# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S136
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

4. LIFE TOGETHER
• Lutheran school ministries and accreditation
• human care and domestic mercy efforts
• stewardship
• evangelism
• church planting and revitalization
• youth ministry
Upon recommendation of the Office of National Mission,
the Board for National Mission shall serve as a calling
agency for institutional and agency chaplains and other
non-foreign specialized ministers (e.g., Veterans
Administration chaplains, Bureau of Prison chaplains,
hospital chaplains, pastoral counselors, and teachers of
chaplaincy and pastoral counseling) after consultation
with the appropriate district presidents(s) (cf. Bylaw
2.12.1.4).
3.8.2.1
The Board for National Mission shall have
oversight of the implementation of policies adopted by the
board and implemented by the Office of National Mission
for the coordination of and in support of district ministries
which support congregations and schools. The board shall
be under the ecclesiastical supervision of the President of
the Synod regarding doctrine and administration
consistent with the President’s responsibility under
Constitution Art. XI B 1–4 (also Constitution Art. XI B 7;
Bylaws 3.3.1.1–3.3.1.3) between conventions of the Synod
and ultimately shall be responsible to the Synod in
convention (Constitution Art. XI A 1–2).
3.8.2.2
The Board for National Mission shall, during the
course of each triennium between national conventions of
the Synod, work with the Board for International Mission to
gather pertinent and sufficient information from the
Synod’s members that will facilitate the boards’ assessment
and evaluation of the effectiveness of the Synod’s triennial
mission and ministry emphases, and shall develop
accordingly a joint overture to the national convention for
beneficial amendments thereto. The boards shall also
provide a joint report in advance of the Synod’s district
conventions, offering ideas and guidance for proposing
triennial mission and ministry emphases to the national
convention.
3.8.2.23 The Board for National Mission shall be comprised
of eleven members:
1. Five laypersons and five individual members of the
Synod (one of each from each region of the Synod)
elected in the same manner as are regional members of
the Board of Directors of the Synod (Bylaws 3.12.1 and
3.12.2.8)
2. The President of the Synod or his representative

and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.8.3 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Board for International Mission
3.8.3
The Board for International Mission is charged
with developing and determining policies in support of
mission and ministry in foreign countries for the Office of
International Mission (Bylaw 1.2.1 [m]). These policies shall
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embrace and apply the mission and ministry emphases
adopted by the national convention. Under the leadership
of the President of the Synod, pursuant to Bylaw 3.3.1.1.1, the
board shall assist in identifying the specific goals for the
Office of International Mission. Policies determined by the
board (implemented by staff) may include but not be
limited to:
• strong mission leadership
• training of missionaries
• ministry for all of the Synod’s military personnel
• safeguarding the rights of partner churches
• ministry for all civilians and their dependents
overseas
• international human care
• liaison with the colleges, universities, and
seminaries of the Synod
• liaison with the chief ecumenical officer of the
Synod
• international schools
Upon the recommendation of the Office of International
Mission, the board shall serve as the only sending agency
through which workers and funds are sent to the foreign
mission areas of the Synod, including the calling,
appointing, assigning, withdrawing, and releasing of
missionaries (ministers of religion–ordained and ministers
of religion–commissioned) and other workers for the
ministries in foreign areas.
3.8.3.1
The Board for International Mission shall have
oversight of the implementation of policies adopted by the
board and implemented by the Office of International
Mission for the coordination of and in support of ministries
of the Synod in foreign countries. The board shall be under
the ecclesiastical supervision of the President of the Synod
regarding doctrine and administration consistent with the
President’s responsibility under Constitution Art. XI B 1–4
(Constitution Art. XI B 7; Bylaws 3.3.1.1–3.3.1.3) between
conventions of the Synod and ultimately shall be
responsible to the Synod in convention (Constitution Art. XI
A 1–2).
3.8.3.2
The Board for International Mission shall, during
the course of each triennium between national conventions
of the Synod, work with the Board for National Mission to
gather pertinent and sufficient information from the
Synod’s members that will facilitate the boards’ assessment
and evaluation of the effectiveness of the Synod’s triennial
mission and ministry emphases, and shall develop
accordingly a joint overture to the national convention for
beneficial amendments thereto. The boards shall also
provide a joint report in advance of the Synod’s district
conventions, offering ideas and guidance for proposing
triennial mission and ministry emphases to the national
convention.
3.8.3.23 The Board for International Mission shall be
comprised of eleven members:
1. Five laypersons and five individual members of the
Synod (one of each from each region of the Synod)
elected in the same manner as are regional members of
Resolutions