# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S140
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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RESOLUTIONS

WHEREAS, The local campus leaders and boards of regents must exercise an increasing level of governance and
leadership while remaining faithful to the mission and
needs of the LCMS; and
WHEREAS, Effective boards of regents must include members with a specific set of skills, including knowledge in the
areas of finance, law, investments, human resources, facilities, local and regional markets, fund development, administration of complex organizations, and higher education administration; and
WHEREAS, Most Concordia University System colleges/
universities have more than 1,000 students and faculty/
staff personnel in excess of 200, resulting in legal and
human resource management issues; and
WHEREAS, CUS colleges/universities manage operational
budgets from $6 million to $55 million, requiring strategic
decision making to maintain fiscal viability; and
WHEREAS, CUS colleges/universities insure facilities in
excess of $1.5 billion, some of which is financed through
state and local bond issues requiring management, maintenance, financing, and scheduling of multiple facilities to
minimize capital debt; and
WHEREAS, CUS colleges/universities are subject to increasing federal and state regulations and assessment by
regional accrediting agencies; and
WHEREAS, The current board of regents members demonstrate a commitment to the mission and purpose of the respective institution, knowledge regarding the region in
which the institution is located, commitment to allocating
time, talent, and treasure to the institution, and assisting
with the identification and encouragement of donors; and
WHEREAS, Effective governance of our CUS colleges and
universities requires competent leadership in all skills sets,
and boards of regents need authority to appoint additional
regents to complement the skills of the existing regents; and
WHEREAS, Each board of regents is best able to assess its
own unique needs and identify and appoint individuals who
best meet those needs; and
WHEREAS, Currently all elected and appointed board of
regents members hold membership in the LCMS, and
LCMS membership will be continue to be required for all
elected and appointed board of regents members; and
WHEREAS, The following encourage adoption of these
changes so that the governance structure of the CUS colleges/universities can serve the Synod’s mission and ministry more effectively: BUE/CUS Board, the presidents of
our Concordias, the boards of regents of our Concordias, the
Council of Members of the Concordia University System,
the Task Force for Funding the Mission, the LCMS Board
of Directors, the Council of Presidents including the LCMS
Praesidium, and the President and Treasurer of the Synod;
therefore be it
Resolved, That Synod Bylaw 3.8.3.6.2 be amended to
read as follows:
PRESENT PROPOSED WORDING
3.8.3.6.2 The board of regents of each college and university shall consist of 13 no more than 17 voting
members:
1. One ordained minister, one commissioned minister, and three two laypersons shall be elected
by the conventions of the Synod.

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2. One ordained minister, one commissioned minister, and one layperson two laypersons shall
be elected by the geographical district in which
the institution is located.
3. Four No less than four and no more than eight
laypersons shall be appointed as voting members by the board of regents in a nonconvention
year.
4. The president of the district in which the college or university is located or a district vicepresident as his standing representative shall
serve as an ex officio voting member.
5. College and university boards of regents members may be elected or appointed to serve a
maximum of three consecutive three-year
terms and must hold membership in a member
congregation of the Synod.
6. Not more than two of the elected members
shall be members of the same congregation.

Action: Adopted (3)
(During discussion, an amendment was proposed to add the
prefix non to voting in the proposed wording for the third numbered sentence under Bylaw 3.8.3.6.2. After the amendment
failed, the resolution was adopted as presented by the committee
by a rising vote without the use of the electronic voting system.)

To Encourage Commitment to Continuing
Education for Clergy
RESOLUTION 5-05
Overtures 5-35–36 (CW, p. 225)
WHEREAS, Those called into the Office of the Holy Ministry are encouraged by St. Paul to “guard the deposit” of
the faith “entrusted to them” (1 Tim. 6:20) and “to teach
what accords with sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1); and
WHEREAS, Paul exhorts Timothy and all those who serve
in the pastoral ministry to “fan into flame the gift of God”
given through the laying of hands (2 Tim. 1:6); and
WHEREAS, The pastors of the church are called to preach
the Gospel in season and out of season by engaging a constantly changing world; and
WHEREAS, The cultures that surround the pastor’s ministry are diverse and continually changing; and
WHEREAS, Such change and diversity call for sound and
sure theological moorings upon which to ground pastoral
ministry; and
WHEREAS, A pastor, when he graduates from a seminary,
possesses a foundation for pastoral ministry but is continually growing in the virtue of servant leadership among the
people of God; therefore be it
Resolved, That all LCMS pastors be encouraged to feed
their minds and spirits with the living Word; and be it further
Resolved, That all LCMS pastors be encouraged to
engage in an ongoing pattern of spiritual growth, professional enrichment, and theological education; and be
it further
Resolved, That all LCMS pastors be encouraged to develop a plan for continuing theological education on a
yearly basis, and that the plan be developed in coordina-