LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 118

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118 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 4

shall be supplied by the Associate Secretary for Evan-
gelism.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Grant Request of Report and Memorial
from the Three Canadian Districts

RESOLUTION 4-28
Report 4-08 (CW, pp. 157—159)

Wuereas, The three Canadian Districts of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod have been operating
as a federation for the past two trienniums under the
name Lutheran Church — Canada; and

Wurreas, The Board of Directors of Lutheran Church
— Canada, the Presidents of the three Canadian Dis-
tricts, and the President and the Vice-Presidents of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod have concurred that
the charter issued in 1959 by the Parliament of Canada
to Lutheran Church — Canada gives this body the right
to operate as a unit in areas of activity in which the
Canadian Districts are agreed that the work of the
Lord can be done better jointly than singly (home mis-
sions, including campus ministry, and institutional mis-
sions, university and college work, public relations,
youth work, relief and immigration, relations to other
church bodies, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, social wel-
fare, Armed Forces Commission) ; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod grant the request of Lutheran Church — Canada
and the three Canadian Districts to operate as an “ad-
ministrative unit in those areas of church work mutually
agreed upon by The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod and Lutheran Church — Canada”; and be it fur-
ther

Resolved, That the President of Lutheran Church —
Canada furnish the President of The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod annually with a comprehensive re-
port on the present and contemplated work program of
Lutheran Church — Canada; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors of Lutheran
Church — Canada and the Presidents (or their repre-
sentatives) of the three Canadian Districts who are
members of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod be
authorized to prepare such constitutional amendments,
bylaws, and regulations as will be required for sub-
mission to Lutheran Church — Canada in convention,
and approved by the three Canadian Districts who are
members of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod;
and be it finally

Resolved, That this administrative unit shall be put
into operation when all necessary legal procedures, ac-
counting procedures, and administrative procedures
have been approved by the Commission on Constitu-
tional Matters and by the Board of Directors of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Revise the “Handbook” on Various
Administrative Matters, etc.
RESOLUTION 4-29

Report 4-04, Appendix A (CW, pp. 143—147)

Overtures 16-13 (CW, 442), 5-45 M (TB, p. 19)
Wuereas, The Board of Directors and the Commit-

tee [now Commission] on Constitutional Matters have

proposed certain revisions and additions to the Hand-

book of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; there-

fore be it

Resolved, That the following Handbook revisions and
additions be made with deletion of Sections 2.43 and
2.73:

121 Authority of Delegate Convention

The delegate convention of the Synod shall be the Synod’s
chief legislative assembly. It shall establish policies, pro-
grams, and procedures to carry on the Synod’s work. Only
a delegate convention of the Synod shall authorize affiliation
or association of the Synod with other church bodies,
synods, or federations and the discontinuance of such affilia-
tion or association.

1.24 Preconvention Briefing Session

The President shall arrange for a meeting on the evening
before the opening day of the synodical convention for the
instruction and guidance of delegates. In preparation for
this meeting a convention manual or a convention guide

shall be furnished.

2.03 Elective and Appointive Boards

The boards of the Synod shall be elected or appointed
as follows:
a. By the delegate convention of the Synod:
A Board of Directors
A Board for Church Extension
A Board for College and University Work
A Board for Convention Nominations
A Board for European Affairs
A Board for Missions to the Blind
A Board for Missions to the Deaf
A Board for North American Missions
A Board for Stewardship, Mission Education, and Pro-
motion
A Board for World Missions
A Board for Young People’s Work
A Board of Appeals
A Board of Control for each educational institution
A Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House
A Board of Parish Education

b. By the Board of Directors:
A Board for KFUO
A Board for Lutheran TV Productions
A Board for Public Relations
A Board of Social Welfare
A Board of Support and Pensions
A Board of Trustees for The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod Foundation
A Board of Trustees for Trust Funds
A Board of World Relief
A Lay Retirement Board

c. By the President, subject to the approval of the Col-
lege of Presidents:
A Board for Higher Education
d. In part by election and in part by appointment as
hereinafter provided in these Bylaws:
A Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute

2.05 Appointive Commissions and Councils

Commissions and councils of the Synod shall be ap
pointed as follows: ;