# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S201
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4, SYNODICAL ADMINISTRATION

(4-01)
The President’s Report

(After President Oliver R. Harms has read his re-
port to the convention, it will be submitted to the floor
committee on Synodical Administration and will be
printed as delivered in the Proceedings of the con-
vention.)

(4-02)

Report of First Vice-President

An inspection tour of Central and South American
mission opportunities on behalf of the President of the
Synod was of special significance during the past bi-
ennium. This tour included attending the Argentine
District convention at Crespo, visiting synodical schools
at Villa Ballester, Porto Alegre, Sao Leopoldo, Sao
Paulo, and Mexico City and consulting with pastors and
laymen relative to needs and opportunities for a wider
proclamation of the Gospel in the rapidly growing cities
and the vast rural areas of Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela,
Guatemala. and Mexico.

During the past biennium the following committees
made necessary studies and rendered helpful reports:
the Establishment and Maintenance of the Synod’s Offi-
cial Roster: the Review of the Synod's Editorial and
Periodical Policies; the Training. Certification. and
Status of Lay Preachers: the Synod of Evangelical Lu-
theran Churches-The Lutheran Church -—- Missouri
Synod Union Committee.

The First Vice-President served as chairman of the
Division of Theology and Church Relations and repre-
sented the President of the Synod on the Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Board of Control; the Editorial
Commission for Official Publications: the Commission
on Fraternal Organizations; and the Commission on
Worship.

Work as chairman of the Colloquy Committee for
the Pastoral and the Teaching Ministries continues to
increase both in scope and in significance to the Synod.
During the past 2 years 11 candidates were certified for
the pastoral ministry, and 27 candidates were certified
for the teaching ministry.

Presiding over the 1967 and 1968 series of seven re-
gional conferences, representing the President of the
Synod at District conventions, in visits to campuses of
the Synod's junior colleges, at pastor and teacher con-
ferences, and on special assignments were pleasant ex-
periences during the past biennium.

ROLAND P. WIEDERAENDERS

(4-03)
Report of the Synod’s Board of Directors

I. Administration
A. Various sections of the synodical Handbook place
upon the Board of Directors the responsibility of the
general management and supervision of the Synod’s

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business and legal affairs. The board is required to pro-
vide for the coordination of the policies and directives
of the Synod and to evaluate plans and policies with
resulting recommendations to appropriate boards and
commissions. It also is given specific duties in planning,
in budgeting procedures, in synodical personnel policies,
and in the management of the property of the Synod
(see Handbook, pp. 49—55).

B. Meetings. Bimonthly meetings were held as well
as additional sessions which were arranged in connec-
tion with other meetings which the Board of Directors
was obligated to attend. The board also continued its
recent policy of holding at least four or five joint meet-
ings every year with other boards of the Synod to dis-
cuss joint concerns.

C. Organization. At its first meeting after the New
York convention the board elected Dr. Oliver R. Harms
as chairman, Mr. Jay Pfotenhauer as vice-chairman,
and Dr. Herbert Mueller as secretary. The board ap-
pointed the following subcommittees:

1. Committee for Division of Missions: William
Buege. Walter Hinck, Paul Streufert.

2. Committee for Division of Parish Education and
Services and Related Divisions: Harry Barr, W. Harry
Krieger, Rupert Dunklau.

3. Committee for Division of Finance and Related
Divisions: Jay Pfotenhauer, E. T. Bernthal, Carl Muh-
lenbruch, Milton Isern, George W. Wittmer, Milton
Carpenter.

4. Committee for Division of Higher Education: Ger-
hardt Nitz, John Mueller, Walter Steinberg, Theodore
F. Nickel.

Ebenezer: Roland P. Wiederaenders, E. T. Bernthal,
Rupert Dunklau, Carl W. Muhlenbruch, Gerhardt E.
Nitz.

Appointments. The board made, ratified, or con-
curred in (depending on the specific Handbook require-
ments) the following appointments:

Executive Director: Dr. Walter F. Wolbrecht for 2

years

Controller: Mr. Raymond C. Rauscher for 2 years

Assistant Treasurer: Mr, Erwin Wesche for 2 years

The following division chairmen for a term of 2
years:

Higher Education: A. M. Ahlschwede

Church Literature: O. A. Dorn

Social Action and Welfare: Earl E. Haake

Special Ministries: John E. Herrmann

Missions: William H. Kohn

Staff Services: Robert P. Hopmann (later replace-
ment: William Barge)
Parish Education and Services: Arthur L. Miller

Division of Communications and Public Relations:
Kenneth Lindsay