# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S101
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

TASK FORCE

5. with the assistance of necessary subcommit-
tees, coordinate the development, implementation,
and operation of programs to avoid duplication and
provide timely and efficient programs which will
meet the needs of the boards, commissions, and
operating departments and the total Synod;

6. invite periodically all department heads within
the respective divisions to plenary meetings of the
council to discuss the plans and operations of the
Synod;

7. approve all requests for grants from outside
sources within policies established by the Board of
Directors;

8. make recommendations to the Board of Di-
rectors on proposed grants to other organizations for
joint programs and on proposed participation in any
new programs to be conducted directly or indirectly
by the Lutheran Council in the United States of
America or any similar inter-Lutheran organization;

9. make recommendations to the President of the
Synod for the appointment of members of standing
committees for each division, department, and com-
mission of the Lutheran Council in the United States
of America in which the Synod participates.

2.171 Divisional Grouping

The principle of divisional grouping shall be
applied to every synodical board and commission.
Each board and commission shall be assigned to a
division by the Board of Directors on recommendation
of the Council of Administrators.

2.173 Division Chairmen

a. Each synodical division shall havea chairman
who shall be an advisory member (without vote) of
each board or commission in his division. The Presi-
dent shall appoint the chairman of the Division of
Church Government and the chairman of the Division
of Theology and Church Relations. The Treasurer of
the Synod shall ex officio be the chairman of the
Division of Finance. All other division chairmen
shall be appointed by the Board of Directors with the
concurrence of the President of the Synod.

b. In cooperation with the Administrative Officer
of the Board of Directors the division chairmen shall
assist the respective boards, commissions, and operat-
ing departments in their division in developing
annually long-range plans, work programs, and bud-
gets and in determing adjustments to such plans
which the Board of Directors may require in the
exercise of its responsibilities or which may otherwise
become necessary during the course of the year; and
shall provide guidance to the respective departments
in the development of policies, job specifications, and
organizational planning. The Board of Directors
shall provide needed staff assistance.

c. The division chairman shall keep themselves
informed on the activities of the boards and commis-
sions in their respective divisions. They shall repre-
sent the boards and commissions in their divisions in
the integrational plans, budgets, and policies of all

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(Delete 5 and 6)

(Same as present 2.175 c 7-9)

2.721 Advisory Council on Stewardship and
Financial Support

a. Membership. The Advisory Council on Stew-
ardship and Financial Support shall consist of one
District President or stewardship executive selected
by each regional advisory council, together with an
equal number of members of the Board of Directors of
the Synod.

b. Functions. The Advisory Council on Steward-
ship and Financial Support shall advise the Board
of Directors and its Department of Stewardship and
Financial Support in defining, planning, and
coordinating policies and programs for stewardship,
deferred giving, special gifts, and capital drives.

(See proposed 2.711 b.)