# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S206
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Seminary and University Education

Resolved, That Bylaw 3.8.3.8.2 (e) be revised to read:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
(e) Steps in moving a faculty member from an initial-level appointment
to a continuing-level appointment shall be the following:
(1) If the board of regents, on recommendation of the president of the institution, determines that a faculty member
meets the above requirements and is still at the initiallevel appointment, it shall either carry forward the procedure for promotion to a continuing-level appointment
or inform the faculty member of its decision not to do
so, in which case the individual either may continue
at the initial-level appointment or be terminated. Any
continuation of employment at the initial-level appointment shall be on a year-to-year basis. Faculty employment during the initial-level appointment period may
be terminated without disclosure of cause. In cases in
which the decision is made to terminate the individual’s
contract, the contract shall be extended for at least six
months beyond the time at which notice is given. If the
board of regents does not take up the question of promotion to a continuing-level appointment at least nine
months prior to the end of the sixth year of service, the
faculty member may petition the board of regents to do
so.
(2) Notice of intent to promote to a continuing-level
appointment status shall be announced in an official
periodical of the Synod.
(3) The faculty member shall be given the opportunity to
respond to any comments or concerns that may have
been raised relative to promotion to a continuing-level
appointment.
(4) At least six weeks after the notice is published, consent
of the electors of the institution shall be given.
(5) (2) If the above steps have all been met, after After final
review the board of regents may promote to a continuing-level appointment status.

Board for University Education;
Board of Regents, Concordia St. Paul;
Board of Regents, Concordia University Texas;
Faculty, Concordia University Portland
5-35

To Revise Bylaw 3.8.3.8.3 (b) re Faculty
Appointments
Rationale:
1.

2.
3.

Bylaw 3.8.3.8.3 (appointment of members to faculties of
Synod’s institutions) was altered by the 1998 convention
of the Synod. This action changed the former wording:
“When, in exceptional cases, laypersons are involved, they
should be persons who are solemnly pledged to the Holy
Scriptures as the inspired Word of God and to the Lutheran
Confessions” to currently read (3.8.3.8.3 [b]): “When
laypersons are employed in full-time teaching positions,
they shall pledge to perform their duties in harmony with
the Holy Scriptures as the inspired Word of God, the
Lutheran Confessions, the Synod’s doctrinal statements,
and the policies of the Synod.”
The expression “and the policies of the Synod” is imprecise
and ambiguous since there are no centrally defined
“policies of the Synod” to which anyone else is pledged.
All faculty members of Synod institutions are already
pledged to “the Holy Scriptures as the inspired Word of

God, the Lutheran Confessions, [and] the Synod’s doctrinal
statements.”
In addition, it is proposed that the convention delete the
4.
statement that “ordinarily” full-time faculty are rostered
members of the Synod. In fact, in many disciplines of
study the most qualified faculty members are not rostered
members of the Synod.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That the first sentence and the later phrase “and the
policies of the Synod” be removed from Bylaw 3.8.3.8.3 (b) so that
the Bylaw reads:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
(b) Ordinarily candidates for full-time teaching positions shall be rostered members of the Synod. When laypersons are employed in fulltime teaching positions, they shall pledge to perform their duties in
harmony with the Holy Scriptures as the inspired Word of God, the
Lutheran Confessions, and the Synod’s doctrinal statements. and the
policies of the Synod.

Board for University Education;
Board of Regents, Concordia St. Paul;
Board of Regents, Concordia University Texas;
Faculty, Concordia University Portland
5-36

To Remove an Ambiguous Expression from Bylaw
3.8.3.8.3 (b) re Appointment of Full-Time Faculty
Rationale:
1. Bylaw 3.8.3.8.3 (appointment of members to faculties of
Synod’s institutions) was altered by the 1998 convention of
the Synod. This action changed the former wording: “When,
in exceptional cases, laypersons are involved, they should be
persons who are solemnly pledged to the Holy Scriptures as
the inspired Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions” to
currently read 3.8.3.8.3 (b): “When laypersons are employed
in full-time teaching positions, they shall pledge to perform
their duties in harmony with the Holy Scriptures as the inspired
Word of God, the Lutheran Confessions, the Synod’s doctrinal
statements, and the policies of the Synod.”
2. The expression “and the policies of the Synod” is imprecise
and ambiguous since there are no centrally defined “policies of
the Synod” to which anyone else is pledged.
3. All faculty members of Synod institutions are already pledged
to “the Holy Scriptures as the inspired Word of God, the
Lutheran Confessions, [and] the Synod’s doctrinal statements.”
4. In addition, it is proposed that the convention delete the
statement that “ordinarily” full-time faculty are rostered
members of the Synod. In fact, in many disciplines of study the
most qualified faculty members are not rostered members of
the Synod.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.8.3.8.3 (b) be amended to read:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
(b) Ordinarily Candidates for full-time teaching positions, shall be
whether rostered members of the Synod. When or laypersons are
employed in full-time teaching positions, they shall pledge to perform their duties in harmony with the Holy Scriptures as the inspired
Word of God, the Lutheran Confessions, and the Synod’s doctrinal
statements. and the policies of the Synod.

Board of Regents
Concordia University, St. Paul, MN

2010 Convention Workbook

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