# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S114
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To Define Principle According to Which
a Board, Commission, Council, or Committee
Ought to Be Made Elective or Appointive
RESOLUTION 4-11

(Original Resolution 4-11, TB, pp. 166, 167, was reas-
signed)
Overture 4-25 (CW, p. 165)

Wuereas, Overture 4-25 sets forth one important
factor which should govern making a synodical board,
commission, council, or committee either elective or
appointive; and

Wuereas, There may be other factors affecting the
overall principle according to which such decisions
should be made; therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention request the Council
of Administrators of the Synod to draw up a statement
of principle according to which a synodical board, com-
mission, council, or committee should be made either
elective or appointive; and be it further

Resolved, That the Council of Administrators, ac-
cording to said principle, indicate which synodical
boards, commissions, councils, or committees should be
made elective, which appointive, and which in part elec-
tive and in part appointive; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Council of Administrators present
its statement of principle, together with its recommen-
dations, to the 1867 convention.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Approve Election Schedule for Boards
of Control

RESOLUTION 4-12
Overture 4-09 (CW, pp. 159, 160)

Wuereas, The change from triennial to biennial con-
ventions of the Synod makes necessary some adjust-
ments in the terms of office of the present members of
Boards of Control of the Synod’s colleges and seminaries;
and

Whereas, The Committee on Convention Nominations
has drawn up an “Election Schedule for Boards of Con-
trol” which embodies the necessary adjustments; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Synod approve the “Election
Schedule for Boards of Control.”

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Re Establishment of a Committee
on Synodical Administration
RESOLUTION 4-13
Overtures 4-38, 4-40, 4-41 (CW, pp. 168—172)

Wuereas, The rapid growth of the Synod has brought
with it a corresponding increase in the number of synod-

RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 4

ical boards, commissions, and administrative personnel;
and

Wuereas, A major reorganization in the administra-
tion of the Synod has only recently been undertaken;
and

Wuereas, The Synod’s Council of Administrators
(see Handbook 2.175) is studying the principles of ad-
ministration with a view to their application to the op-
eration of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; and

Wuereas, The Synod’s officers, boards, commissions,
and administrators must have time and opportunity to
work out the problems of synodical administration;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod urge all elected and ap-
pointed officers, boards and commissions —

a) to give continued study to principles of sound
administration;

b) to strive to put these principles into practice in
the interest of responsible representative government,
efficient administration, and wise economy; and

c) to seek professional counsel, as the need arises,
in solving problems of synodical administration.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Change “Handbook” 2.173 a and ¢
RESOLUTION 4-14
Report 4-04 (CW, p. 142)

Wuereas, The principle of divisional grouping re-
quires that some clarification of the line of authority be
made; and

Wuenreas, There is a need to implement the applica-
tion of the principle of divisional grouping; therefore
be it

Resolved, That Handbook Section 2.173 a and 2.173 ¢
be changed to read as follows:

a. Each synodical division shall have a chairman.
The President shall appoint the chairman of the Divi-
sion of Church Government and the chairman of the
Division of Doctrine and Church Relations. The
Treasurer of the Synod shall ex officio be the chair-
man of the Division of Finance. The Controller of the
Synod shall ex officio be the chairman of the Division
of Controllership. All other division chairmen shall be
appointed by the Board of Directors on the recommen-
dation of the Executive Director and with the concur-
rence of the President of the Synod.

c. The division chairman shall keep themselves in-
formed on the activities of the agencies in their respec-
tive divisions. They shall represent the agencies in their
divisions in the integrational plans, budgets, and policies
of all divisions in the Council of Administrators, of
which the President of the Synod shall be an ex-officio
member. (Cf. 2.175)

Action: This resolution was adopted.