# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S209
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Seminary and University Education
(b)

together with boards of regents and the Board of
Directors of the Synod, coordinate institutional planning
and approve capital projects in relation to campus
property-management agreements and institutional master
plans;
(c) review and approve new programs and manage peer
review of programs in the interest of the institution(s) and
the Synod;
(d) establish policy guidelines involving distribution of grants
from the Synod (restricted and unrestricted) and efforts
for securing additional financial support from other
sources;
(e) obtain data on liberal arts education and current trends
and government regulations in higher education that
impact upon collaborative efforts and relationships within
the Concordia University System;
(f) together with the Board of Directors of the Synod,
establish and monitor criteria for determining institutional
viability, fiscal and otherwise;
(g) together with districts, congregations, local boards of
regents, and national efforts, assist congregations and
districts in student recruitment for both professional
church work and lay higher education;
(h) serve as a resource for the development of lists of
potential teaching and administrative personnel;
(i) provide prior approval for all initial full-time theology
appointments to college/university faculties, based on
selection criteria and procedures recommended by the
Council of Presidents;
(ij) upon request of the President of the Synod, assist in
monitoring the ongoing faithfulness of all Concordia
University System institutions to the Synod’s doctrine and
practices;
(jk) together with schools, districts, congregations, and national
efforts, foster continuing education for ministers of
religion—commissioned; and
(kl) have authority, after receiving the consent of the Board of
Directors of the Synod by its two-thirds vote and also the
consent of either the Council of Presidents by its twothirds vote or the appropriate board of regents by its twothirds vote, to consolidate, relocate, separate, or divest a
college or university.
3.6.6.6 The Board of Directors of Concordia University System
shall receive evidence on a regular basis from boards of regents and
campus administrators that they are that it is complying with an emphasis on mission-focused leadership and, with the following key principles
to guide the future of the Concordia University System,
(1) actively working to preserve their work to maintain
and enhance the Christ-centered Lutheran identity by
supporting the objectives of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod and complying with an emphasis on
mission-focused leadership in service to Church and
community; character of its institutions;
(2) delivering academic and student programs designed to
give students Christ-centered values and tools that equip
them for vocations within the Church and world;
(3) preparing graduates for service as ministers of religion—
commissioned and for continued study for ministers of
religion—ordained for the Synod; provide ministers of
religion—commissioned for the Synod;
(34) implementing accepted higher education standards,
including policies that ensure fiscal and institutional
viability:
• Achieving positive annual financial results
• Acquiring quality administrators, faculty, and staff
• Meeting fiscal and academic benchmarks
• 	 Building endowments and managing investment assets
for the long-term benefit of the institutions

209

• 	 Acquiring and managing long-term debt carefully and
responsibly work to ensure a strong fiscal future for its
institutions
(45) sustaining a Concordia experience that reflects strong
institutional quality, provides opportunities to be of
greater service to the Church and society, and mobilizes
individuals in a way that aids the campuses in achieving
their collective vision with respect to their identity,
quality, and viability; and establish expectations for the
quality of its institutions;
(56) maintaining accountability of its institutions implement
the preceding four principles through governance
structures that require more clearly focused accountability
of its institutions to the system-wide board, while
expecting stronger governance of the institutions by their
boards of regents.
College and University Boards of Regents
3.10.5 Each college and university of the Synod, with its president
and faculty, shall be governed by a board of regents, subject to general
policies set by the Synod.
3.10.5.1 In exercising its relationship to the Synod and to the Concordia University System as set forth elsewhere under Bylaw 3.6.6ff.,
the board of regents of each institution shall consider as one of its primary duties the defining and fulfilling of the mission of the institution
within the broad assignment of the Synod.
3.10.5.2 The board of regents of each college and university shall
consist of no more than 17 voting members:
1.
One ordained minister, one commissioned minister, and
two laypersons shall be elected by the conventions of the
Synod.
2.
One ordained minister, one commissioned minister,
and two laypersons shall be elected by the geographical
district in which the institution is located.
3.
No less than four and no more than eight laypersons shall
be appointed as voting members by the board of regents.
4.
The president of the district in which the college or
university is located or a district vice-president as his
standing representative shall serve as an ex officio
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.
7.
Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents
should possess several of the following qualifications:
be knowledgeable regarding the region in which the
institution is located, should have demonstrated
familiarity and support of the institution, and shall
possess two or more of the following qualifications:
theological acumen, possess an advanced academic
degree, and have experience in higher education
administration, administration of complex organizations,
finance, law, investments, technology, human
resources, facilities management, or fund development.
Demonstrated familiarity and support of the institution
is a desired quality in the candidate. When regents
are elected at the national convention of the Synod,
qualifications shall be reviewed and verified as outlined
in Bylaw 3.12.3.7. When regents are elected a district
conventions or appointed by the board of regents,
qualifications of all nominees, including floor nominees,
shall be reviewed and verified by the chair and secretary
of the district board of directors or their designees.
3.10.5.3 Vacancies that occur on a board of regents shall be filled in
the following manner:

2013 Convention Workbook