# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S209
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

examine the articles of incorporation, bylaws, and
policy manuals of every agency of the Synod to
ascertain whether they are in harmony with the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod.
(a) Agencies intending to make amendments to
articles of incorporation or bylaws shall make such
intentions known and receive approval from the
commission in advance.
(b) A district in convention may vote to amend
its articles or bylaws provided the resolution is
contingent on approval of the Commission on Constitutional Matters. The amended articles or bylaws
become effective immediately upon, and only upon,
approval of the Commission on Constitutional Matters. Should the Commission on Constitutional
Matters not approve the adopted changes, the district
Board of Directors may modify the amendments to
comply with the Commission on Constitutional Matters requirements upon their two-thirds vote.
(b)(c) The commission shall maintain a file of the
articles of incorporation, bylaws, and policy manuals of all agencies of the Synod.
Action: Adopted (8)
(Brief summaries were provided for this and seven other resolutions which the committee wished to bundle into a single action
as “housekeeping matters.” Following explanations provided, the
chair asked the assembly whether it was ready to vote. Hearing no
objection, he called for the vote and the bundled resolution action
that included Res. 11-04B, Res. 11-08A, Res. 11-11, Res. 11-12, Res.
11-13, Res. 11-15A, Res. 11-17, and Res. 11-20 was adopted as presented [Yes: 923; No: 32].)

To Establish Representation at Synod
Conventions for the Boards for National
and International Mission
RESOLUTION 11-17
Overtures 11-25, 11-28 (CW, pp. 394, 396–397)
Whereas, Bylaw 3.1.4.1 (a) states, “Each board or commission shall be represented [at Synod conventions] by its chairman
or another board or commission member and by its principal staff
person”; and
Whereas, Bylaw 3.8.2.4 states, “In carrying out its mission
responsibilities, the Office of National Mission shall receive its
primary focus from the mission and ministry emphases developed triennially by the national Synod in convention and from
the policies developed and determined by the Board for National
Mission”; and
Whereas, Bylaw 3.8.3.4 states, “In carrying out its mission
responsibilities, the Office of International Mission shall receive
its primary focus from the mission and ministry emphases devel“11. Structure and Administration”

oped triennially by the national Synod in convention and from
the policies developed and determined by the Board for International Mission”; and
Whereas, Bylaw 3.4.3.1 states, “The Chief Mission Officer
[CMO] shall provide staff and other resource(s) to the Board for
National Mission and the Board for International Mission”; and
Whereas, Bylaw 3.8.2.3 states, “The Office of National Mission
implements the policies of the Board for National Mission under
the supervision of the CMO and shall be responsible for domestic
ministries that especially serve congregations and schools through
the districts of the Synod”; and Bylaw 3.8.3.3 states, “The Office
of International Mission implements the policies of the Board for
International Mission under the supervision of the CMO and shall
be responsible for the work of the Synod in foreign countries”; and
Whereas, The executive directors of the mission offices are
directly accountable to the CMO and the President of the Synod
for implementing Synod programs that align with the policies of
the mission boards; and
Whereas, Both the President and the Boards for National and
International Mission recognize the important role played by both
the CMO and the executive directors of the Offices of National and
International Mission at the Synod conventions and floor committee meetings and have recommended that the Bylaws be revised
to enable the executive directors of the Offices of National and
International Mission to serve as advisory representatives at Synod
conventions; and
Whereas, The Boards for National and International Mission
have previously made use of Bylaw 3.1.4.1 (c) (“Other exceptions
must have the approval of the Board of Directors of the Synod prior
to each convention”) to request that the executive directors of the
Offices of National and International Mission be designated as an
advisory representative of the Board for International Mission to
the 2013 and 2016 Synod conventions; and
Whereas, The Board of Directors of the Synod has responded
to the aforementioned requests and approved the granting of exceptions allowing the Boards for National and International Mission
to designate the executive directors of the Offices of National and
International Mission as an advisory representatives of the respective boards at the 2013 and 2016 Synod conventions, in accordance
with 2013 Bylaw 3.1.4.1 (c); therefore be it
Resolved, That the Synod in convention adopt the following
changes to Bylaw 3.1.4.1:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.1.4.1

Each elected and appointed board and commission
of the Synod shall be represented at conventions of
the Synod.
(a) Each board or commission shall be represented
by its chairman or another board or commission
member and by its principal staff person. The
boards for National and International Mission
shall also be represented by the executive directors of the Offices of National and International
Mission, respectively.
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