# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S488
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508 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

5.c. The Secretary of the Board of Directors shall in turn send
to the respective boards or committees of Synod a complete
copy of any resolution of the Board of Directors Pertaining
to the work or policy of that board or committee.

C. The boards and committees in each Division shall transact
their business according to regulations and shall be charged
with the execution of all policies pertaining to their spe-
cific work according to regulations.

D. 1. Policies shall continue to originate in the respective boards
or committees of the Divisions and shall be communi.
cated, as information, to the appropriate committee of the
Board of Directors and to its Planning Counselor. In all
instances where a proposed policy of a particular board
or committee may have a significant influence upon other
areas of church work, such a policy shall be referred to
the appropriate committee of the Board of Directors and

’ through this committee to the Board of Directors itself
for review, criticism, and suggestions before the policy is
made effective. Whenever conflict develops in the plans
or policies of two or more boards or committees, an ad-
justment shall be made by the Board of Directors, so that
the work of the Church may be most effectively promoted.
However, all regulations of Synod which require any board
or committee of Synod to submit a proposed policy or plan
of action to the Board of Directors for approval or which
require consultation with the Board of Directors in any
matter, shall remain in effect.

2. All reports on the specific work of any board shall be sub-
mitted by that board to Synod at its convention. Policies
and plans which are to be submitted by the boards of Synod
to Synod should be first submitted to the Board of Directors
for review, but any board shall have the right to take its
recommendations directly to Synod for final decision even
if these recommendations lack approval of the Board of
Directors.

3. ‘The Board of Directors shall be charged with the respon-
sibility of developing and submitting to Synod, and of
subsequently transmitting to the various boards and com-
mittees of Synod, broad and comprehensive plans of synod-
ical work and finance and shall be charged with the
responsibility of exercising general supervision over the
work and the finances of the Church through the practice
of persuasive Christian leadership, within the letter and
the spirit of synodical regulations.

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 509

E. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Comptroller, who shall
be responsible to this Board and the President of Synod.
He shall examine, analyze, and report regularly to the
Board on all fiscal business of Synod and shall perform
such related duties as the Board may assign to him.

F. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Planning Counselor, who
shall be responsible to this Board and the President of
Synod. He shall keep under survey the work of Synod and
make recommendations to the Board concerning this work.
He shall perform such related duties as the Board may
assign to him.

G. The Board of Directors shall report to the next convention its
experiences and that of the other boards and committees
with the various provisions of this memorial and shall
make appropriate recommendations.

SUGGESTED FORM IN HANDBOOK
We recommend that our foregoing Recommendation (I) be in-
corporated in the Handbook in the following form (references in
parentheses are in the foregoing memorial):
1. Add as completely new section:
217 Synod’s Work Divided into Four Divisions. (B. 2. a. b. c. d.)
The work of Synod shall be divided into four Divisions
a. The Division of Missions
Assigned to the Division shall be
1) Board for Missions in North and South America
2) Board of Missions in Foreign Countries
3) Church Extension Board
4) Board for Missions to the Deaf
5) Board for Missions to the Blind
6) Board for European Affairs
7) Armed Services Commission
8) Student Service Commission
b. The Division of Parish Education —
Assigned to this Division shall be:
1) Board for Parish Education
2) Board for Young People’s Work
3) Board for Visual Education
4) Sunday School Training Committee
5) Advisory relationship shall exist between this Division
and the Lutheran Laymen’s League, the Lutheran Wom-
en’s Missionary League, and the Walther League