# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S124
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TASK FORCE

the members of the congregations for the purpose of
developing an ever greater appreciation of what the
Synod means to them and a growing realization of
the many services it renders (internal public
relations):

e. aid pastors and congregations in teaching their
members effectively the grace of proportionate giving
as well as counseling congregations how to practice
proportionate (corporate) giving:

f. encourage congregations regularly, adequately,
and generously to support their program through
District and the Synod:

g. provide congregations with the necessary ma-
terials to conduct an effective annual every-member
stewardship visit:

h. evaluate professional and voluntary capital
fund-raising services and programs offered to, or
provided for. the congregations of the Synod and its
Districts;

i, study and evaluate contemporary trends in
voluntary giving to agencies and projects within the
Synod and its Districts;

j. have the primary responsibility for correlating
all special fund-raising programs designed for the
support of the Synod and its programs;

k. provide consultative services to the Board of
Directors of the Synod or of its Districts for special
appeals for capital and operating funds by various
agencies, auxiliaries, and institutions in keeping
with the approved policies of the Synod’s boards and
to make recommendation to the Board of Directors
upon their request.

1. provide information and counsel regarding the
overall synodical program at the work program and
budget-setting meetings of the Synod and its Dis-
tricts:

m. devise and promote a Synodwide program of
deferred giving and large gift solicitation in the
interest of the Synod’s work in cooperation with The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation;

n. devise and promote synodical projects of an
ongoing nature which can be supported by auxiliaries
of the Synod:

o. coordinate the development of the deferred
giving programs of the synodical institutions, agen-
cies, and auxiliaries, in cooperation with The Lu-
theran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation, but not
to include sponsor or similar type programs of
auxiliaries.

15.09 Implementation

In order to carry out its functions, the board
shall—

a. seek to achieve definite and recognized work
relationships with those departments of the Synod
whose cooperation is vital to its program;

b. plan and prepare an adequate program,

c. look to the President of the Synod and his
assistants to channel its program to and through the
Districts to the congregations of the Synod;

d. periodically conduct stewardship conferences
on a Synodwide and ‘or regional basis;

e. counsel with District Presidents and District
stewardship leaders;

f. tabulate and file information on the activities,
problems, and progress of the stewardship program
on synodical, District, circuit, and congregational
levels and periodically share the same where it may
prove helpful:

g. produce materials necessary to carry out an
effective stewardship program throughout the Synod:
h. cooperate with those synodical departments
offering specific programs and services to the con-

c. provide, in consultation with Districts, materials
and training events to aid Districts, pastors, and
congregations in effectively teaching the grace of
proportionate giving and in promoting their program
in the congregation and through the District and the
Synod;

7.05 Deferred and Special Gifts

In the area of deferred and special gifts, the
department shall—

a. devise Synodwide programs of deferred giving,
including legacies, bequests, devises, endowments.
foundations, and other trusts for the advancement.
promotion, endowment, and maintenance of the
Synod and its Districts, colleges, seminaries, and
other agencies, and such other causes as may be
designated by The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod Foundation and the Board of Directors of the
Synod;

b. provide estate-planning services, materials.
and training events in accordance with applicable
policies established by The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod Foundation, to assist estate-planning
counselors throughout the Synod in consummating
gifts;

c. maintain a current catalog of North American
and worldwide missions, and social ministry, higher
education, and other projects, on a prioritized basis.
which could be funded by special gifts from indi-