# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 25 26 2013_S40
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(tu) Supervision: For the purpose of these Bylaws (other than those pertaining to
ecclesiastical supervision), to have authority over, to direct actions, to control activities.
(uv) Synod: Refers collectively to the association of self-governing Lutheran congregations
and all its agencies on the national and district levels. The Synod, as defined herein, is not a
civil law entity.
(vw) Synodwide Corporate Entity: A separate corporation established by the Synod for
business and legal reasons. For the purposes of these Bylaws, the “synodwide corporate
entities” of the Synod are the following corporations:
(1) Concordia Historical Institute
(2) Concordia Publishing House
(3) Lutheran Church Extension Fund—Missouri Synod
(4) Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation
(5) Concordia University System
The term “synodwide corporate entity” is not used in these Bylaws to include foreign
corporations created by the Synod in order to undertake foreign missions.
(wx) Task Force: An appointed group that has an ad hoc assignment to accomplish a
specific task and whose duties have a definite expiration date.
(xy) Voting Member: A member congregation of the Synod. (See Article V A of the
Constitution.)
Commission on Handbook

69. Overture to the 2013 Convention (Board of Directors Responsibilities)
Overture to the 2013 Convention
To Address Board of Directors Budget and Management Responsibilities
(Bylaw Section 3.3.4.5.)
Rationale
Following the 2010 LCMS convention, it was recognized that restructuring decisions had resulted in lack
of clarity and even contradictions in the Handbook of the Synod that would require additional attention by
the 2013 convention. These concerns were discussed during a day-long November 2, 2012 joint meeting
of the Commission on Constitutional Matters, Commission on Handbook, the Chief Administrative
Officer, the Chief Mission Officer, and a member of the President’s Office staff. The commission offers
the following proposed amendments to the 2013 convention of the Synod to satisfy a number of these
concerns in the 2010 Handbook of the Synod.
Questions have been raised during the triennium related to distribution of budget dollars from the
corporate Synod budget. The questions arise due to the wording change from “program board” to
“mission board” in Bylaw 3.3.4.5 as a result of the structure changes made at the 2010 convention. The
additional changes to Bylaw 3.3.4 recommended below are intended to reorganize the content of this
section and provide clarity.
Resolved, That in order to clarify the role of the Board of Directors regarding the corporate Synod
budget and Board of Directors management, the 2013 LCMS convention adopt the following bylaw
changes:
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