# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S155
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8. Structure
To Approve Changes in Higher Education
RESOLUTION 8-01B
Be it resolved, that the Synod in convention adopt the
following Recommendation A as changes to its Bylaws for
Higher Education and Recommendation B as an enabling
action:
RECOMMENDATION A (Bylaws)
G. Board for Higher Education/Concordia
University System
3.701 Board for Higher Education and Board of
Directors of Concordia University System
a. The Board for Higher Education shall serve as
the Board of Directors of the Concordia University System. Thus, the Bylaws in this section apply to the one
board both as the Board for Higher Education, a program board of the Synod, and as the governing board of
the Concordia University System. The Concordia University System is a synodwide corporate entity.
b. As the Board of Directors of the Concordia University System, this board has authority with respect
to the Synod’s colleges and universities. As the Board
for Higher Education, it has authority with respect to
all the Synod’s institutions of higher education, including its seminaries.
Committee 8 Chairman James Kalthoff

COMMENT: Clarifies the identity and authority of this
board.

a. Elected by the Council of Members of the Concordia University System: four laypersons who are not
regents of any synodical higher education institution
and who have financial or administrative or education
experience. Three of these will serve on the Committee
for University Education. The other, as chosen by the
plenary Board for Higher Education, will serve on the
Committee for Pastoral Education.
b. Elected jointly by the members of the seminary
boards of regents meeting together: two laypersons who
are not regents of any synodical higher educational institution and who have financial or administrative or
education experience and two ordained ministers.
Three of these four will serve on the Committee for Pastoral Education. The other, as chosen by the plenary
Board for Higher Education, will serve on the Committee for University Education.
c. Elected by the Council of Presidents: one District
President who will be a nonvoting member on both the
Committee for Pastoral Education and the plenary
board.
d. Elected by the Synod in convention: three ordained ministers who must be parish pastors, two commissioned ministers, and two laypersons. These members will be assigned to one of the two committees by
action of the plenary Board for Higher Education. No
more than one of these seven members elected by the
Synod in convention can be from the same District of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
[NOTE: For the 1998–2001 triennium, the board will
lack the two laypersons to be elected by the Synod in convention.]
e. The President of the Synod or his representative
shall be a voting member of the plenary board. The
Chief Financial Officer shall be a nonvoting member of
the plenary board. The President of the Synod or his
representative and the Chief Financial Officer shall be
nonvoting members of both committees.

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3.703 Purpose of the Concordia University
System
Concordia University System, as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Missouri, is operated by
its Members and Board of Directors in accordance with
its articles of incorporation and corporate bylaws to further the objectives and duties of the Board for Higher
Education within the Synod.
Any amendments to the articles of incorporation
shall be subject to approval by the Members.
3.705 Membership of the Concordia University
System
The Members of Concordia University System shall
consist of two groups, one group consisting of individuals appointed by the Board of Directors of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod and the Council of Presidents,
and the other group consisting of individuals representing the colleges and universities as established by
the corporation’s bylaws.

COMMENT: Restates current 3.600 b, divided into two new
Bylaws.
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3.707 Membership of the Board
The Board for Higher Education shall consist of 18
members (16 voting and 2 nonvoting members). Seven
of its voting members shall serve on a Committee for
University Education, and eight members, including
the District Presidents’ representative, shall serve on a
Committee for Pastoral Education. One member shall
be elected by the board to serve as chair and may sit
with either committee but without committee vote.

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