# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S162
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RESOLUTIONS

(c) functions currently performed by the program boards
and staffed commissions, with the exception of the CTCR, be
realigned into a new two-office ministry structure or assigned
to the Office of the President, the LCMS Board of Directors,
districts, or other LCMS agencies; and be it further
Resolved, That a Chief Mission Officer (CMO) (who shall
be a minister of religion–ordained) position reporting to the
Synod President be created by bylaw, to be responsible for
supervising the day-to-day activities of the ministry functions of the national office . This position will be appointed
by the President of the Synod with the mutual concurrence
of the Board of Directors . The CMO will serve a three-year
renewable term of office at the direction of the President of the
Synod . The CMO, the Chief Financial Officer CFO, and the
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) will be expected to work
closely together in carrying out the programmatic, administrative, and financial functions of the national office in response
to the Synod emphases selected by the national convention;
and be it further
Resolved, That an Office of National Mission be responsible for coordinating national office ministry that is directed
toward or serving domestic ministries and especially congregations and schools through their districts . Such ministries may
include but not be limited to Lutheran school ministries and
accreditation, human care and domestic mercy efforts, stewardship, evangelism, church planting and revitalization, and
youth ministry; and be it further
Resolved, That an Office of International Mission be established to oversee the work of the LCMS in other countries .
This office, among other functions, would place and support
foreign missionaries, establish and maintain international
schools, coordinate international relief efforts, and support
and encourage the work of the Synod’s international partner
churches in conjunction with the Office of the President; and
be it further
Resolved, That these offices each have staff reporting to
the CMO, who is accountable to the President of the Synod;
and be it further
Resolved, That each of these two offices and their staff
function under policies developed by two new mission boards:
(1) Board for National Mission; and (2) Board for International
Mission . These policies will establish boundaries, parameters,
and principles that guide the respective mission office in determining present and future activities and programs . The mission
boards will have oversight of the implementation of these policies, while the President of the Synod will be responsible for
supervising the implementation of mission board policies in
accordance with his responsibilities under Constitution Art .
XI and Bylaws 3 .3 .1 .1 .1–3 .3 .1 .3; and be it further
Resolved, That the President’s Office (through the CMO)
coordinate communication and public relations functions as
well as fund-raising activities; and be it further
Resolved, That the President’s Office (through the CMO)
and the seminary boards of regents provide leadership and
coordination of seminary pastoral formation; and be it further
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Resolved, That the President’s Office (through the CMO)
provide leadership and coordination for pre-seminary and postseminary pastoral formation; and be it further
Resolved, That the functions of the former Board for
University Education (BUE) be distributed to the Concordia
University System (to be retained as a synodwide corporate
entity), the various university boards of regents, and the LCMS
Board of Directors; and be it further
Resolved, That due to the significant impact of these decisions and with the understanding that for “decency and order,”
care must be taken that the implementation of these actions not
bring undue hardship on ministry and personnel charged with
these national operations, a “transition team” will immediately
be put together by the President of the Synod in consultation
with the Board of Directors and the Council of Presidents;
and be it finally
Resolved, That to accomplish this realignment, the pertinent
bylaws be amended accordingly as shown (“2007 Handbook
Convention Version”) as follows:
Bylaw
1.2.1
1.4.3
1.4.4
1.4.5
1.4.6
1.5.5.1-1.5.5.2
3.2.1–3.2.2.1
3.2.3–3.2.3.1
3.3.1–3.3.1.2
3.3.2.2
3.3.5.5
3.3.5.9
3.4.2–3.4.2.3
3.4.3–3.4.3.8
3.5.1–3.5.2.1
3.6.6–3.6.6.6
3.8.1–3.8.3.2; 3.8.3–3.8.3.4
3.8.2.3–3.8.2.7; 3.8.3.3–3.8.3.6
3.8.2–3.8.8.2.3
3.9.1–3.9.7.2
3.10.2–3.8.3.5.10.1
3.10.4–3.10.4.7.10
3.10.5–3.10.5.6.10
3.12.3.5

Subject
Today’s Business Page(s)
Definitions
169–171
Relationships of Officers
173
Relationships of Boards
173
Relationships of Agencies
173-174
Relation and Role of Staff
174
Agency Operations
177-178
The Governing Boards of Synod
236
The Commissions of the Synod
236–237
Administrative Duties of the President
238–240
First Vice President and Colloquy
241
Responsibilities of Board of Directors
243-244
Appointments by Board of Directors
245
The Chief Administrative Officer
246–247
The Chief Mission Officer
247
National Office Teams
248
Concordia University System
255–257
Mission Boards
259–260, 261
Mission Offices
260–261, 262
Deletion of Existing Boards
262–266
Commissions
266–274
Colloquy
275–280
Seminaries
280–291
CUS Boards of Regents
291–302
Nominations for Boards of Regents
307-308

and that Bylaw 3 .3 .1 .3, initially printed in Today’s Business,
pp . 240–241, be replaced with the following:
Responsibilities and Duties—Ecclesiastical and
Administrative
3 .3 .1 .3 The President shall have powers responsibilities and
duties that are both ecclesiastical and administrative .
(a) He shall report in person or through a vice-president or
other officer of the Synod to all district conventions and to that
end formulate the report that is to be made .
(b) He shall make provisions for new district presidents
and members of boards and commissions of the Synod to be
acquainted with their duties and responsibilities .
(c) He shall carry out his constitutional responsibility (Art .
XI B 1–4) for the supervision of the doctrine and administration
of all officers, executives, and agencies of the national office .
(d) He shall personally or by way of a representative have
the option to attend all meetings of all commissions (except the
Commission on Constitutional Matters), the Synod’s program
boards, the boards of all synodwide corporate entities, and the
Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans, and (Board of Direc-