# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S472
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472

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
8. Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents shall
demonstrate familiarity and support for the doctrinal positions of
the Synod, should be knowledgeable regarding the region in
which the institution is located and shall demonstrate familiarity
and support for the doctrinal positions of the Synod and should
possess two or more of the following qualifications: theological
acumen, an advanced academic degree, experience in higher
education administration, administration of complex
organizations, finance, law, investments, technology, human
resources, facilities management, or fund development, or other
valuable skills which may be pertinent to the position.
Demonstrated familiarity and support of the institution is a
desired quality in the candidate. When regents are elected at the
national convention of the Synod or appointed by the board of
regents, qualifications shall be reviewed and verified by the
Secretary of Synod (or designee) and the President of the CUS
(or designee). When regents are elected at district conventions,
qualifications of all nominees, including floor nominees, shall be
reviewed and verified by the chair and secretary of the district
board of directors or their designees. However, the respective
Committee for Nominations (Synod or district) shall retain the
right to overturn a determination that disqualifies a nominee.

and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.6.6.3 be amended to conclude as
follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.6.6.3
The Board of Directors of Concordia University System
shall be composed of nine voting members and four nonvoting
members … :
…
Persons elected or appointed to the Concordia University System
Board of Directors shall support the doctrinal positions of the Synod,
should have demonstrated familiarity and support of the institutions,
and shall support the doctrinal positions of the Synod, and shall
should possess two or more of the following qualifications:
theological acumen, an advanced degree, experience in higher
education administration, administration of complex organizations,
finance, law, investments, technology, human resources, facilities
management, or fund development, or other valuable skills which
may be pertinent to the position. The Chief Administrative Officer
of the Synod (or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod (or a
designee) shall review and verify that nominees are qualified to serve
as stated above. However, the Committee for Convention
Nominations shall retain the right to overturn a determination that
disqualifies a nominee.

Messiah
Keller, TX
Ov. 7-16

To Urge Pastors and Congregational Leaders
to Experience
Concordia University System Campuses
WHEREAS, The universities and colleges of the Concordia
University System (CUS) provide a context in which Christ is preeminent and confessional Lutheran theology is shared with charity,
clarity, and fidelity; and
WHEREAS, Many pastors, laity, leaders and congregations have
not had the privilege of directly experiencing the beauty of the
campuses, the vitality of the students, the care and expertise of the
faculty; and

WHEREAS, An in-person experience of a Concordia college or
university would enrich the visitors and enhance communication
with the church and with prospective students; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the CUS memorialize
the 2019 convention of the Synod to urge each congregation to send
pastors and several leaders to experience a day on one of the CUS
campuses; and be it further
Resolved, That each of the colleges and universities reaches out
to congregations in their respective area with a cordial invitation
and informative, stimulating agenda—chapel, tours, visits with
faculty, staff, and students—for the visitors benefit.
Board of Directors
Concordia University System
Ov. 7-17

To Amend the Constitution and/or Bylaws to
Recognize the Certified Lay Minister as Director of
Church Ministries
WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) has
greatly benefitted from the service of certified lay ministers trained
at Concordia University Wisconsin (as including now also the Ann
Arbor Campus, CUW / CUWAA) for over 50 years; and
WHEREAS, CUW / CUWAA wishes to build upon the lay
ministry program and adopt new nomenclature in harmony with
other offices in the church such as director of Christian education
and director of Christian outreach; and
WHEREAS, The director of church ministries (DCM) major and
minor have been established at CUW / CUWAA, emphasizing
confessional theology, the practical application of theology in a
variety of auxiliary functions within congregational contexts, and
the supporting role that a DCM provides to the Office of the Public
Ministry; and
WHEREAS, The various commissioned offices are presently listed
in the Constitution of the Synod, requiring an amendment to make
the above change, and the Commission on Handbook (COH) has
submitted an overture, the effect of which would be to consolidate
the listing of commissioned offices into one location in the Bylaws;
and
WHEREAS, CUW / CUWAA is desirous of this restyling of office
taking effect in either circumstance; therefore be it
Resolved, That the office of certified lay minister be renamed
director of church ministries, either:
• should the COH’s proposal “to amend the Constitution to
simplify handling of commissioned categories” be adopted
and ratified, by amending resulting bylaws to replace
“certified lay ministers” with “directors of church
ministries”; or
• should said proposal fail of adoption or amendment, by
amending Constitution Articles V B 11–12 / Const. Arts. VI
3, 6 / XII 10 B k–l to replace “certified lay minister” with
“directors of church ministries;”
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING

Article V Membership
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B. Advisory Members

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