# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S162
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RESOLUTIONS
tors of the Synod in consultation and mutual concurrence with the President of the Synod, to a three-year
renewable term during which he shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. He may serve an unlimited number of terms, but each reappointment shall be
with the mutual concurrence of the President and the
Board of Directors of the Synod. The appointment or
reappointment shall occur within six months following
each regular meeting of the Synod in convention with
an annual review and evaluation between conventions.
3.173 General Duties
The Chief Administrative Officer shall assist the
President and the Board of Directors of Synod as each
directs in carrying out the responsibilities given to
them by the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions of
Synod.
3.175 Specific Duties
The Chief Administrative Officer shall
a. meet regularly with the Executive Officers of program boards, commissions, and synodwide corporate
entities as the liaison with the Board of Directors and
the President of the Synod.
b. provide leadership to assure that the mission and
ministry activities of the church are being carried out
in a coordinated, cooperative, and efficient manner.

COMMENT: Establishment and description of duties for
new position of Chief Administrative Officer.
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3.179 Administrative Team
The Administrative Team consists of the President,
First Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and the Secretary and shall be
under the leadership of the President. The team shall
assist the President and the Board of Directors of the
Synod in carrying out their respective responsibilities
for oversight, supervision, management, and coordination as set forth in the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod.

COMMENT: Establishes the Administrative Team. See
paragraphs 36–53 in part 1 of the Blue Ribbon Committee
report.
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Omit: Bylaw 3.931, Council of Administrators
COMMENT: Responsibility for coordination will fall to the
Administrative Team.
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XIII. INTERCHURCH RELATIONS
A. NATIONAL INTER-LUTHERAN ENTITIES
13.01 Representation
Representatives of the Synod to various national
inter-Lutheran entities in which the Synod in convention or through the synodical Board of Directors has authorized holding membership shall be named by the
President of the Synod on recommendation of the executive directors of synodical boards and commissions.
These representatives shall participate in the activities
of the respective inter-Lutheran entities according to
the constitutions and bylaws of those entities and in
keeping with the theological and constitutional principles of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. These
representatives shall submit formal reports to the President.

RECOMMENDATION E (Enabling Action)
Regarding the amendments to Bylaw 3.161 adopted at
its 1998 convention, during the transition period 1998 to
2001 the Synod’s Chief Financial Officer may also serve as
the president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Foundation, if necessary.
RECOMMENDATION F (Enabling Action)
The Synod call upon the Commission on Constitutional
Matters to excise the term “entity” from the Synod’s Bylaws
in every instance where it is a synonym for “agency” of the
Synod. (This would not, however, affect the term “synodwide corporate entity.”)
Action: Adopted (7)
(When the resolutions of the committee were first introduced,
the convention adopted an amendment which called for election of
the Chief Financial Officer by the convention rather than by appointment of the Board of Directors. This required a revision of
the entire document containing the resolutions because of its effects on other sections. When Res. 8-02B was again brought for
consideration, an amendment to delete nominee or in relation to
the position of Chief Financial Officer was declined as was an
amendment to delete several provisions dealing with the relation
of the President of the Synod to District Presidents in matters of
ecclesiastical and administrative supervision. Another amendment to delete numerous other lines of the proposed Bylaws dealing with the same matters was also declined. After adopting each
constitutional article separately by a two-thirds majority vote, the
entire resolution was then adopted, including the provision for
enabling action.)

To Approve Changes in Synodical Boards
RESOLUTION 8-03B
Be it resolved that the Synod in convention adopt the
following Recommendation G as changes to its Constitution, Recommendation H as changes to its Bylaws, and Recommendation I as enabling action:
RECOMMENDATION G (Constitution)
Article XI E. Duties of the Board of Directors
1. The Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer
than seven voting members, to wit: the President, the
Secretary, one pastor, and four laymen. The First VicePresident and the Vice-President–Finance—Treasurer
shall be nonvoting members.
2. The Board of Directors is the legal representative
of the Synod. It is the custodian of all the property of
the Synod, directly or by its delegation of such authority
to an agency of the Synod. It shall exercise supervision
over all the property and business affairs of the Synod
except in those areas where it has delegated such authority to an agency of the Synod or where the voting
members of the Synod through the adoption of Bylaws
or by other convention action have assigned specific
areas of responsibility to separate corporate or trust entities, and as to those the Board of Directors shall have
general oversight responsibility as set forth in the Bylaws.

Action: Adopted (8)
COMMENT: Takes account of need to delegate authority in
a large organization.
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