# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S129
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ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Church Extension rather than the district church extension fund
boards and committees .
The Board for Church Extension and the seven district
church extension fund entities therefore have requested that
current wording be replaced with the pre-2004 wording to
restore the pre-2004 intent of the bylaws in question, as
follows .
Therefore be it
Resolved, That 2007 Bylaw 3 .6 .4 .4 (d) describing one of the
responsibilities of the Board for Church Extension be deleted
as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
“(d) The board shall ensure that district church extension
boards or committees administer the districts’ church extension programs in conformity with policies established by the
Synod’s Board for Church Extension and in accordance with
district regulations”;

and be it further
Resolved, That the language of pre-2004 Bylaw 3 .511 be
inserted immediately following 2007 Bylaw 3 .6 .4 .4 as a new
Bylaw 3 .6 .4 .5 as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3 .6 .4 .5 District church extension boards or committees shall
administer the district’s church extension programs in conformity with policies established by the Synod’s Board for Church
Extension and in accordance with district regulations .

and be it finally
Resolved, That the remaining paragraphs of Bylaw 3 .6 .4 .4
and the bylaws following new Bylaw 3 .6 .4 .5 be re-lettered and
re-numbered as appropriate .
Action: Adopted (8)
(After brief discussion, Res . 4-10 was adopted as presented
[Yes: 1,065; No: 19] .)

To Provide Definition for Term “Operating Board”
RESOLUTION 4-11
Overture 4-14 (CW, p. 184)
Preamble
In a March 28, 2008 memorandum, the Commission on
Structure requested an opinion from the Commission on
Constitutional Matters (CCM) on the use and application of the
term “operating board” in paragraph (c) of Bylaw 6 .2 .1 . After
study of the use of the term in earlier handbooks of the Synod
(1995–present) the CCM concluded in its Opinion 08-2515:
The term “operating board” is to be understood to apply to
the Board of Directors and the boards of the synodwide corporate entities (including Concordia Plans Services) and to the
program boards .

In keeping with the response of the CCM and in order to
provide an official definition for the Synod’s current and future
use, the Commission on Structure advocates the inclusion of

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the following definition as a new paragraph (m) under Bylaw
1 .2 .1 .
Therefore be it
Resolved, That a new paragraph (m) be added to current
Bylaw 1 .2 .1 to provide a definition for the term “operating
board,” as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
1 .2 .1 The following definitions apply to the entire Bylaws of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod: …
(m) Operating Board: The Board of Directors and mission
boards of the Synod, the Board of Directors of Concordia Plan
Services, and the governing boards of the synodwide corporate
entities .

and be it further
Resolved, That current paragraphs (m) through (w) of Bylaw
1 .2 .1 be re-lettered accordingly .

Action: Adopted (8)
(Res . 4-11 was adopted [Yes: 1,073; No: 20] after the committee replaced the word “program” in the proposed bylaw paragraph
with the word “mission .”)

To Change Auxiliary Terminology
RESOLUTION 4-13
Overture 4-17 (CW, p. 185)
Rationale
The International Lutheran Laymen’s League (ILLL), in
considering changes to its governance and structure, is giving
consideration to changing the title of its chief elected officer . Currently that officer is titled “president” in the Bylaws
of the Synod (Bylaw 6 .1 .3 [a] and [b]) . After consulting with
the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, the ILLL has
requested that the bylaw paragraphs in question be amended
to provide more flexibility to the auxiliaries in referring to their
chief elected officers .
Therefore be it
Resolved, That the word “president” in paragraphs (a) and
(b) of Bylaw 6 .1 .3 be replaced with the words “chief elected
officer,” to read as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
6 .1 .3 An auxiliary assumes the following responsibilities:
(a) It reports annually, through its president chief elected
officer, to the President of the Synod and, upon his request, to
conventions of the Synod .
(b) It provides the Synod, through its president chief elected
officer, with an annual program report for sharing with appropriate boards .

Action: Adopted (8)
(Res . 4-13 was adopted as presented without debate [Yes:
1,007; No: 48] .)
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