# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S121
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ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
(a) After the election of the President, the First Vice-President, and the other vice-presidents in that order, and the election
by ballot of the Secretary shall next be conducted . the VicePresident–Finance—Treasurer and the elective members of the
Board of Directors of the Synod, the members of all elective
boards and commissions shall be elected .
(b) The election by ballot of the members of the Board of
Directors shall next follow . Each category (ordained, commissioned, and lay) shall be elected separately, the order of the elections to be rotated to allow each category to be the first elected
at every third convention, as monitored by the Secretary of the
Synod .
(c) The election by ballot of the members of all elective
boards and commissions shall next follow .
(bd) A majority of all votes cast shall be required for election
to all elective offices and elective board positions . Candidates
receiving a majority on the first ballot shall be declared elected .
(ce) Except in the elections of president and vice-presidents,
when a second or succeeding ballot is required for a majority,
the candidate receiving the fewest votes and all candidates receiving less than 15 percent of the votes cast shall be dropped
from the ballot, unless fewer than two candidates receive 15 percent or more of the votes cast, in which case the three highest
candidates shall constitute the ballot .
(df) The tally of the votes cast for each candidate shall be
announced after each ballot in all elections .

Action: Adopted (5)
(After the committee deleted the reference to the “Vice-President–Finance—Treasurer” from proposed Bylaw 3 .12 .4 .2 (a), and
after brief discussion, Res . 4-05 was adopted as changed (Yes: 827;
No: 230) .

To Amend and Restate the Articles
of Incorporation
RESOLUTION 4-06
Overture 4-11 (CW, pp. 182–184)
Whereas, Changes to the Constitution and Bylaws of the
Synod advocated by the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod
Structure and Governance, if adopted, will require certain
changes to the Synod’s Articles of Incorporation; and
Whereas, This provides occasion to update the entire document to describe more accurately the objectives, purposes,
governance, and activities of the Synod; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Synod in convention amend and restate
the Articles of Incorporation as herewith proposed by the
Commission on Structure:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation
of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Article I Name, Duration, Registered Office, and Agent
a . The name of this corporation shall be “The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod .”

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b . The period of duration of thethis corporation is perpetual .
c . The address of the registered office of thethis corporation
is 1333 S . Kirkwood Road, St . Louis, Missouri .
d . The name of the registered agent of thethis corporation
is CT Corporation System .
Article II Objectives and Purposes
The objectives and purposes of this corporation shall
beare:
a . To unite in a corporate body the congregations of
theEvangelical Lutheran Churchcongregations that
acknowledge and remain true to the Book of Concord
of the year of our Lord 1580 as a true exhibition of
sound Christian doctrine .
b . To train ministers and teachers for service in theassist
in the establishment of Evangelical LutheranChurch
congregations and preaching stations .
c . To assist, andadvise, and protect member congregations,
pastors, and teachers affiliated with and ministers
of religion—ordained and ministers of religion—
commissioned of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod, and to exercise supervision over such pastors
and teachers as to to provide for their ecclesiastical
supervision in matters of doctrine, and practice, and
their performanceadministration of theirofficial duties,
and to acknowledge and assert the protections granted
by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States .
d . To establish, build, conduct, and maintain support
the establishment and maintenance of theological
seminaries, colleges, academies, schools,universities,
and other institutions of learning to train ministers of
religion–ordained, ministers of religion–commissioned,
and laity for service in the Evangelical Lutheran Church .
e . To assist in the establishment of Lutheran congregations
and preaching stations .
fe . To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ by means of radio
and television broadcasting, visual education, and all
other forms of missionary endeavor throughout the
world by every means possible .
gf . To print, publish, purchase, sell, and otherwise
disseminate Bibles, books, periodicals, literature, music,
and other supplies forprovide assistance and resources to
the congregations, schools, Sunday schools, preaching
stations, and institutions agencies of the Synod for the
dissemination of the Christian Gospel .
hg . To establish and conduct all such enterprises and
endeavors and to exercise such further power as may
be necessary or expedient to carry out the objectives
stated in the Constitution of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod .
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