# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S215
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RESOLUTIONS 215

men’s League turned this fund over to the Synod
under these two unalterable conditions:

a. The capital fund may be increased, but it
must never be reduced or disposed of.

b. The proceeds must always be used for the
care of our Veterans of the Cross in the manner
adopted by the Synod for the purpose and must
not be used for any other purpose.

Except for these two conditions, the Lutheran
Laymen’s League placed this fund into the hands
of the Synod unconditionally and without stipula-
tions.

10.35 Appropriations

a. The Fiscal Review Commission, together with
the Board of Directors, shall make the necessary
appropriations for such supplemental benefits.

b. The Fiscal Review Commission, together with
the Board of Directors, shall make the necessary
appropriations to enable the Board of Managers —
Pensions and Support to discharge its responsibili-
ties in the providing of support.

10.37 Interim Provisions

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions
of this Chapter X to the contrary, the following
provisions shall apply until December 31, 1972:

a. The Pension Plan for Pastors and Teachers
shall be administered by a Board of Pensions and
Support which shall consist of those persons who
constitute the Board of Pensions and Support on
July 31, 1971. Vacancies occurring between July 1,
1971, and December 31, 1972, shall not be filled.

b. The Board of Pensions and Support shall have
those duties with respect to the Pension Plan for
Pastors and Teachers as are described in Section
10.17 including the duty to:

1. grant support on recommendation of the sub-
committees hereinbefore mentioned;

2. report its decision in any individual case to
the respective District subcommittee;

3. send annually to the respective District sub-
committees a report of the number of persons cared
for, the amount of money expended, and other rele-
vant facts.

c. During 1972, management of the Pension Plan
for Pastors and Teachers shall be delegated to a
joint board comprised of the Board of Pensions and
Support and the Board of Managers of the Concor-
dia Plans, which joint board will perform its re-
sponsibilities through the administrator of the
Board of Managers of the Concordia Plans.

Action: Adopted (6).

(A motion to suspend the rules and to read this resolu-
tion by title only was passed by the necessary 24 majority.)

To Reorganize Stewardship Department
RESOLUTION 12-16 (replaces 12-06)

Report 12-03; Overture 12-06 (CW, pp. 457—461, 468
to 470)

Wuereas, An extensive study of the stewardship
task of the church has been undertaken over the past
five (5) years by the Board of Stewardship and a special
stewardship study committee of the Synod’s Board of
Directors; and

Wuereas, The Board of Stewardship has prepared a
comprehensive plan for reorganization (Overture 12-06)
of its activities based on the extensive study and ap-
proved in principle by the Synod’s Board of Directors;
therefore be it

Resolved, That a Division of Stewardship Services
be established to include the Board of Stewardship and
The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod Foundation;
and be it also

Resolved, That the following changes in the synodical
Bylaws be adopted:

2.175 Council of Administrators

(Add the following.)

12. The chairman of the Division of Stewardship
Services.

15.05 Objective of the Board

The objective of the board shall be to cultivate
Christians of The Lutheran Church —- Missouri
Synod who continue to grow in living their lives as
faithful stewards of Jesus Christ, effectively carry-
ing out Christ’s ministry and mission collectively
through congregations, the Synod, and other orga-
nized structures of the church and society, as well
as in their day-to-day personal relationships.

15.07 Functions of the Board

(Add the following: )

10. have the primary responsibility for correlat-
ing all special fund-raising programs designed for
the support of the Synod and its programs;

11. provide consultative services to the Board of
Directors of the Synod or of its Districts for special
appeals for capital and operating funds by various
agencies, auxiliaries, and institutions in keeping
with the approved policies of the Synod’s boards
and to make recommendation to the Board of Direc-
tors upon their request.

12. provide information and counsel regarding
the overall synodical program at the work program
and budget-setting meetings of the Synod and its
Districts;

13. devise and promote a Synodwide program of
deferred giving and large gift solicitation in the
interest of the Synod’s work in cooperation with
The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod Founda-
tion;

14. devise and promote synodical projects of an
ongoing nature which can be supported by auxil-
iaries of the Synod;

15. coordinate the development of the deferred
giving programs of the synodical institutions, agen-
cies, and auxiliaries, in cooperation with The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod Foundation, but
not to include sponsor or similar type programs of
auxiliaries.

Action: Adopted (17).

To Authorize Stewardship Conferences
RESOLUTION 12-17
Report 12-03 (CW, p. 458)

Wuerras, Recent synodical statistics demonstrate
that there has been a decline in the per-capita giving
for synodical purposes; and

Wuereas, The needs of the Synod’s program, as
well as the excitement and the joy of sharing in this
program could be communicated more effectively to
the man in the pew; and

Wuereas, The present procedure for developing and
communicating the work program does not allow for
the widest involvement of the people of the church; and

Wuereas, A work program conference of the circuit