# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S 16
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SYNODICAL ADMINISTRATION 49

will appreciate the fact that negotiations could be
prejudiced by premature disclosure of details.

The Board of Directors requests favorable action on
the first conclusion. Furthermore, although the pur-
chase of such properties has been made the responsi-
bility of the Board of Directors in the Bylaws, the board
is also desirous of a favorable reaction to its second
conclusion. It is obvious, of course, that any further
action on the part of the board and its negotiators re-
garding its second conclusion is contingent on favorable
action of the convention with respect to the first con-
clusion: that the synodical headquarters remain in the

St. Louis area. Boarp or Directors

HERvERT MUELLER, Secretary
(4-37U)

To Retain Separate Commission
for Mentally Retarded

Wuereas, We believe that it would be a loss for the
retarded children if the Commission on Services for the
Mentally Retarded were merged with another board as
proposed in “Restructure of Synodical Administrative
Organization”; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Commission for Services to the
Mentally Retarded be retained as a separate commission
under the reorganization; and be it further

Resolved, That we support Memorial 4-16 on page
216 of the Convention Workbook.

St, Luxe’s LUTHERAN CHURCH
St. Louis, Mo.

Joun B. Cuastonay, President
Joun C. Apotr, Secretary
CLarENcE H. PETERS, Pastor

(4-38U)

Documentation on Proposed
Council of Auxiliaries

(Overture 4-51U of the New York convention with its
attached report of the Committee on Auvziliaries is
printed below as resource material to evaluate the rec-
ommendations of the Board of Directors given on page
204 (D) of the Denver Workbook. The action which
the New York convention took on the report that fol-
lows is also quoted on page 204.)

To Create Council of Auxiliaries

During the past biennium the Board of Directors felt
constrained to carry forward the study of the relation-
ships of the auxiliaries to the Synod recommended by
the Survey Commissions and begun by the President
in consultation with the Vice-Presidents.

The Board of Directors further decided to carry on
this study through the Council of Administrators. :

Its special study committee, whose report and rec-
ommendations are hereby transmitted to the delegate
convention with the endorsement of the council, worked
diligently toward its findings.

In its June meeting the council heard the report,
made it its own, and resolved to urge its adoption with
delegation of authority to implement it quickly.

Upon adoption changes and additions in Synodical
Handbook regulations will be needed. The Commission
on Constitutional Matters is authorized to develop the
necessary changes and incorporate them.

COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS
R. C. RAuscueEr, Secretary

Report of Committee on Auxiliaries
1. Assignment
The committee’s assignment was:

to study, evaluate, and advise the Board of Di-
rectors of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
through its Council of Administrators on the ob-
jectives, functions, and relationships of auxiliaries
to the Synod;

so that there might be established the necessary
relationships between the Synod and auxiliary orga-
nizations to insure that the nature and scope of ac-
tivities undertaken by them are coordinated.

2. Auxiliary Defined

The committee submits the following as the definition
of an auxiliary:

an organization or continuing project

which identifies itself with the Synod either alone
or with other church bodies

and has as its objective aiding the church, specifically
in those areas of service which complement or
supplement the mission of the church.

It is an organization which is independent
in its origin,
administration,
financial matters,
and the establishment and evaluation of its own
objectives, programs, and activities.
It is voluntary in Christian membership and par-
ticipation.

3. Basic Principles

The committee concludes that the following basic
principles govern the relationship of the Synod and its
auxiliaries:

a. Synodical auxiliaries have positive value and are
to be encouraged when they complement and/or sup-
plement the activities, services, and programs essential
to the mission of the church, in the congregations, and
in the Synod and its Districts.

b. It is the responsibility of the congregations,
through the Synod, to determine which activities, ser-
vices, and programs are essential to the mission of the
church and are not adequately being provided within
the existing structure of the Synod.

ce. Since the original aims and purposes of organiza-
tions have a way of changing and the possibility always
exists that they are no longer fulfilling a valid and