# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 25 26 2013_S28
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

top staff position of a commission is titled a “chief executive.” That person holds the title of “executive
director.” The change recommended below will correct this reference.
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Chief Mission Officer
3.4.3.1 The Chief Mission Officer shall provide and executive directors (if any) who report to the Chief
Mission Officer shall serve as staff and other resource(s) to the Board for National Mission and
the Board for International Mission.
3.4.3.4 The Chief Mission Officer shall meet regularly with the chief executives executive directors of
the commissions (if any) and the chief executives of synodwide corporate entities as the liaison
for and at the direction of the President of the Synod. He shall work together closely with the
Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Administrative Officer in carrying out the programmatic,
administrative, and financial functions of the national Synod.

(E) Fund-Raising Activities/Fund Allocation
Rationale
Current bylaws are contradictory regarding supervisory responsibilities for the fund-raising activities of
the Synod. Bylaw 3.4.3.6 reads: “The Chief Mission Officer shall, on behalf of the President, supervise
fund-raising activity of the national office according to policies established by the Board of Directors of
the Synod.” Bylaw 3.3.1.3 (f) (2), on the other hand, currently reads: “[Through the Chief Mission
Officer, the President shall] coordinate and supervise all fund-raising and planned giving activity by the
national Synod and its agencies.” The following proposed deletion of a major portion of Bylaw 3.3.1.3 (f)
will remove the existing contradictions and allow current Bylaws 3.4.3.6, 3.4.3.7, and 3.4.3.8 to govern
the role of the Chief Mission Officer in the areas currently addressed by Bylaw 3.3.1.3 (f).
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
President
Responsibilities and Duties—Ecclesiastical and Administrative
3.3.1.3 The President shall have responsibilities and duties that are both ecclesiastical and
administrative….
(f) As ecclesiastical supervisor, he shall provide leadership to all officers, agencies, and
national office staff of the Synod. Through the Chief Mission Officer, he shall
(1) coordinate the content of communications, public relations, and news and
information provided by the Synod.;
(2) oversee and coordinate (consulting with the Board of Directors of the Synod
when necessary) and supervise all fund-raising and planned giving activity by the
national Synod and its agencies.; and
(3) serve the Synod by providing leadership, coordination, and oversight for preseminary education programs, seminary education, and post-seminary continuing
education, and by providing advocacy for pastoral education and health within the
Synod.
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