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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 77

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2. Board for Missions
Bylaws 8.01-8.03 2.231 Membership

The Board for Missions shall consist of nine
members who shall be elected by the general conven-
tion of the Synod: four clergymen, one teacher, four
laypersons.

Bylaws 8.07-8.25; 8.81 2.235 Functions
The board shall—

a. formulate, recommend, review, and supervise
the mission policies of the Synod, recommend and
monitor budgets, review organizational effectiveness,
and provide for an aggressive and united mission
effort for the Synod;

b. call, appoint, assign, withdraw, and release
missionaries (pastors and teachers) and other workers
for the ministries and areas within its direct respon-
sibility, always safeguarding the nghts of the partner
churches and workers involved;

c. maintain a concern for the specific training of
missionaries and other workers related to the mission
endeavors of the Synod and establish a continuing
liaison with the terminal schools of the Synod;

d. counsel with the mission boards of the Districts
and partner churches with reference to their total
mission program and supervise the planning and
implementation of programs which will best utilize
the Synod’s resources of people and possessions;

e. have a special concern for the mission and
ministry among minorities, among sensory impaired,
and on campuses;

f. give assistance upon recommendation of the
Board for Social Ministry Services to congegations or
through them to their members or others in dire
emergencies or disaster situations;

g. serve as a channel for the love and compassion
of the church for helping the homeless, persecuted,
sick, and needy through programs of world relief and
hunger as a witness to our faith in Jesus Christ;

h. provide a ministry for all of the Synod’s military
personnel and their dependents; civilians and their
dependents overseas; and patients in veterans
hospitals;

i. function as a recruitment, liaison, and endorse-
ment agency with the various governmental units
involved in the Armed Forces and Veterans Admin-
istration and between these units and the Synod’s
chaplains and directors of religious education;

j. maintain liaison and cooperation with the ap-
propriate units of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.
and with assigned auxiliary and listed service
organizations.

2.239 Standing Committees
The board shall be assisted by standing com-
mittees dealing with the following areas:

Black Ministry (Commission on Black Ministry
until 1986)

Campus Ministry

Ministry among American Indians (a majority of
whom shall be American Indians)

Ministry among Hispanics (a majority of whom
shall be Hispanics)
Bylaws 15.21-15.29 Ministry to the Armed Forces
Ministry to the Blind
. Ministry to the Deaf
Bylaws 13.01-13.09 World Relief

8.81 Commission on Black Ministry 2.241 Commission on Black Ministry

(Effective until the 1986 convention)
a. Membership. Membership of the Commission a. Membership. The Commission on Black Min-