# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S112
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112 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 4

COMMITTEE 4 — Synodical
Administration

To Increase Number of Vice-Presidents
from Four to Five
RESOLUTION 4-01
Overtures 4-06 II, 4-32 (CW, pp. 156, 167)

Wuereas, The increase in the number of synodical
Districts makes representation on the part of the Presi-
dent of the Synod at District conventions and other im-
portant meetings ever more difficult; and

Wuereas, The faculty of Concordia Seminary, Saint
Louis, and the Council of Presidents strongly recom-
mend an increase in the number of synodical Vice-
Presidents; therefore be it

Resolved,

1. That, beginning with this convention, the Synod
elect five Vice-Presidents;

2. That the necessary changes in Handbook 2.125 and
2.137 be referred to the Commission on Constitutional
Matters.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Continue Electing Members of Stewardship
Board by the Conventions of the Synod

RESOLUTION 4-02
Overture 4-47 (CW, p. 174)

Wuereas, The Synod at the San Francisco conven-
tion made the Stewardship Board elective (Proceedings,
1959, p. 254) and the Synod at Cleveland elected the
Stewardship Board (Proceedings, 1962, p. 67); there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Stewardship, Mission
Education, and Promotion continue to be elected by the
conventions of the Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Follow Defined Election Procedure
at the 1965 Convention

RESOLUTION 4-03
Overture 4-09 (CW, p. 159)

Wuereas, The Committee on Convention Nominations
has prepared plans by which difficulties in election pro-
cedure arising from the shift from triennial to biennial
conventions may be overcome; and

Wnereas, The plans appear sound and in harmony
with the intentions of the 1962 Cleveland convention;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Elections Committee declare half
of the board, commission, or committee members re-
ceiving the most votes elected for a 4-year term, the
other half for 2 years; and be it also

Resolved, However, that if the Synod at this conven-
tion approves the proposal for a single Mission Board,

the terms of members of any board elected at this 1965
convention which will be eliminated in 1967 shall be for
2 years only; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod approve the list of boards
and committees (CW, p. 159) to be elected in 1965, with
the exception of the Board of Support and Pensions and
the Board for Radio Station KFUO.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Decline to Change Procedure for Election
of Synodical and District Presidents
RESOLUTION 4-04

Overture 4-28 (CW, p. 166)

Wuereas, The procedure for electing a President
recommended in Overture 4-28 offers no substantial ad-
vantages over the method prescribed in Handbook 2.123
to 2.133; therefore be it

Resolved, That the procedure for electing the Presi-
dent and Vice-Presidents of the Synod remain as spe-
cified in the Handbook.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Consider Location of Synodical
Headquarters

RESOLUTION 4-05
Report 8-01 VIII (CW, p. 324)
Overtures 4-42, 4-43 (CW, pp. 172, 173)

Wuergas, The reasons cited by Overtures 4-42 and
4-43 in favor of relocating the synodical headquarters
to a Chicago location appear to have sufficient merit
to warrant further study of the proposition; and

Wuereas, The Synod’s long-range planning should
include the consideration of adequate facilities for the
administration of its work; therefore be it

Resolved, That the resolution proposed in Overture
4-43 be adopted: that the synodical Board of Directors
appoint a committee to review the advantages and dis-
advantages of St. Louis as the location of our Synod’s
headquarters in comparison with a Chicago location for
such headquarters; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors present its
report regarding this matter to the 1967 convention.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Decline to Limit Terms of Office
of District Officers and Boards
RESOLUTION 4-06
(After Recommittal; see TB, pp. 92, 93)

Overture 4-26 (CW, p. 165)

Wuereas, The Constitution of The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod, which is also the constitution of the
Districts of the Synod, does not limit the terms of office
of District officers and boards but specifically says that
“each District is at liberty to adopt such bylaws and
pass such resolutions as it deems expedient for its con-