# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S434
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Stewadship and Financial Support
June 29, 1981
Page Two

b. Recruit, in cooperation with participating Districtsvolunteers in
deferred giving, estate planning counseling, and special gift
counseling.

c. Identify in cooperation with participating Districts, colleges
and seminaries prospects for deferred or special gifts.

d. Assist, as requested, in making calls utilizing synodical,
District, college and seminary officials where desirable in
making major calls.

e. Assist, as requested, in finalizing gifts, utilizing staff
expertise and Synod's legal counsel as necessary in completing
appropriate legal documents. Trusts to be administered by The
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Foundation shall be processed in
accordance with policies established by the Foundation's Board
of Trustees.

f. Assist District, college and seminary officials in recommending
projects and priorities for inclusion in the catalog of projects
which could be funded by special gifts.

Resolution 12-08

Since the deletion of proposed Bylaw 7.0lb may make it unclear as to the
status of the Board of Stewardship, I suggest that the first resolved be
reworded as follows: “That the Synod combine all stewardship and
financial support activities into a new department to replace the present
Board of Stewardship and that it be known and recognized as the
Stewardship and Financial Support Department responsible to the Board of
Directors for the promotion of giving of time, talents, and treasures,
including normal weekly offerings, deferred giving, and special gifts."

To conform to the proposed bylaws, I also recommend that the third
resolved be changed to read as follows: "That the Board of Directors,
after consultation with the Commission on Constitutional Matters and the
Council of Presidents, and with prior consultation and approval of the
presidents of the Districts involved, shall implement such a structure,
within the parameters of the adopted bylaws, such structure to be
responsive to the results of the aforementioned study.”

‘I appreciate the work both of your committees are doing toward the
creation of the new Department of Stewardship and Financial Support. I
consider this subject to be one of the highest priority items at this
convention. We must capitalize on the momentum of Forward In
Remembrance. We cannot continue to operate as in the past with
insufficient funds for District and Synod work. We have to be able to

feed what is planted with FIR funds. To be ready to do so, we must act
now.