# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S138 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 138 RESOLUTIONS 1. That the following elected program boards be constituted: BOARD FOR PARISH SERVICES (including present functions of the boards or commissions of Parish Education, Church Literature, Worship, Lay Higher Education, and Services to the Mentally Retarded). BOARD FOR EVANGELISM SERVICES BOARD FOR YOUTH SERVICES BOARD FOR MISSION SERVICES (including present functions of the boards or commissions for Missions, Armed Forces, and Black Ministry) BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES (including present functions of the boards for Higher Education, Colloquy, and Lay Ministers) Action: Adopted (6). (In Session 3 a delegate who had voted on the prevailing side on Res. 2-04 announced that he would call for reconsidera- tion. The chair stated this could be done on the following day. In Session 4 this request was made for the purpose of recommit- ting to the committee for reconsideration of the section dealing with the Board for Congregational Services. This motion was passed. In Session 5 the floor committee introduced Res. 2-04A, with the new division of the board involved, with new names, and, for the guidance of the delegates, possible bylaws attached, ina specially distributed packet. During the distribution a motion to refer Res. 2-05 was declared by the chair to be in order only after Res. 2-04A had received action. The chair was sustained. A motion asking that the Board of Stewardship be retained as a separate board failed. Discussion was resumed in Session 6. A motion to establish the Commission on Worship as a separate board failed. The resolution was then adopted.) To Constitute Two Appointed Support Services Boards RESOLUTION 2-05 Report 2-01, IV, B, 2; Overtures 2-03—2-05D, 2- 19—2-21 (CW, pp. 45, 131, 134) Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom- mendation in Section B be adopted, as amended: 2. That the following appointed support services boards be constituted as indicated: BOARD FOR COMMUNICATIONS (including present functions of the Board for Public Rela- tions and the Editorial Commission for Official Periodicals) BOARD FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY SERVICES (including present functions of the Board for Social Ministry and World Relief). Action: Adopted (6). (This resolution had been declined in Session 2. However, in Session 6 the convention agreed to reconsider and after short discussion adopted the resolution.) To Continue Nine Commissions RESOLUTION 2-06 Report 2-01, IV, B, 3 (CW, p. 45); Overtures 2- 2-28 (CW, pp. 136, 142—143) Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom. mendation in Section B be adopted, as amended: 3. That the following deliberative and resea commissions be continued, in some instances with a new name: Commission on Adjudication Commission on Appeals (formerly Board) Commission on Black Ministry Commission on Constitutional Matters ; Commission on Doctrinal Review (formerl Board) Commission on Health and Healing (former} Council for Christian Medical Work) Commission on Ministerial Health Commission on Organizations Commission on Theology and Church Relation Action: Adopted (2). (The committee added the Commission on Black Ministry, To Continue Several Synodical Entities with Boards Appointed/ Elected According to the Bylaws RESOLUTION 2-07 Report 2-01, IV, B, 4 (CW, p. 45) Resolved, That the following Task Force II reco mendation in Section B be adopted: _ 4. That the following existing synodical entities bi continued with their boards appointed/elected it various ways as stipulated in the Bylaws: Concordia Historical Institute Concordia Publishing House Lutheran Church Extension Fund—Misso Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Fou tion : Radio Station KFUO Worker Benefit Plans Action: Adopted as amended (2). (Amendment: add ‘‘/elected.’’) To Designate Procedure for Filling Positions During the Transition Period and the Length of Service RESOLUTION 2-08A Report 2-01, IV, B, 5; Overture 2-05A (CW, P 45—46, 131)