# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S108
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108 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 3

ARTICLE IV
Purposes and Objectives

The purposes and objectives of this council are:

a. To further the witness, the work, and the interests
of the participating bodies.

b. To seek to achieve theological consensus in a
systematic and continuing way on the basis of the
Scriptures and the witness of the Lutheran Confessions.

ce. To provide an instrumentality through which the
participating bodies may work together in fulfilling their
responsibility of Christian service where coordination
or joint activity is deemed by them to be desirable and
feasible.

ARTICLE V

Functions

The functions of the council shall be:

a. To provide a forum in which the participating
bodies will discuss their mutual concerns and may plan
common action;

b. To establish procedures and provide resources for
theological study and discussion;

c. To promote understanding, amity, and helpful re-
lationships with other Lutheran churches in the United
States of America;

d. To bring to the attention of the participating
bodies matters which in its judgment may require utter-
ance or action on their part;

e. To represent the interests of the council, and the
interests of a participating body so requesting, in mat-
ters which require common action before

1) the American public

2) the national government and state governments

3) organized bodies and agencies outside the Lu-

theran Church

f. To make studies and surveys regarding present
or proposed fields of work and to submit recommenda-
tions to the participating bodies based thereon;

g. To perform specific services on behalf of one or
more of the participating bodies upon a purchase of
service basis;

h. To establish liaison and cooperate with unofficial
or voluntary inter-Lutheran groups at their request
subject to action by the council in each instance;

i. To take necessary steps to meet emergencies re-
quiring common action;

j. To undertake additional functions and services
upon approval by a majority of the participating bodies.

ARTICLE VI

Authority and Powers

Section 1. The council shall have authority:

a. To regulate its proceedings and to conduct its
activities in accordance with this constitution.

b. To elect or appoint the necessary officers and

members of its staff, to terminate their service when
it deems this advisable, and to fill vacancies.

ce. To oversee, review the work of, control, and co-
ordinate its divisions, departments, commissions, offices,
and committees. ;

d. To obtain, appropriate, and administer funds for
its work and to control its finances and business.

e. To determine the external relations of the council
to religious and secular organizations and movements
either directly or through one or more of its divisions,
such determination to be subject to the unanimous ap-
proval of the participating bodies. _

f. To purchase, receive by gift, bequest or devise,
or otherwise acquire and to hold, manage, sell, convey,
or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property.

Section 2. The council shall submit annual reports
of its activities to the participating bodies and at the
request of one or more of them shall make special
reports.

ARTICLE VII
Meetings

Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the
council. Other regular meetings may be held as deter-
mined by the council.

Section 2. Special meetings may be called by the
Executive Committee.

Section 3. A majority of the representatives entitled
to be present, representing a majority of the partici-
pating bodies, shall constitute a quorum.

Section 4. Each representative shall be notified in
writing of each meeting at least fifteen days prior to
the date of the meeting.

ARTICLE VIII

Officers
Section 1. The officers of the council shall include
a President, a Vice-President, and a Secretary, elected
by ballot at the annual meeting from among the repre-
sentatives of the participating bodies. The Executive
Committee shall select the Treasurer of the council. All
officers shall take office at the conclusion of the meeting
at which they are elected and shall continue to serve
in such capacity until their successors assume office.
Section 2. No officer, except the Treasurer, may
serve more than three full one-year terms in succession.
Section 3. The officers of the council shall serve in
the same capacities as officers of the Executive Com-

mittee.
ARTICLE IX

Committees

Section 1. The council shall have an Executive Com-
mittee, which shall also serve as its Board of Directors,
consisting of the President, Vice-President, and Secre-
tary, and seven additional representatives to be elected
at the annual meeting. All the participating bodies shall
be represented in the membership of the Executive
Committee. In the interim between meetings of the