# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S163
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for the good of one another is deemed crucial and be-
comes an objective of the service and support supplied
by the Synod and its Districts;

2. That the Districts of the Synod, as regional ad-
ministrative units, encourage congregations to provide
resources, energies, and expertise in the task of assisting
one another to accomplish their mission and ministry
more effectively;

3. That the Synod, understood as the core adminis-
trative unit, seeks to undertake and implement those re-
sponsibilities by which it serves the general welfare of
its member congregations, sustains a quality life and
ministry for its member congregations through the pro-
vision of professional workers, and allows member con-
gregations to engage in Christ’s mission around the
world;

d. monitor and report the work performed by the
Synod, its boards and Districts; use such reports to point
to the possibility of having the various entities reorder
their priorities, if necessary; and present to the synodical
convention a comprehensive picture of the work done and
anticipated throughout the Synod;

e. continue to monitor and encourage networking
throughout the Synod;

f. continue to evaluate and encourage relationships
between congregations, District staffs, and synodical
staffs.

Action: Adopted (8).

To Change Establishment of Committee
for Convention Nominations

RESOLUTION 8-044

Overtures 8-48-49, L8-71 (CW, pp. 281-82, TB, pp. 17-
18)

Wuereas, The Synod at its 1986 convention reduced
the number of persons on the Committee for Convention
Nominations from 35 to 15 persons and changed the
method of electing members of the committee from direct
election by the Districts to the election of committee mem-
bers by the Synod at its convention; and

Wuereas, Direct election of persons to the Committee
for Convention Nominations by the Districts of the Synod
would ensure a more representative committee from all
the Districts of the Synod and give ownership in the se-
lection of nominees to the Districts; and

Wuereas, From a practical standpoint the majority of
nominations are now made within the 12 months prior to
the synodical convention, which would allow time for Dis-
trict conventions to elect persons to be members of the
Committee for Convention Nominations and still be able
to carry out their duties in a timely and effective manner;
and

WHEREAS, The first call for nominations can be made
by the Secretary of the Synod on behalf of the Committee
for Convention Nominations 18 months before the conven-
tion; therefore, at its first meeting the nominating com-
mittee would have names of nominees with which to work;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the 1989 synodical convention change
the manner of establishing a Committee for Convention
Nominations as follows:

3.94 Committee for Convention Nominations
a. Seventeen of the Districts shall elect through their

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PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION 163

regular election procedures at the District convention one
member to the Committee for Convention Nominations,
plus an alternate. For the next convention, the other 18
Districts shall elect in the same manner. Half of the elect-
ing Districts shall be designated by the Secretary of the
Synod to elect a professional church worker and the other
half a layperson with roles reversed every six years.

b. The following demographic cycle shall be adopted:

I via
Atlantic Eastern
California-Nevada-Hawaii English
Central Illinois Towa East
Florida-Georgia Kansas
Indiana Michigan
Towa West Mid-South
Minnesota South Minnesota North
Missouri Montana
Nebraska New England
North Wisconsin New Jersey
Northern Illinois North Dakota
Northwest Ohio
Oklahoma Rocky Mountain
SELC South Wisconsin
South Dakota Southeastern
Southern Pacific-Southwest
Wyoming Southern Illinois

Texas

c. The Committee for Convention Nominations shall
take office on or about Sept. 1, following the District
conventions.

d. The Committee for Convention Nominations shall
be regarded as an ad hoc convention committee, to which
limitations on holding multiple offices do not apply.

e. The Secretary of the Synod shall handle the pre-
liminary work and, on behalf of the committee, shall
issue the first call for nominations from the Synod at
large 18 months before the synodical convention.

Action: Adopted (4).

(Delegates agreed to consider this resolution prior to voting for
board, commission and convention nomination committee mem-
bers. A motion to amend the resolution by adding f. This method
will first be in effect in the triennium of 1992 was declined. A
substitute amendment to change the date in the first statement of
the resolve was ruled out of order.)

To Clarify Title of Treasurer as Synod’s
Chief Financial Officer

RESOLUTION 8-05A
Overture 8-59 (CW, pp. 285-86)

WHEREAS, It may be beneficial that the Treasurer of the
Synod be recognized as having authority in a specific area,
an impression which is given by the use of the title Chief
Financial Officer; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following Bylaw amendments be
adopted:

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.53 Officers

The officers of the Synod shall be a President, five
Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer who shall
also be designated as Chief Financial Officer, elected by
the convention.

3.161 Nomination and Election

The Treasurer, who shall be a layperson, shall be
nominated by the Board of Directors after consultation
with the other boards on which he serves as a voting
member and elected by the convention. Additional nom-
inations may also be made from the floor of the con-