# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S154
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RESOLUTIONS 157

To Modify Provision of Retirement Policies
RESOLUTION 4-30
Report 4-04, V, E; Overture 4-59 (CW, pp. 172, 200)

Wuereas, Many contributions in time and energy
have been made by persons over 65; and

Wuereas, In compliance with Milwaukee Resolution
4-46, the Board of Directors has reviewed the retire-
ment and further service of staff members; and

Wuereas, The study revealed the need for a Bylaw
change; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 2.105 a 1 which presently reads,

1. Each such person may retire at age 65, but
shall be retired on the first day of the month
following the month in which his 70th birthday
occurs.

be revised to read:

1. Each such person may request early retire-
ment under the applicable provisions of the Con-
cordia Retirement Plan, but he shall be retired at
the end of the calendar year in which his 65th
birthday occurs. Any further service beyond this
mandatory date shall be on a contract basis not to
exceed one year in duration, upon medical certifi-
cation, with a provision for annual renewal to
age 70.

and be it also

Resolved, That all pertinent Bylaws be amended ac-
cordingly, any Bylaws to the contrary notwithstanding.

Action: None. Referred under omnibus Res. 4-47 to
the Board of Directors.

To Reconstitute the Commission
on Mission and Ministry

RESOLUTION 4-31
Report 4-08, II, 1, 2, 3 (CW, pp. 182—185)

Wuereas, The convention assembled has chosen to
retain the Commission on Mission and Ministry in the
Church; and

Wuereas, The Commission has requested that its size
be reduced; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 2.111 which presently reads:

2.111 Commission on Mission and Ministry in the
Church

a. Membership. Membership of the Commission
on Mission and Ministry in the Church shall be
constituted as follows:

1. ten voting members elected by the synodical
convention in the same manner as other elected
boards, commissions, and committees: four pastors,
two teachers, and four laymen who are recognized
in their respective fields of endeavor, representing
some of the areas concerned with the cultural fac-
tors affecting the church;

2. nine voting members appointed by the Presi-
dent of the Synod in consultation with the Vice-
Presidents: four laymen with qualifications similar
to those described above, and one representative
from each of the theological seminaries and from
the colleges which confer the baccalaureate degree
in teacher education;

3. four advisory members: the President of the
Synod or his representative; and three members

from among the executive leadership of the Synod,
appointed by the President of the Synod in con-
sultation with the Vice-Presidents.

be revised to read:

1. five voting members elected by the synodical
convention: two pastors, one teacher, and two
laymen;

2. five voting members appointed by the Presi-
dent of the Synod in consultation with the Vice-
Presidents: two laymen, two members, one from
each of the theological seminaries, and one member
from a college which confers the baccalaureate
degree in teacher education;

3. one advisory member, who shall be the
President of the Synod or his representative.

and be it further
Resolved, That all pertinent Bylaws be amended ac-
cordingly, any Bylaws to the contrary notwithstanding.

Action: None. Referred under omnibus Res. 4-47 to
the Board of Directors.

To Supply Guidelines
to Assist in the Mechanics
of Congregational Administration

RESOLUTION 4-32
Overture 4-55 (CW, p. 199)

Wuereas, Officers and committees of congregations
throughout the Synod face common tasks and common
problems in the mechanics of congregational adminis-
tration; and

WuereAs, It would be of assistance to congregational
officers and committees to have suggested guidelines
regarding bookkeeping, corporation reports, government
reports, etc.; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Commission on Church Litera-
ture be directed by the Board of Directors to prepare
an instrument of assistance in those matters which
would aid congregations in their administrative task,
and that said instrument be provided at cost.

Action: Adopted (7).

To Make the Board for Church Extension
an Elective Board

RESOLUTION 4-33
Overture 4-58 (CW, p. 200)

Wuereas, Resolution 4-40 of the Milwaukee conven-
tion Proceedings revised Section 2.04 of the Handbook
providing for the appointment of the synodical Board
for Church Extension; and

Wuereas, The committee’s report on synodical or-
ganization reporting on “II. Synodical Convention Mat-
ters, Short and Long Ballot” (p. 215, Milwaukee CW),
states the following: “It generally agreed that boards
entrusted with larger amounts of operating funds serv-
ing a vast number of synodical and nonsynodical people
and involved in highly important policy decisions, in-
cluding relationships with nonsynodical agencies and