# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_April 3 4 2009_S5
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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Page 3: The reference in the first line should be to the “2007 LCMS Handbook”;

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Page 4: The reference in paragraph 2 under 1.3 should read “2007 LCMS Handbook”;

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Page 5: The reference in paragraph 6 under 1.4, paragraphs 1 and 2 under 2.1, and the paragraph
under 2.2 should read “2007 LCMS Handbook”;

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Page 13: The parenthetical references in paragraphs 2 and 3 should read “2007 LCMS
Handbook”;

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Page 19: The reference in paragraph 2 under 8.4 should read “2007 LCMS Handbook”;

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Page 20: The reference in the paragraph under 9.2 should be to the “2007 LCMS Handbook”;

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Page 25: The commission wishes to see a copy of the referenced statement regarding
indemnification in the paragraph under 11.6;

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Page 30: The reference in the paragraph under 13.1 should be to the “2007 LCMS Handbook”;
and

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Page 32: The reference in paragraph 2 under 13.3 should be to the “2007 LCMS Handbook.”

The commission asked the secretary to communicate with the board, asking for clean copies of the
board’s policy documents after final changes have been made.
(B) Board for University Education Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Concordia University System; Board Policy Manual; and Presidents’ Board Manual (06-2472)
The commission reviewed the various documents submitted by the Board for University
Education/Concordia University System and offered the following comments. Regarding the
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:
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The Concordia University System (CUS) is established by LCMS Bylaw 3.6.6, which indicates
that these Articles of Incorporation (and Bylaws) are to “further the objectives and duties of a
board for university education within the Synod.” It will be more helpful to follow the language
of the Synod’s Handbook vs. that which the proposed amendments provide, i.e., Article “Fourth”
talks about the corporation “organizing” the colleges and universities, which varies from the
language of Synod Bylaw 3.8.3.1, which describes the function of the Board for University
Education (BUE) as “supervising and coordinating.” Of more concern are the follwing
subparagraphs.

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Article “Fourth,” subparagraph (a) directs the BUE/CUS to “approve formal courses of
instruction,” a purpose and authority not included in the list of purposes set forth in Bylaw
3.8.3.4.

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Article “Fourth,” subparagraph (b) identifies the purpose of the BUE/CUS as providing
“cooperative endeavors and services,…” whereas Bylaw 3.8.3.4 (a) describes the function of the
BUE as developing “detailed coordinating policies and procedures for cooperative roles and
responsibilities of the colleges and universities.”

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Article “Fourth,” subparagraph (c), while laudable, is not within the list of BUE/CUS
responsibilities. Bylaw 3.8.3.4 (j) directs the BUE to “assist congregations and districts in student
recruitment for both professional church work and lay higher education” but does not direct the
BUE or the colleges and universities “to extend to the congregations of the Synod an array of
resources…” to aid and encourage proclamation of the Word of God.

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