# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S98
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thereunder. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing
limitations, any change, modification, or amendment
may be made in any plan, without limitation, if
required to qualify, orto maintain the qualified status
of, the plan and the trust forming part thereof under
the relevant provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The right is reserved in the Synod in convention to
terminate the plans or to authorize the Board of
Directors of the Synod to terminate the plans. Should
any of the plans be terminated by the Synod in
convention or by the Board of Directors of the Synod
following appropriate action by the Synod in conven-
tion, such termination or terminations shall become
effective upon receipt by the Board of Managers of
written notice of such termination or terminations
executed by the President and the Secretary of the
Synod or on the date specified in any such written
notice. The Board of Managers shall thereafter
dispose of the funds held under the plan so terminated
in the manner provided in such plan.

10.05 Concordia Welfare Plan

The “Concordia Welfare Plan for Ministers of
Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Con-
trolled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the
welfare plan adopted by the Board of Directors
pursuant to Resolution 10-02 of the 45th convention of
the Synod. as such plan has been heretofore or may
hereafter be amended by the Board of Directors. The
text of the plan, as amended from time to time, shall
be published in booklet form under the supervison of
the Board of Managers—Concordia Welfare Plan.

10.07 Concordia Survivor Plan

The ‘Concordia Survivor Plan for Ministers of
Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Con-
trolled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the
plan adopted by the Board of Directors in accord with
directives adopted at a prior convention of the Synod
(Resolution 10-02 of the 45th convention) to provide
for surviving widows and children those benefits
previously provided under the Concordia Retirement
Plan. The text of the plan, as amended from time to
time, shall be published in booklet form under the
supervision of the Board of Managers—Concordia
Survivor Plan.

10.09 Supplemental Benefits

The Synod shall supplement the benefits provided
by the Pension Plan for Pastors and Teachers. The
nature, extent, conditions and limitation of such
supplemental benefits shall be those which were set
forth in Section 10.47 of the 1966 edition of the
HANDBOOK subject, however, to amendment, modi-
fication, or change in the same manneras is provided
with respect to the Pension Plan for Pastors and
Teachers. Such supplemental benefits shall be ad-
ministered by the Board of Managers—Pensions and
Support. The provisions pertaining thereto shall be
published in the booklet setting forth the text of the
Pension Plan for Pastors and Teachers.

10.22 Definition

The support program of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod is a program of financial assistance
to those eligible pastors, teachers, and other profes-
sional church workers and their eligible dependents
who are in financial need. This aid isin the form ofa
gift from the budget funds of the Synod.

10.35 Appropriations

a. The annual budget shall include the necessary
provisions for such supplemental benefits.

b. The annual budget shall include the necessary

2.689 Concordia Health Plan

The “Concordia Health Plan for Ministers of
Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Con-
trolled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the
health plan adopted by the Board of Directors pur-
suant to Resolution 10-02 of the 44th convention of
the Synod, as such plan has been heretofore or may
hereafter be amended by the Board of Directors. The
text of the plan, as amended from time to time, shall
be published in booklet form under the supervision of
the Board of Managers—Concordia Health Plan.

2.691 Concordia Survivor Plan

The “Concordia Survivor Plan for Ministers of
Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Con-
trolled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the
plan adopted by the Board of Directors in accord with
directives adopted at a prior convention of the Synod
(Resolution 10-02 of the 45th convention) to provide
for surviving widows and children those benefits
previously provided under the Concordia Retirement
Plan. The text of the plan, as amended from time to
time, shall be published in booklet form under the
supervision of the Board of Managers—Concordia
Survivor Plan.

2.693 Support Program

The Support Program of the Synod is a program of
financial assistance to those eligible pastors, teach-
ers, and other professional church workers and their
eligible dependents who are in financial need. This
aid isin the form of a gift from the budget funds of the
Synod. Eligibility standards shall be determined by
the Board of Managers.