# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S149
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RESOLUTIONS 149

2.03 and 2.05 of the Handbook be deleted and the follow-
ing sections be added:

2.02 Boards, Commissions, and Councils

The Synod shail sustain several organizations
assigned specific responsibilities to further the work
of the church, identified as boards, commissions, or
councils.

a. Boards

Normally a board is officially established and
continued by the Synod, consisting of a group of
noncompensated persons, charged with the respon-
sibility for an established operating or administra-
tive division or department of the Synod, usually
provided with staff.

b. Commissions

Normally a commission is officially established
and continued by the Synod, consisting of a group
of noncompensated persons charged with the per-
formance and execution of specific service functions
assigned to it by the Synod, usually without provi-
sion for staff.

ce. Councils

Normally a council is officially established and
continued by the Synod to enable representatives of
designated organizations of the Synod, or groups
within the Synod, to consult on common or related
interests, problems, or programs.

2.03 Elective Boards
The boards of the Synod elected by the delegate
convention of the Synod are:
A Board of Directors
A Board for Missions
A Board of Stewardship
A Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing
House
A Board of Parish Education
A Board of Youth Ministry
A Board for Higher Education
A Board of Control for each educational insti-
tution

2.04 Appointive Boards, Commissions, and
Councils

a. The criteria for determining the appointive
body shall normally be:

1. The Board of Directors, after consultation
with the President, shall appoint all those boards
or commissions dealing primarily with financial
and/or business affairs of the Synod.

2. The President of the Synod, after consultation
with the Board of Directors, shall appoint those
boards and commissions dealing primarily with theo-
logical matters and studies.

b. The boards and commissions appointed by the
Board of Directors, after consultation with the
synodical President, shall be:

A Board for KFUO

A Board for Lutheran Television

A Board of Managers for Concordia Plans

A Board of Pensions and Support

A Board of Trustees for The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod Foundation

A Board of Trustees for Trust Funds

A Board for Church Extension

ec. The boards and commissions appointed by the
President of the Synod, after consultation with the
Board of Directors, shall be:

A Board for Public Relations

A Board of Social Ministry and World Relief

A Commission on Architecture

A Commission on Social Concerns

A Commission on Lay Higher Education

A Commission for Christian Medical Work

A Commission for Services to the Mentally
Retarded

A Commission on Church Literature
A Commission on Constitutional Matters
A Commission on Fraternal Organizations
A Commission on Ministerial Health
A Commission on Worship
A Synodical Service Commission
An Armed Forces Commission
An Editorial Commission for Official Peri-
odicals
An Advance Editorial Commission
2.05 Organizations Both Elective and Appointive

The following organizations shall have both elec-
tive and appointive positions, as hereinafter pro-
vided in these Bylaws:

A Commission on Theology and Church Rela-
tions

A Commission on Mission and Ministry in the
Church

A Board of Governors of Concordia Historical
Institute

and be it finally

Resolved, That wherever these changes affect other
Bylaws, the Commission on Constitutional Matters make
the necessary revisions.

Action: Referred under omnibus resolution to Board
of Directors for study and report to next convention.

To Revise Bylaws Regarding Number
of Advisory Delegates

RESOLUTION 4-41
Report 4-09 (CW, pp. 217—218)

Wuereas, The Committee on Organization has care-
fully studied the subject of representation at conven-
tions; and

Whereas, The Denver convention resolved that the
number of advisory delegates and representatives be
kept at a minimum (Proceedings, 1969, p.110, Res. 4-
31); and

Wuereas, Fewer advisory delegates could serve the
Synod adequately in terms of human and financial re-
sources; and

Wuereas, Advisory membership at synodical con-
ventions should include adequate representation from
District boards and executives; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 1.57 be amended as follows:

157 Advisory Delegates

Each District shall send one advisory delegate
for approximately every 30 advisory clergymen and
one advisory delegate for approximately every 30
teachers on the roster of the Synod. These selec-
tions shall be made by the respective groups meet-
ing at the call of the District Secretary during the
District convention. Fractional groupings shall be
disregarded except that each District shall be en-
titled to at least one advisory delegate in each
category.

Be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 1.61 be amended as follows:
1.61 Other Advisory Representatives

a. The Vice-Presidents of the Synod, District
Presidents, chairmen of synodical divisions, and the
executive secretary of the boards and commissions
of the Synod shall attend the synodical conventions.
One additional executive level staff member for