# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S142
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142

RESOLUTIONS

Resolved, That Concordia University System change its
Council of Membership structure from an individual member structure to a corporate member structure; and be it
further
Resolved, That Synod Bylaw 3.6.6.2 be amended to read
as follows:
PRESENT PROPOSED WORDING
3.6.6.2 The members of Concordia University System shall
consist of two groups, one group consisting of individuals appointed the Synod and the colleges and
universities of the Synod. The Board of Directors of
the Synod and the Council of Presidents of the
Synod each shall elect delegates representing the
Synod. The boards of regents of the colleges and
universities of the Synod shall elect delegates representing the colleges and universities. The numbers of delegates elected by the Board of Directors
of the Synod, and the Council of Presidents, and the
other group consisting boards of individuals representing the colleges and universities, as regents
shall be established by the corporation’s bylaws. Articles of Incorporation and/or Bylaws of Concordia
University System.
and be it finally

Resolved, That item four (4) under the heading “Voting
Members” in Bylaw 3.8.3.2 be amended to read as follows:
PRESENT PROPOSED WORDING
4. Three laypersons appointed by the delegates of the
members of Concordia University System Council of
Members

Action: Adopted (10)
(After introduction by the committee, the resolution was
adopted as presented by the committee [Yes: 611; No: 78].)

2007 Convention Proceedings

To Clarify Responsibility of Board
for Pastoral Education
re Recognized Service Organizations
RESOLUTION 5-08
Overture 5-18 (CW, p. 219)
WHEREAS, The Board for Pastoral Education is a program board of the Synod (Bylaw 1.2.1 [l]); and
Whereas, Recognized service organizations that extend
the mission and ministry of the Synod but are not part of
the Synod as defined by its Constitution and Bylaws may
request recognized service status from the board of the
Synod to which the organization desires to relate (Bylaw
6.2.2); and
WHEREAS, Boards of the Synod may determine those organizations to which recognized service organization status
will be granted (Bylaw 6.2.2 [b]); and
WHEREAS, The Board for Pastoral Education has adopted
policies for granting recognized service organization status
under the common policies of the Board of Directors of The
Lutheran—Church Missouri Synod (Bylaw 6.2.1 [b] and
[c]); and
WHEREAS, The Board for Pastoral Education in its 2004
formation by the Synod was not assigned the monitoring
function for the board (Bylaw 3.8.2.3); therefore be it
Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
in convention assign to the Board for Pastoral Education
the responsibility to monitor recognized service organization status standards and follow up in cases of inadequacy
(Bylaw 6.2.1) as is the case for the Board for University Education (Bylaw 3.8.3.4 [m]).
Action: Adopted (2)
(The resolution was adopted as presented by the committee
without discussion [Yes: 1,108; No: 97].)