# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S109
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SYNODICAL ADMINISTRATION 109

available to responsible synodical and District boards;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Synod
be encouraged to continue to promote a sharing of infor-
mation concerning salaries and other forms of compen-
sation between synodical and District boards.

Action: Adopted as given above.

To Accept, Amend, and Commend Report
of Special Committee on Full-Time
District Presidencies
RESOLUTION 4-27

Report 4-06 (CW, pp. 106—107)

Resolved, That the report of the special committee on
full-time District presidencies be received and that the
committee be commended for its efforts; and be it fur-
ther

Resolved, That the report be amended to include
under “The Role and Function of District Presidents”
the chief responsibility for the administration of the
financial operation of the District, subject to the super-
vision of the Board of Directors of the District, said re-
sponsibility to be delegated by the District President to
the business manager of the District or his equivalent;
and be it finally

Resolved, That the report be commended to the
Boards of Direetors of all synodical Districts for study
with respect to the analysis of District administrative
structure.

Action: Adopted.

To Study Restructuring Division of
Social Action and Welfare
RESOLUTION 4-28

Overture 4-47 U (URO, pp. 35—36)

Wuereas, The effective, efficient, and economic ad-
ministration of the church’s social ministry requires cen-
tral planning, unrestricted communication, and unlim-
ited coordination of effort; and

Wuereas, The fragmentation of our various social
ministry concerns is due in part to the fact that respon-
sibility for certain areas of social ministry has been as-
signed to different boards and commissions; and

Wuereas, A closer relationship of such boards. and
commissions, most of which are currently in the Division
of Social Action and Welfare, could produce greater
correlation and coordination of operation; therefore be it

Resolved, That the boards and commissions currently
in the Division of Social Action and Welfare, with the
exception of the Concordia Plans but with the addition
of the Board of Support and Pensions and the Armed
Forces Commission, be encouraged to study mutually

. the possibilities of establishing within the division a sin-

gle board with various subdepartments in order to carry
out the Synod’s program of social ministry; and be it
further. . : . .

Resolved, That this study, designed to unify the work
being done through various programs, consider whether
the chaplaincy and contact pastors programs in veterans
hospitals ought to be included in the functions of the
unified board; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Director act in the ca-
pacity of convener and establish a study committee con-
sisting of representatives of each board or commission
involved in the Synod’s social ministry program; and be
it finally

Resolved, That the said study committee shall report
to the Board of Directors of the Synod, which in turn
shall make recommendations to the Synod in convention
in 1969.

Action: Adopted.

To Study Further the Proposal to Create
Council of Auxiliaries
RESOLUTION 4-29

Overture 4-51 U (URO, pp. 42-—46)
Wuereas, The report of the committee on auxiliaries
calls the attention of the church to the need for coordi-

nation of the efforts of the various agencies operating
within the Districts and the Synod; and

Wuereas, Time did not permit study of the report of
the committee on auxiliaries by the various auxiliary
agencies of the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod thank the Board of Direc-
tors and its study committee on auxiliaries for their
efforts; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod endorse the principle of
cooperation and coordination between the Synod and its
auxiliaries; and be it further

Resolved, That the report of the committee on auxil-
iaries be studied by those parties affected with the re-
quest that they report to the Board of Directors the re-
sults of such study; and be it further

Resolved, That the question of the relationship be-
tween the proposed Council of Auxiliaries and the
Council of Lutheran Ministries be explored by the
Board of Directors of the Synod; and be it finally

Resolved, That the results of these studies be com-
municated with appropriate recommendations by the
Board of Directors to the Synod in convention in 1969.

Action: Adopted.

To Accept Report of Board of Directors
RESOLUTION 4-30

Report 4-03 (CW, pp. 99—103)

Resolved, That the Synod accept the report of the
Board of Directors of the Synod and express its heartfelt
appreciation to the board for the many hours devoted to
the carrying out of their duties and for the competent
manner in which they have guided the Synod. in its
business affairs; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod accept the recommendation