# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 24
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To Improve the Specific Ministry Pastor
Program.......................................................450
To Upgrade and Limit the SMP Program....451
To Request Synod to Move Ordination Upon
Completion of SMP Four-Year Program. ...451
To Support the SMP Program.....................452
To Support the Synod’s Specific Ministry
Pastor Program............................................452
To Colloquize Specific Ministry Pastors for the
“Regular” Ministers of Religion—Ordained
Pastoral Ministry Status. .............................452
To Develop a Worker Training Plan............454
To Restore Supervision of Licensed Lay
Deacon Ministry to the Districts..................454
To Revoke the Requirement that District
Presidents Acquire Approval of the Council
of Presidents to License New Licensed Lay
Deacons.......................................................455
To Revoke the Requirement the District
Presidents Acquire Approval of the Council of
Presidents to Retain Licensed Lay Deacons in
Exceptional Circumstances. .........................455
To Thank Those Involved in Rostering
Licensed Lay Deacons. ................................455
To Authorize the Council of Presidents (Acting
as the Board of Assignments) to Create
a System for the Placement of Inactive—
Candidate Members.....................................456
To Improve a System for the Placement of
Members on Candidate Status.....................456
To Fund a Synod Program of Support to
Promote Increased Enrollment at Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia
Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. ............456
To Create a Pastor Training Program for
Currently Serving Christian Pastors to Become
LCMS Pastors. ............................................457
To Support and Utilize Preach the Word. ....457
To Support the Role of Our Seminaries in
Ongoing Pastoral Education........................458

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7. University Education
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Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R2, R2.2, R11, R16, R16.1–8, R62,
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Overtures
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To Amend Bylaws Related to Structure and
Governance of the Concordia University
System..........................................................460

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To Direct the Concordia University System
Advisory Council to Lead a Process to Propose
a New Governance Plan...............................463
To Modify the Governance of the Colleges
and Universities of the Concordia University
System..........................................................464
To Modify the Governance of the Colleges
and Universities of the Concordia University
System..........................................................464
To Affirm that the Concordia University
System Colleges and Universities Exist to
Educate Both Church Workers and Lay People
and to Modify their Governance System......465
To Provide Regional Support for Our
Concordia Universities and Colleges............466
To Affirm Balanced Governance for Concordia
University System Institutions. ....................466
To Affirm Balanced Governance for Concordia
University System Institutions. ....................467
To Streamline the Concordia University
System and Provide for the Education of
Professional Church Workers. .....................468
To Give Thanks for the Concordia University
System Presidential Search Process and Those
Participating Therein. ..................................468
To Affirm the Three-Fold Role of Concordia
University System Presidents. ......................469
To Give Thanks for Servant Leadership for the
Concordia University System.......................469
To Move Our Concordia Universities and
Seminaries to Independence from Government
Funding. ......................................................470
To Nurture Our Lutheran System of Higher
Education. ...................................................470
To Amend Bylaws Regarding Qualification of
Nominees for Concordia Boards of Regents
and CUS Board of Directors........................471
To Urge Pastors and Congregational Leaders
to Experience Concordia University System
Campuses.....................................................472
To Amend the Constitution and/or Bylaws
to Recognize the Certified Lay Minister as
Director of Church Ministries......................472
To Encourage Synodical Educational
Institutions to Train Students to Become
Organists......................................................473
To Encourage Raising Up Lutheran Faculty
for Our Concordia University System
Institutions...................................................473
To Encourage Raising Up Lutheran Students
for Our Concordia University System
Institutions...................................................474