# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S139
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TASK FORCE

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-
gregations of the Synod for the purpose of coordinat-
ing these programs and services into one overall
program;

i. provide information to the Board of Directors of
the Synod in the projection of synodical income on
long: and short-range bases;

j. develop such interdepartmental work relation-
ships as are necessary to the fuller attainment of its
functions.

9.71 Collections Beyond Congregational
Bounds

a. The solicitation of funds for the benefit of any
institution, society, or association among the con-
gregations of the Synod must have the approval of
the Board of Directors of the Synod before such
solicitation may be undertaken whenever the solici-
tation is to be made among congregations beyond the
limits of any one synodical District.

b. In cases where the solicitation is to be made
among thecongrgations of asynodical District within
which the soliciting agency is located, but beyond the
number of congregations directly identified with the
soliciting institutions, society, or association, the
approval of the Board of Directors of that synodical
District shall be required before such solicitation may
be undertaken.

c. Requests to the Synod or District Board of
Directors shall be accompanied by the reeommenda-
tion of the appropriate synodical or District super-
vising board or commission as well as of the respective
Board of Stewardship.

9.73 Collections Beyond District Bounds

a. Approval by the Board of Directors of the
Synod shall be required for each solicitation of capital
funds beyond the confines of any one District by all
listed in paragraph 9.71 above.

b. Approval by the Board of Directors for the
solicitation of operating funds beyond the confines of
any one District and an annual audited financial
report to the Board of Directors shall be required by
alllisted in paragraph 9.71 above. Any such approval
shall be reviewed at least every 6 years.

9.75 Approval Is Recommendation Only

The approval by the Synod or by a District of any
special undertaking referred to in 9.71 and 9.73 shall
be only a recommendation and shall not be construed
to obligate the Synod or a District as such to support
the undertaking financially.

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1. maintain a current catalog of North American
and worldwide missions, social ministry, higher
education, and other projects, as prioritized by the
Board of Directors, which could be funded by special
gifts from individuals, congregations, and auxiliar-
ies, and develop materials for use by special gift
counselors;

2. provide materials and condut training events
to aSsist special gift counselors;

3. when feasible, assist seminaries, colleges, and
Districts in conducting capital campaign studies and
in developing recommendations to the respective
synodical boards and Districts. All capital campaigns
crossing District lines require the prior approval of
the Synod’s Board of Directors.