# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S156
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RESOLUTIONS
Any of the 16 voting members is eligible to serve as
chair of the board. If one of the four members elected
by the Concordia University System Council of Members or one of the four elected by the joint seminary regents is elected chair, that member will leave the Committee for University Education or Pastoral Education.
The vacated committee seat will be filled by an appointment made by the plenary board from among the
board members elected by the Synod in convention. The
seminary presidents will serve as ex officio members of
Pastoral Education without vote. Two presidents from
the Concordia University System campuses shall be selected by the college and university presidents to be ex
officio members of the Committee for University Education, without vote.
3.709 Functions
g. determine detailed policies for the administration
of synodical student financial aid funds for the system
and recommend individual institutional allocation;
h. provide details for the application of policies regarding personnel selection and grant prior approval
for initial appointments of theological faculty;
k. establish criteria for determining institutional viability, fiscal and otherwise;
l. have authority, after receiving the consent of the
Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod by its two-thirds vote and also the consent of either the Council of Presidents by its two-thirds vote, or
the appropriate Board of Regents by its two-thirds vote,
to expand, consolidate, relocate, change to a junior college level, or separate a college or university from the
Synod. In the case of the closure of a college, university,
or seminary, the approval of a two-thirds majority of
the Synod in convention is also required.

COMMENT: Clarifies consent for closure of a college and
stipulates need for approval by Synod to close a seminary.
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3.711 Standing Committees
The board shall be assisted by standing committees
dealing with the following areas:
Colloquy for the Pastoral Ministry
Colloquy for the Teaching Ministry
Colloquy for Deaconess Ministry

COMMENT: Standing committee for Pastoral Ministry is
eliminated.
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3.713 Boards of Regents, Presidents, Faculties
Each college, university, and seminary, with its
president and faculty, shall be governed by a Board of
Regents as detailed elsewhere in these Bylaws.

COMMENT: Numbering change only.
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3.715 Advisory Council
Presidents and acting presidents of the Synod’s educational institutions shall comprise an advisory council which shall meet at the call of the Board for Higher
Education and report the results of its studies to the
board for consideration in making its decisions.

COMMENT: Numbering change only.
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6. Colleges and Seminaries
A. Boards of Regents
6.04 Joint Meeting of Seminary Boards
Once annually, the two seminary boards of regents
shall meet in the same location on the same dates.
Some of the meeting sessions shall be conducted jointly.

COMMENT: Will promote coordination and cooperation in
pastoral education.
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RECOMMENDATION B (Enabling Action)
Resolved that this board be served by an Executive Director and at least two directors selected according to synodical Bylaws, this resolution, and the policies of the
Synod’s Board of Directors; and be it further
Resolved that the Executive Director shall be selected
after the board solicits input from the presidents of the colleges and universities and both seminaries; and be it further
Resolved that one of the two directors will be assigned
to pastoral education and the other to university education;
and be it further
Resolved that the two directors shall be selected in a
manner which elicits input from the campuses to be administered:
a. The regents of the two seminaries shall place three nominees before the Board for Higher Education for the director for pastoral education. The Board for Higher Education may add names, concerning which the regents
may comment.
b. The presidents of the universities and colleges shall
place before the Board for Higher Education three nominations for the director for university education. The
Board for Higher Education may add names, concerning
which the presidents may comment;
and be it finally
Resolved that the director for pastoral education must
have at least five years of full-time experience as a parish
pastor.
Action: Adopted as amended (7)
(During discussion, by amendment the convention agreed to
delete provisions requiring a two-thirds majority vote of the
Board of Directors and Council of Presidents for the closure of a
college or university. They then adopted an amendment which required a two-thirds majority vote of the Synod in convention to
close either a college or university as well as a seminary. An attempt to add relocation to this provision was declared out of order
since the delegates had already agreed to cease debate on the resolution.)

To Approve Changes in Officers
and Administration
RESOLUTION 8-02B
Be it resolved that the Synod in convention adopt the
following Recommendation C as changes to its Constitution
seriatim, Recommendation D as changes to its Bylaws, and
Recommendations E and F as enabling actions: