiving the consent of
the Boards of Control of the colleges involved and
with the approval of the synodical Board of Directors
and the Council of Presidents, to consolidate colleges
to the extent required by the church’s professional
needs and by its financial condition;

q. have discretionary authority to assign special-
ized and graduate programs to appropriate schools in
such a way that unnecessary duplication is avoided
and that any existing unnecessary duplication is
ended; without, however, altering or extending the
synodically assigned purpose of the schools involved;

r. have authority with the approval of the Board
of Directors of the Synod, the Council of Presidents,
and the local Board of Control, to grant approval and
to permit development of such carefully prepared 4-
year programs as serve the purposes of the church
and are economically defensible;

s. have such additional powers, duties, and juris-
diction as may from time to time be prescribed and
authorized by resolution of the Synod.

6.181 Membership

The Commission on Lay Higher Education shall
consist of three members appointed by the President
of Synod, after consultation with the Board of
Directors; they shall serve for terms of four years in
such manner that the term of one member shall
alternate with the terms of the other two members.
Also, the chairman of the Divison of Higher Educa-
tion shall be an advisory member and shall provide
for necessary staff services.

6.183 Duties

The commission shall—

a. consult with groups within the Synod who are
interested in and concerned with the development
and expansion of Lutheran lay higher education;

b. encourage the support of Valparaiso University
and cooperate with Valparaiso in her concern for
Lutheran lay higher education;

c. maintain a current awareness of the Christian
educational opportunities available at other Luther-
an colleges and universities and coordinate Lutheran
lay higher educational programs with such colleges
and universities as appropriate;

d. plan and disseminate a program to inform
pastors and congregations about the general educa-
tional opportunities being provided at synodical
colleges, at other Lutheran colleges and universities,
and at those non-church-related institutions where
the Synod provides a campus ministry;

e. encourage the congregations of the Synod and
their memberships to take the fullest advantage of
the opportunities for Lutheran lay higher education
available at the colleges and seminaries of the Synod.

6.21 Purpose of Boards of Control

The Synod administers each educational institu-
tion of the Synod through a Board of Control, which
is to provide effective local administrative organiza-

k. consolidate or close colleges in accordance with
the church’s needs and its financial condition after
consultation with the Board of Regents involved and
after receiving the consent of the synodical Board of
Directors and the Council of Presidents;

l. give prior approval to appropriate schools for
specialized and graduate programs to avoid unneces-
sary duplication;

m. authorize the development of four-year pro-
grams only with the prior approval of the Board of
Directors, the Council of Presidents, and the local
Board of Regents;

n. encourage the congregations of the Synod and
their memberships to take fullest advantage of the
opportunities for Lutheran lay higher education
available at the colleges and seminaries of the Synod.

2.269 Standing Committees
The board shall be assisted by standing commit-
tees dealing with the following areas:

Colloquy for the Pastoral Ministry (Bylaws 5.71 to
5.91)

Colloquy for the Teaching Ministry (Bylaws 5.101
to 5.117)

Colloquy for the Deaconess Ministry (Bylaws
5.121 ff.)

Lay Ministry (Bylaws 5.131 ff.)

2.271 Boards of Regents, Presidents, Faculties

Each college and seminary, with its president and
faculty, shall be governed by a Board of Regents as
detailed elsewhere in these Bylaws.