# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S165
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

STRUCTURE

165

COMMENT: Adds “general oversight” of operations.

3.189 Budget

_______________________

The Synod’s budgeting process and the budget itself
shall be designed to support the worldwide mission and
ministry of the Synod.
a. The Board of Directors shall establish policies
and guidelines relating to the preparation of the annual
budget of the Synod.
b. The Board of Directors shall adopt the annual
budget of the Synod.

f. The Board of Directors shall assure itself that audits are performed by internal auditors or independent
certified public accountants for the Synod’s
1. synodwide corporate entities;
2. colleges, universities, and seminaries;
3. Districts;
4. Worker Benefit Plans.
It shall be furnished with copies of these and any interim financial reports it requests.

COMMENT: Reworded for clarity.

COMMENT: This new Bylaw 3.189 would combine and replace Bylaws 9.51 and 9.53 and place it in the Handbook
with other Board of Directors duties.
_______________________

_______________________

[Program Boards]

Omit: Bylaw 3.191 j

3. Board for Congregational Services
4. Board for Higher Education (See Board for Higher
Education/Concordia University System, Bylaw
3.701ff.)
6. Board for Mission Services
2. Board for Communication Services
[The following paragraph is for adoption at the 1998 convention but implementation following the 2001 convention.]

COMMENT: Implicit in the Board’s responsibility to the
Synod in convention.
_______________________
Omit: Bylaw 3.191 k
COMMENT: Accountability to the Synod in convention is
noted in proposed Bylaw 3.181.
_______________________
3.185 Powers and Duties with Respect to the
Property of the Synod
a. The Board of Directors is the custodian of all the
property of the Synod. Except as otherwise provided in
these Bylaws, it shall have such authority and responsibility with respect to the property of the Synod as is
generally vested in and imposed upon a board of directors of a corporation. Provided, however, it
1. shall delegate to District boards of directors the
authority to buy, sell, and encumber real and personal
property in the ordinary course of performing the functions which the District carries on for the Synod in accord with general policies (which shall be applicable to
all Districts) established from time to time by itself or
the Synod in convention; and
2. may delegate to any agency of the Synod powers
and duties with respect to property of the Synod for
which such agency of the Synod has direct supervisory
responsibility. Such delegation shall be in writing and
shall be subject to change at any time by the Synod’s
Board of Directors provided that reasonable deliberations, as determined by the Board of Directors, take
place with such agency prior to the change.

COMMENT: This proposed Bylaw reinstates Board of Directors responsibilities with regard to the control of synodical property as directed in the Constitution.
_______________________
Omit: 3.193 a
COMMENT: Defined in proposed Bylaw 3.51.
_______________________
Omit: 3.193 b
COMMENT: Defined in proposed Bylaw 3.51.
_______________________
b. For the definition of “property of the Synod,” see
Bylaw 3.51 i.

3.811 Membership
The Board for Communication Services shall have
seven members. One ordained parish pastor and one
commissioned minister shall be elected by the Synod in
convention. Two ordained ministers and three laypersons shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Faculty members
of synodical colleges, universities, and seminaries shall
be eligible for board membership, including those serving as administrators. Membership shall include representatives of both print and electronic media.

COMMENT: Application of the principle that a minimum
of approximately one-third of board membership shall be
elected by the Synod in convention.
_______________________
5. Board for Human Care Ministries
[The following paragraph is for adoption at the 1998 convention but implementation following the 2001 convention.]
3.831 Membership
The Board for Human Care Ministries shall have
seven voting members. One ordained parish pastor and
one commissioned minister shall be elected by the
Synod in convention. Two ordained ministers and three
laypersons shall be appointed by the Board of Directors
of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

COMMENT: Application of the principle that a minimum
of approximately one-third of board membership shall be
elected by the Synod in convention.
_______________________
1. Board for Black Ministry Services
[The following paragraph is for adoption at the 1998
convention but implementation following the 2001 convention.]
3.801 Membership
The Board for Black Ministry Services shall consist
of nine members. One ordained minister, one commis-