# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S103 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) assist congregations, Districts, and national boards and commissions in exploring ways to identify, recruit, and in- volve younger adults for service with these boards and commissions. Action: Adopted (9). To Put New Translation of Enchiridion in Lutheran Worship RESOLUTION 2-04 Overture 2-39 (CW, p. 164) Wuereas, The new translation of the Enchiridion has been prepared, field tested, and approved (1986 Proceed- ings, Res. 2-16); and WueEreas, The new translation of the Enchiridion is now in print for use by our parishes; therefore be it Resolved, That future printings of pages 300-307 in Lu- theran Worship employ the new translation of the En- chiridion instead of the old. Action: Adopted (9). (During discussion it was proposed that the following whereas and resolve be added, namely, “WHEREAS, The new translation of the Enchiridion does not provide Luther’s translations but instead inserts NIV translations which often vary widely from Luther’s Enchiridon; be it Resolved, That the new translation be amended to conform to Luther’s Biblical interpretation as Scripture is cited in the Enchiridion.” The proposal was declared to be a substitute motion and the delegates declined to consider it. A motion to sub- stitute Overture 2-38 for the resolution was declined as was an additional proposed resolve stating, “Resolved, That future print- ings of the Enchiridion in Lutheran Worship employ both the new translation and the old.”) a To Include Bylaw Provisions for Council on Human Resources and Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support and to Dissolve Commission on Ministerial Health RESOLUTION 2-05A Overtures 2-65-68 (CW, pp. 169-71) PREAMBLE During the 1983-86 triennium a special Committee on Concern for the Church and Its Workers comprised of na- tional, District, college, and seminary representatives pro- posed a synodwide Council on Human Resources, a Human Resources Committee at each location, an expanded :iIn- ternational Center Human Resources Committee and ex- panded responsibilities for the Synod’s Department of Human Resources. This committee saw the need for closer coordination of the Human Resources function throughout the Synod. The Board of Directors further refined this pro- posal and established a synodwide Council on Human Re- sources comprised of persons involved in the day-to-day personnel functions of varying entities of the Synod to ad- vise the board and others regarding personnel and other policies and plans for the general concern of the Synod and its workers. This council has been functioning for over a year and the board recommends that its functions be in- CONGREGATIONAL MINISTRIES 103 cluded in the Bylaws for the general knowledge of the Synod. Provision for this council has been made in the budget. While considering the council, the board also considered the need for a Commission on Ministerial Growth and Sup- port. A special Committee on Continuing Education had previously recommended such a commission. The board supports the need for the commission and has proposed a close working relationship by it with both the office of the President and the Synod’s Department of Human Resources. In developing its proposal the board reviewed the work of the Commission on Ministerial Health. Much of the for- mer work of this commission has over the years been trans- ferred to the Districts. The board recommends that the Commission on Ministerial Health now be disbanded, that the responsibilities for remedial and therapeutic concerns be transferred to the Synod’s Department of Human Re- sources which has provided staff services to the commis- sion, and that responsibilities for preventative care be assumed by the proposed new Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support. The board also asked that the Board for Social Ministry Services Standing Committee on Health and Healing be advisory to this new commission. The board shared drafts of this proposal with the Com- mission on Structure and the Committee on Continuing Education and refined its proposal to reflect their input. Both groups now support the proposal. The new commis- sion will be able to operate within the current budget; therefore be it Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional Mat- ters be instructed to delete the word Personnel from the title “Personnel and Human Resources” whenever it ap- pears in the Handbook. The department name presently being used by the Board of Directors is the Department of Human Resources; and be it further Resolved, That a new Bylaw be added providing for the Council of Human Resources as follows: 3.741 Council on Human Resources a. There shall be a Council on Human Resources, which shall assist the Board of Directors, the boards of other corporate entities, and the Human Resources De- partment in developing and approving programs, ma- terials, and activities required in fulfilling their responsibilities. b. Functions. The Council on Human Resources shall 1. review, evaluate, and recommend to the Presi- dent, the Board of Directors, and other appropriate groups, policies and general plans for the general con- cern of the Synod and its workers; 2. study the personnel administrative policies and practices of the Synod in order to assist in determining what policies and practices are needed; 3. review personnel administration policies and practices that have been developed by the Department of Human Resources, Districts, colleges, and seminar- ies, or others, and that will be used by the Synod in its various activities; os : 4. assist in the adoption and implementation of per- sonnel administrative policies and practices that have been developed and deemed appropriate for the Synod and its entities; 5. monitor all personnel administrative policies and practices in order to eliminate liability and exposure on the part of the Synod and its entities;