# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S193
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

LATE REPORT AND OVERTURES
for Communication Services to sell one or both KFUO stations, AM and FM (thereby clearly indicating the lack of a
plan for radio ministry and for the preservation of these
two treasures of the Synod); and
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors, responsible for the
management and protection of the property of the Synod
(Constitution, Art. XI F 2), when faced with the loss or dismemberment of the stations therefore assumed direct responsibility for the supervision of KFUO (with the encouragement of the chairman of the Board for Communication
Services) in order to monitor and protect this valuable property in the best interests of the Synod; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors immediately put into
place the current KFUO Radio Committee to provide direct
oversight of KFUO on behalf of the Board and to develop a
plan for the long-term ministry and financial viability of
the stations; and
WHEREAS, The KFUO Radio Committee has met regularly with the staff of KFUO Radio for the past year, has
begun to assist the radio stations in assessing and addressing their potentials for ministry and their financial needs
and concerns (including the engagement of a consultant to
evaluate the stations’ funding efforts and opportunities),
and is taking steps to surround KFUO Radio with a circle
of support for its ministry that will in due time again render subsidy from the Synod unnecessary; and
WHEREAS, KFUO Radio, with assistance from the Board
of Directors and the Radio Committee, is also moving forward in a renewed effort to make full use of the latest
communication technology, thereby recapturing the spirit
and vision of Dr. Walter A Maier by using cutting-edge
technology (today: digital radio and the Internet) to broadcast the saving Gospel all around the world; and
WHEREAS, The Board for Communication Services, which
has since 2001 petitioned the Board of Directors to sell the
stations, is now again requesting controlling authority over
KFUO Radio; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors assumed direct responsibility for KFUO Radio when its struggles became urgent and established the KFUO Radio Committee to provide direct oversight to the stations; therefore be it
Resolved, That the supervision and oversight of KFUO
Radio remain with the Board of Directors of the Synod and
the KFUO Radio Committee to assure continuance of the
renewed efforts that are underway; and be it further
Resolved, That the KFUO Radio Committee and the
Board of Directors be encouraged to continue to give strong
attention both to the financial challenges facing KFUO
Radio and to the Internet and other opportunities that offer
great new potential for Gospel communication; and be it finally
Resolved, That the Board of Directors include in its report to the 2007 convention a status report of KFUO’s efforts to resolve current financial challenges and to make
fullest use of the exciting opportunities for Gospel broadcasting offered by today’s advancing technologies.
LCMS Board of Directors

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L5-66

To Require Concordia University
Presidents to Be Ordained
WHEREAS, Bylaw 6.12 of the Synod’s Handbook in describing the functions of the Concordia university president
states, “The president of the institution shall be the executive officer of the Board of Regents. He shall serve as the
spiritual, academic, and administrative head of the institution,” and further in Bylaw 6.12 i states, “carefully watch
over the spiritual welfare . . . of the students and in general exercise such Christian discipline, instruction, and supervision as may be expected at a Christian educational institution”; and
WHEREAS, Concordia university presidents are commonly asked to deliver spiritual, Scripture-based speeches,
lectures, and sermons in the university setting and also in
congregational worship services throughout the Synod; and
WHEREAS, Our Concordia universities have the very important and primary role of recruiting and educating the
church’s pastors, teachers, and other professional church
workers, and the presidents have under their ecclesiastical
supervision a department or school of theology which needs
to rightfully reflect the doctrine and practice of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for the purpose of such
education; and
WHEREAS, Currently, five of the nine Concordia university presidents are not ordained and one position is vacant;
therefore be it
Resolved, In order that the candidates for the office of
president be fully trained, experienced, and qualified for a
Divine Call and serve in the role as required by the Synod’s
Bylaws, the electors of the Concordia university presidents
are directed by convention resolution to consider only those
qualified ordained members of the Synod for a Call.
Board of Directors
Rocky Mountain District
L5-67

To Direct Concordia, Seward Regents
to Comply with State Charter
through Local Elections
WHEREAS, The Handbook of the Synod requires that
eight laypersons be elected to the Board of Regents (three
by Synod convention, one by District convention, and four
by the respective university Board of Regents) for each of
the Synod’s Concordia universities; and
WHEREAS, The charter from the State of Nebraska for
Concordia University, Seward requires that at least two
members of the board live in and own property in Seward
County, Nebraska; and
WHEREAS, This charter does not specify that the two
members living in Seward County need be laypersons nor
does it specify that they be elected by the Synod rather
than by the District and/or the Board; however, in recent
times, the Synod election process has been modified in
order that this charter requirement might be met by modifying and restricting the Synod’s election process; and

2004 Convention Proceedings