# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S175
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

7. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
elected by the Synod shall be from the same district, and no
executive, faculty member, or staff member from a
Lutheran institution of higher education may serve on the
Board of Directors of Concordia University System as a
voting member and no voting member shall be a regent,
executive, faculty, or staff member, as defined in Bylaw
1.5.1.1, of a Synod college or university):
Voting Members:
1. Two ministers of religion—ordained elected by the
Synod
2. One minister of religion—commissioned elected by
the Synod
3. Two laypersons elected by the Synod
4. ThreeFour laypersons appointed by the delegates of
the members of Concordia University System elected
members listed above, after consultation with the
President of the Synod and the Institution Advisory
Council; at least two of the four must have background
experience in higher education administration or
accreditation
5. The President of the Synod or his representative
Nonvoting Advisory Members:
1. AOne district president appointed by the Council of
Presidents
2. Up to two persons appointed by One representative
designated by the Board of Directors of the Synod
3. One representative designated by the Commission on
Theology and Church Relations
34. The Chief Mission Officer of the Synod or his
representative
45. One university president appointed by the
Concordia University System Advisory Council who is
designated by, and is a member of, the Institution
Advisory Council, and whose institution is in good
standing, as defined in Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 (e)
6. One university board of regents chair who is
designated by the Institution Advisory Council and
whose institution is a college or university presently in
good standing, as defined in Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 (e).
The advisory university president and university board of
regents chair shall be drawn from different institutions.
Neither the advisory university president nor the advisory
board of regents chair shall participate in the work or the
sessions of the board as they relate to the ecclesiastical
visitation of any individual college or university.
3.6.6.2.1 Persons elected or appointed to the Concordia
University System Board of Directors should have
demonstrated familiarity with and support of the
institutions Synod colleges and universities, and shall
strongly and demonstrably articulate and support the
confession and doctrinal positions of the Synod, and shall
possess have demonstrated a high degree of two or more of
the following qualifications or background experiences:
theological acumen, an advanced degree, experience in
higher education administration, higher education
accreditation, professional church worker education,
administration of or legal counsel to complex
organizations, finance, religious nonprofit law, higher
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education law, investments, technology, human resources,
facilities management, or fund development or the
strengthening of the mission of the Synod’s congregations
and schools. The Chief Administrative Officer President of
the Synod (or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod (or
a designee) shall review and verify that nominees are
qualified to serve as stated above.
3.6.6.3
The presidents (including interim presidents) of
Synod’s colleges and universities in good standing shall,
along with two nonvoting members designated by the
Concordia University System Board of Directors, comprise
the Concordia University System Institution Advisory
Council. The Institution Advisory Council shall, as specified
elsewhere in these bylaws and upon request, provide
advice, consultation, and access to information as
necessary to facilitate Concordia University System
ecclesiastical review, on the Synod’s behalf, of the schools’
Lutheran identity and mission outcomes under the
Standards (Bylaw 3.6.6.1). It shall also, as bylaws elsewhere
specify and upon request, advise Concordia University
System in its responsibilities as they relate to programs
leading to candidacy for commissioned ministry and to
seminary enrollment.
and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaws 3.12.3.5 (e–f) and 3.12.3.7 (c) be
amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.12.3.5 The first meeting of the Committee for Convention
Nominations shall be at the call of the Secretary of the
Synod at least six months prior to the convention of the
Synod.
…
(e) In the case of the boards of regents of educational
institutions of the Synod, the committee shall consult
with the President of the Synod, the Board of Directors of
the Synod or, the Board of Directors of Concordia
University System, and the presidents and chairs of the
institutions’ boards of regents and receive their input for
the committee’s consideration. The President of
Concordia University System (or a designee) and the
Secretary of the Synod (or a designee) shall review and
verify that nominees are qualified as stated in Bylaw
3.10.6.2 (8). Only those nominees whose qualifications
have been verified as described in Bylaw 3.10.6.2.1 shall
be considered to be eligible for selection as candidates
for subsequent election.
(f) The Committee for Convention Nominations
Secretary of the Synod shall establish and maintain a
procedure to generate and publish in advance of the
convention a lists of names from all who have been
nominated for Synod boards and commissions who
meet the qualifications (as certified under Bylaws
3.10.6.2 [8].1 and 3.6.6.3.2.1) to serve (1) on a Concordia
University System board of regents of a Synod college or
university or (2) on the Concordia University System
Board of Directors. Information on such nominees shall
be shared with the Concordia University System Board
of Directors for use throughout the following triennium
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