# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S519
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STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.7.1.3
The Board of Trustees of Concordia Plans and the Board
of Directors of Concordia Plan Services shall consist of 15 voting
members appointed by the Board of Directors of the Synod. All
newly appointed members shall begin service on the September 1
following appointment, except with an appointment to fill a vacancy,
when service shall begin on the first day of the month in which the
next regular meeting of members occurs after appointment. The
Chief Financial Officer of the Synod shall be a nonvoting member.
Voting members shall be appointed to three-year terms, which shall
not exceed four terms in a successive period. The 15 voting members
shall include:
1. Two ministers of religion—ordained
2. One minister of religion—commissioned
3. Twelve laypersons, at least five of whom shall be experienced
in the design of employee benefit plans, at least five of whom
shall be experienced in the management of benefit plan
investments, and at least one of whom shall have significant
financial/audit experience.

519

WHEREAS, These regions would find it difficult to travel these
distances for an annual conference as called for by the bylaws;
therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 4.8.2 (b) be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
4.8.2
Official conferences for all ordained and commissioned
ministers on the respective rosters of the Synod shall meet, if
possible, in plenary sessions at least once each year.
…
(b) Such conferences may meet more frequently in major
sections (not more than fourfive sections) whose geographical
boundaries shall be established by the district in convention.
…

Board of Directors
Northwest District

and be it finally
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.7.1.4 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.7.1.4
The Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans and the Board of
Directors—Concordia Plan Services shall have all general and
incidental powers and duties appropriate for the performance of their
functions. In addition, the Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans will
have the powers and duties set forth in the respective plans, as
amended from time to time. It may create or amend any plan within
limits established by the Board of Directors of the Synod so long as
such changes are reported to the Synod’s Board of Directors, since
such power is finally vested in the Synod’s Board of Directors.
(a) When the Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans is carrying
out its functions with respect to any such separate plan, it may be
designated as the board of trustees of such separate plan.
(b) When the board is carrying out its functions generally, it may
be designated as the “Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.”
(c) The board shallmay, at its own discretion, make investment
decisions at its own discretion or select and utilize investment
counsel and select agents and actuaries, in accordance with the
Synod’s policies governing the investment of trust funds.
(d) It shall design for the Board of Directors of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod’s approval benefit plans which
compare favorably with other similar plans while meeting unique
needs of the full-time church workers in the Synod.
(e) It shall provide copies of all audit reports to the Board of
Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for
information, advice, and counsel.
(f) It shall settle disputes which arise in enrollment in the plans
and the payment of claims and benefits.

Board of Trustees/Directors
Concordia Plans / Concordia Plan Services
Ov. 9-46

To Raise the Number of Official Conferences
WHEREAS, Synod Bylaw 4.8.2 (b) limits the number of major
sections of worker conferences to four; and
WHEREAS, There are geographic regions in the Synod that cover
vast areas that make this limit of four impractical; and
WHEREAS, The spirit of this bylaw is to provide opportunity for
workers to regularly gather for study and for fellowship; and

2019 Convention Workbook