# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S173
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

174 RESOLUTIONS

responsibility of the theological education program in
the Argentine District to the Board for Missions; and

WHEREAS, This responsibility is to be conducted in
behalf of and in consultation with the Board for Higher
Education; and

WHEREAS, The synodical Board of Directors has
requested that this arrangement be ratified by this
convention; therefore be it

Resolved, That the convention ratify the assignment
of the responsibility of the theological education pro-
gram in the Argentine District to the Board for Missions.

Action: Adopted (2).

To Permit Argentine District to
Elect Buenos Aires Board of Control

RESOLUTION 5-04

Report 1-01, App. ITI; Overture 5-19 (CW, pp. 19—
20, 223)

WHEREAS, Bylaw 2.03 governs the election of all
Boards of Control; and

WHEREAS, The Argentine District has requested the
right to elect the members of the Board of Control of
Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires, in its own District
convention; and

WHEREAS, Geographic and language barriers make
it impractical for the Synod in convention to elect
members of the Board of Control; and

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
has already recognized the difficulties imposed by
distance and language regarding colloquies of pastors
and teachers in Argentina (Bylaws 4.71 and 4.87);
therefore be it

Resolved, That the election of that Board of Control

be vested in the Argentine District commencing with
this election and the Bylaws be amended accordingly.

Action: Adopted (2).

To Change Procedure
for the Election of the President
of Seminario Concordia
RESOLUTION 5-05
Report 1-01, App. ITI (CW, p. 19)

WHEREAS, The Argentine District has been granted
the right to assume the responsibility for the theological
education program in the District; and

WHEREAS, The Argentine District has been given the
right to elect its own Board of Control for Seminario
Concordia, Buenos Aires; and

WHEREAS, The responsibility for the theological

education program includes the right to elect the
seminary president; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following additional Bylaw be
adopted:

6.125 Argentine Election (Seminary President)

The Board of Control of Seminario Concordia
shall issue a call for a list of candidates and shall then
develop a preferred list of three candidates that must
be submitted to the President of the Synod for
approval before the election is held. The electors in
this instance shall be the five members of the Board
of Control.

Action: Adopted (2).

To Affirm the Right
of the Ohio District to Incorporate
its Church Extension Fund

RESOLUTION 5-06A
Overture L5-26 (TB, pp. 20—22)

WHEREAS, The Ohio District has established a sep-
arate corporation for its Church Extension Fund; and
WHEREAS, The Bylaws of the Synod protect the
rights of each District:
3.07 Relationship Between the Synod and
Districts
c. A District may incorporate or adopt such other
convenient form of association as may be permitted
by the civil laws under which the District carries on
its activities....; and
WHEREAS, There is, concomitant with such rights,
responsibilities to the Synod as a whole and to other
Districts and other integral parts of the Synod; and
WHEREAS, The action of the Ohio District in forming
such a coporation has been challenged; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio District has sought the opinion
of the Commission on Constitutional Matters (CW pp.
376—378); and
WHEREAS, The CCM has ruled that the formation of ;
the Ohio District CEF corporation is within its rights as.
a District; and
WHEREAS, The floor committee appointed to consider.
the matter has studied documents pertaining there
and has received input from the parties; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod in convention approve the
formation of the Ohio District corporation for its own
CEF program; and be it further

Resolved, That the said Ohio District corporation
shall be subject to all of the procedures and criteria set
forth in Res. 5-07; and be it finally

Resolved, That Res. 4-02 adopted in 1979 when the
Synod approved the new LCEF structure be reaffirmed:
“The Synod assures the Districts that District entry into
the Lutheran Church Extension Fund—Missouri Sy nod
shall be voluntary and only on the basis of the decision
of the individual District.”

Action: Adopted (7).

(The floor committee added the third whereas in submitting.
its revised resolution.) n