LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1989, Page 136

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136 RESOLUTIONS

the Bylaws, shall be determined initially by the Board
of Directors after consultation with the respective board,
and any change in size subsequently shall require the
approval of the Board of Directors.

Resolved, To clarify the membership and responsibility
of a synodical convention delegate on the Circuit Forum
by amending Bylaw 5.35 and 3.07 to read as follows:

5.35 Election of Synodical Convention Delegates

It is the Circuit Forum which triennially shall elect
the pastoral and lay delegate, and their alternates, to
the national convention of the Synod according to the
regulations of the Synod. The lay delegate shall upon
his election serve
through the triennium following the next convention as
an advisory member of the Circuit Forum.

3.07 Responsibilities of Delegates

Congregations shall not require their delegates to
vote in accordance with specific instructions, but every
delegate shall be permitted to vote according to his or
her own conviction. Delegates are nevertheless respon-
sible to their Circuits, whom they represent, and shall
attempt to discover ‘the sentiment of the members
thereof. They shall be expected to be faithful in atten-
dance at all sessions of the convention. After each con-
vention they shall report the actions of the Synod to
their Circuits, preferably appearing before each of the
congregations which they represent. Voting delegates
shall serve a three-year term beginning with the con-
vention; they shall function as advisory members of the
Circuit Forum, shall serve as resource persons in the
Circuit, and shal] assist in the dissemination and im-
plementation of synodical resolutions in their area.

Resolved, To update Bylaw 6.81 on special academic
programs.

Since Bylaw 6.81 c reflects a condition no longer existing
at colleges and seminaries, it can now be deleted.

6.81 Special Academic Programs

Resolved, To delete Bylaws 6.53 c and d regarding mod-
ified service and retirement. Since similar provisions do
not exist with respect to the principal staff persons of na-
tional and District boards, the special provisions for college
and seminary presidents, the principal staff persons of the
Boards of Regents, should be deleted. Due to federal re-
quirements removing limitations regarding retirement age
restrictions, the words and must accept retirement age at
the end of the academic year in which their 70th birthday
occurs in 6.53 e shall be deleted.

6.53 Modified Service and Retirement

Resolved, To clarify the definition and composition of
appointed program boards. Confusion has resulted from
the use of the terminology support services board in Bylaw
3.51 b. Only the Board for Communication Services and
the Board for Social Ministry Services fall in this category,
and they are considered program boards. The only differ-
ence between these boards and the program boards of Mis-
sion Services, Parish Services, etc., is that these are
appointed to assure expertise in these. specialty areas.
Therefore substitution of the name Appointed Program
Board and allowing for appointment of college, seminary,
and institutional personnel to the boards is desirable.

Resolved, That Bylaws 3.51, 3.401, and 3.421 be
amended as follows:

3.51 Definitions

a. A “program board” is an officially established
group of elected persons charged with policy making and
evaluative responsibilities for a programmatic function
of the Synod.

b. A“support-serviees beard” An appointed program
board is an officially established group of persons ap-
pointed by the Board of Directors with the approval of
the President and charged with policy making and eval-
uative responsibilities for certain support services as-
signed to it. Members are appointed in view of their
special abilities and experience in certain closely de-
fined areas of competence.

3.401 Membership

The Board for Communication Services shall consist
of seven members who shall be appointed by the Board
of Directors: three ordained ministers, at least one of
whom shall be a parish pastor, one commissioned min-
ister, three laypersons. Faculty members of colleges and
seminaries shall be eligible for appointment. Member-
ship shall include representatives of both print and
broadcast media.

3.421 Membership

The Board for Social Ministry Services shall consist
of seven members who shall be appointed by the Board
of Directors: three ordained ministers, at least one of
whom shail be a parish pastor, one commissioned min-
ister, three laypersons.

Resolved, That since certain responsibilities assigned to
the Board for Mission Services are now being carried out
by the Board for Social Ministry Services, Bylaw 3.423 be
amended to read as follows:

3.423 Functions

The Board shall

a. assist Districts in their institutional chaplaincy,
pastoral counselor, and social ministry programs, and
participate in socia] education and endeavors to remove
or alleviate human suffering;

b. subject to the provisions of chapter 14 of these
Bylaws, grant recognized-service-organization status to
health, chaplaincy, and social ministry agencies and in-
stitutions to validate their merit for use and support
with assurance that they meet acceptable standards;

c. provide assistance to congregations and through
them to their members and others in dire emergencies
and disaster situations through the Inter-Lutheran Dis-