# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S143
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OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS
pectations of the Standards;
(l) serve as a resource for the development of lists of potential
teaching and administrative personnel; and
(m) together with districts, congregations, local boards of regents, and national efforts, promote student recruitment for
both professional church work and lay higher education.
3.6.6.39.6.2 The Board of Directors of Concordia University System Commission for University Education shall be composed of
nine ten voting members and five six nonvoting members (no
more than two members elected by the Synod shall be from the
same district, and no voting member shall be a regent, executive, faculty, or staff, as defined in Bylaw 1.5.1.1, of an affiliated
college or university, and no executive, faculty member, or staff
member from a Lutheran institution of higher education may
serve on the Board of Directors of Concordia University System
as a voting member):
Voting Members:

1. Two ministers of religion–ordained elected by the Synod
2. One minister of religion–commissioned elected by the Synod
3. Two laypersons elected by the Synod
4. Three Four laypersons appointed by the delegates of the
members of Concordia University System elected members
listed above, after consultation with the President of the
Synod and the Institution Advisory Council; at least two of
the four must have background experience in higher education administration or accreditation
5. The President of the Synod or his representative
Nonvoting Advisory Members:
1. A district president appointed by the Council of Presidents
2. Up to two persons appointed by One representative designated by the Board of Directors of the Synod
3. One representative designated by the Commission on Theology and Church Relations
34. The Chief Mission Officer of the Synod or his representative
45. One university president appointed by the Concordia University System Advisory Council, who is designated by, and
is a member of, the Institution Advisory Council
6. One university board of regents chair who is designated by
the Institution Advisory Council and whose institution is an
affiliated college or university presently accredited by the
Synod.
The advisory university president and university board of regents chair shall be drawn from different institutions. Neither
the advisory university president nor the advisory board of regents chair shall participate in the work or sessions of the commission as they relate to the accreditation or affiliation of any
individual college or university.
3.9.6.2.1 Persons elected or appointed to the Concordia University System Board of Directors commission should have demonstrated familiarity with and support of the institutions affiliated
colleges and universities, and shall strongly and demonstrably
articulate and support the confession and doctrinal positions of
the Synod, and shall possess have demonstrated a high degree of
two or more of the following qualifications or background experiences: theological acumen, an advanced degree, experience in
higher education administration, higher education accreditation,
professional church worker education, administration of com-

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plex organizations, finance, religious nonprofit law, higher education law, investments, technology, human resources, facilities
management, or fund development or the strengthening of the
mission of the Synod’s congregations and schools. The Chief
Administrative Officer President 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.
3.9.6.2.2 The Institution Advisory Council shall, as specified
elsewhere in these bylaws and upon request, advise the commission in its responsibilities, providing expert consultation and access to information as necessary to facilitate the commission’s
oversight, on the Synod’s behalf, of the schools’ Lutheran identity and mission outcomes under the Standards (Bylaw 3.9.6.1).
It shall also, as bylaws elsewhere specify and upon request,
advise the commission in its responsibilities as they relate to
programs leading to candidacy for commissioned ministry and
to seminary enrollment.
(a) It shall comprise the presidents (including interim
presidents) of affiliated colleges and universities currently
accredited by the Synod.
(b) It may, as necessary for its work and subject to the commission’s approval, create committees consisting of its own
members or others, and, while retaining supervision and accountability, delegate to them certain of its responsibilities.
3.9.6.3
The commission shall create an executive director position and fill it in accordance with the Bylaws of the Synod and
the human resource policies of corporate Synod, as in Bylaw
3.9.5.3.1 (a–c), and may, subject to budgetary approval of the
Board of Directors, likewise create and fill other staff positions,
as in Bylaw 3.9.5.3.1 (d).
And be it further
Resolved, That the references to CUS and/or its board of directors in Bylaws 1.2.1 (w); 3.2.2; and 3.6.1 be removed; that the
reference to the CUS board of directors in Bylaws 3.3.4.6 (e) and
3.10.6.3 (c) be revised to refer to the CUE; that Bylaw 3.3.4.6 (e)
be amended to reflect the composition of the CUE; and that references to the CUE be added to Bylaws 1.2.1 (c) and 3.9.1; and be
it further
Resolved, That Bylaws 3.12.3.5 (e–f) and 3.12.3.7 (c) be
amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.12.3.5
The first meeting of the Committee for Convention
Nominations shall be at the call of the Secretary of the Synod at
least six months prior to the convention of the Synod.
(e) In the case of the boards of regents of educational institutions of the Synod affiliated colleges and universities, the
committee shall consult with the President of the Synod or
the Board of Directors of Concordia University System, the
Commission for University Education, and the presidents
and chairs of the institutions’ boards of regents and receive
their input for the committee’s consideration. The President
of Concordia University System (or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod (or a designee) shall review and verify
that nominees are qualified as stated in Bylaw 3.10.6.2 (8).
Only those nominees whose qualifications have been verified
as described in Bylaw 3.10.6.2.1 shall be considered to be
eligible for selection as candidates for subsequent election.
(f) The Committee for Convention Nominations Secretary
of the Synod shall establish and maintain a procedure to
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