# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S228
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

228 STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION

WHEREAS, This could not only have the effect of reducing the
terms of present board members but also creates the possibility
of their successors being limited to a three-year term followed
by a six-year term; and

WHEREAS, A smoother transition to the new structure would
occur if the incumbents on the board who have served eight
years in 1983 or nine years in 1986 could serve one additional
and final six-year term; therefore be it

Resolved. That the board recommend to the convention that
during the transition period to the new structure adopted by the
1981 convention, Board of Directors members who will have
been nominated either in 1983 or 1986 and ruled eligible to
serve only a partial term under the CCM opinion, if elected, be
allowed to serve a full final six-year term; and be it further

Resolved, That the board encourage the President to
schedule consideration of this resolution early in the conven-
tion before any elections to the board.

Board of Directors
Herbert Mueller, Secretary

To Return to Former Process
of Electing Members
to the Board of Regents

WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the Synod to govern all
the colleges and seminaries of Synod; and

WHEREAS, At present three members of the Board of Regents
are elected by the District in which the college is located, in
addition to the District President of the same District, and only
five members are elected at a synodical convention (the two
seminaries are excluded from this process); and

WHEREAS, There is serious danger that the present system
will fragment the educational program of Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Central Illinois District memorialize the
Synod to return to the former process of electing members of
the Board of Regents, namely, that the Synod, meeting in
convention, elect the board members, and that the District
President in which the college is located serve as a member of
the board.

Central Illinois District
Arthur T. Kuehnert, President
J. Robert Cunningham, Secretary

5-60A

To Return to Former Procedures
of Electing Boards of Regents

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Hana-
book, 1981 edition, Bylaw 6.01 b 2, provides that one pastor, one
teacher, and one layperson be elected to the Board of Regents of
each synodical secondary school; and

WHEREAS, All synodical secondary schools are supported by
all ofthe Synod, educating and supplying professional workers
for the church to all of the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That all elected members of all Boards of Regents
for the Synod’s secondary schools be elected exclusively at the
synodical convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That return to Bylaw 6.23 a 1-2 of the 1979
Handbook of the Synod for election procedures for all elected
members of the Boards of Regents of Synod’s secondary
schools be done in this 1983 convention.

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Paonia, Colo.
Gary Ford, President

Identical or similar:

5-60B to 5-60H

Messiah, Grand Junction, Colo. John W. Meyer

Redeemer, Delta, Colo. Alvin Hahn
Beautiful Savior, Broomfield, Colo. Harlan Harnapp
Trinity, Rangely, Colo. John Stube
St. James, University City, Mo. Ken Pranschke
Zion, Auburn, Wash. H. B. Schutte

Redeemer, Jackson, Wyo. Bernard E. Staake

5-61

To Change Election of Regents

WHEREAS, The 1981 synodical convention altered the
method of election of members of the Board of Regents
(formerly Boards of Control) of the various colleges of our
Synod; and

WHEREAS, The net effect of these changes borders upon local
control of such institutions by the respective Districts in which
they are located; and

WHEREAS, Such a situation is of dubious propriety, and
while previous elections under the former rules have tended to
select many individuals from the Districts involved and from
surrounding Districts, such a high local representation has not
been assured; and

WHEREAS, Such boards deserve to represent the Synod first,
rather than more local interests; therefore be it

Resolved, That the requirement calling for the election of
one pastor, one teacher and one layperson by the District in
which the school is located be removed and the synodical
convention elect these individuals; and be it further

Resolved, That the Bylaws, Section 6.01, b 2 be revised to
provide for such election by the conventions of the Synod.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Warren, Ohio

Vincent C. Braun, President

Michael Mason, Secretary

Norman Schinkel, Pastor

5-62

To Revise Handbook 6.01 b
(Membership of Boards of Regents)

WHEREAS, Each college of the Synod is governed by a Board
of Regents (6.01); and

WHEREAS, Prior to 1981 the election of all members of the
Board of Regents, except for the President (or his representa-
tive) of the synodical District in which the college is located,
was made by the convention of the Synod; and

WHEREAS, Prior to 1981 the nominating committees of the
Synod had successfully prepared slates of candidates that
effectively represented both the specific geographic District
and those Districts near to each college; and

WHEREAS, Bylaw 6.01 b 2 provides for election by the con-
vention of the geographic District in which the college is
located of three members of the Board of Regents as well as the
District President or a District Vice-President as his standing
representative; and

WHEREAS, Bylaw 6.01 b 2 denies 37 of the 38 Districts of the
Synod from participating in the election of four-ninths of the
governing body of any particular college of the Synod; and

WHEREAS, The effect of Bylaw 6.01 b 2 tends to emphasize
the college as a regional institution rather than a synodical
presence; and

WHEREAS, All Districts of the Synod participate in support-
ing each college through allocations made from the synodical
budget by the Board for Professional Education Services; and

WHEREAS, The delegates to the convention of the Synod are
more likely to be representative of the breadth of views that
exist in the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 6.01 b be amended to read: ‘The