LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1967, Page 115

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

d. give guidance to and coordinate the efforts of the Dis-
tricts and agencies within the Districts which plan or con-
duct institutional chaplaincy services in the following areas:

1. conduct studies regarding new or existing programs;

2. develop standards and procedures for institutional
chaplaincy programs;

3. give counsel regarding calls, appointments, and train-
ing of institutional chaplains;

4, provide for regular liaison with institutional chaplains
to maintain a responsible relationship of the chaplain with
the church and of the church with the chaplain;

5. stimulate concern within congregations and Districts
for increased involvement of pastors and lay people in the
ministry to institutionalized people;

e. administer scholarships for social workers, administra-
tive personnel in agencies, and institutional chaplains.

13.07 Executive Secretary

An Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the board
subject to the approval of the President of the Synod. He
shall be responsible to the board and shall perform the duties
assigned to him by it.

13.08 Professional Staff

An adequate number of staff members shall be appointed
by the board in the regular manner as prescribed by the
Synod, to give leadership in fulfilling the above-mentioned
functions and duties.

Action: Adopted in the form given above.
(Adoption involved also a change in name for the board.)

To Adopt Proposed Bylaws for Board
for Missions
RESOLUTION 4-45
Report 1-01 (CW, pp. 3—4)
-Wuereas, The Board for Missions has suggested a set

of proposed bylaws for the guidance of the Board for
Missions and its staff; therefore be it

Resolved, That the synodical Handbook be revised to
contain the following section and that the Synod’s Com-
mission on Constitutional Matters be instructed to
remove from the Handbook all sections which these By-

laws supersede:
VIII. MISSIONS

8.01 Personnel and Election

a. The Board for Missions shall consist of 13 members,
who shall be elected by the Synod. Seven of these shall be
selected -from the clergy roster of the Synod. Special atten-
tion shall be given to the wide range of interests and con-
cerns of the board.

b. The Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches shall be
invited to designate one. of its members as a consultant to the
Board for Missions.

8.03 Advisory Members

a. The board may invite the full-time or part-time ad-
visory participation of individuals related to ministries or
organizations concerned with missions.

b. The director of missionary training or a professor of
missions from each terminal school of the Synod shall be
invited to participate in board meetings as advisory members.

8.07 Functions of the Board |

a. The board shall formulate, recommend, review, and
supervise the mission policy of the Synod, direct and adopt
planning in keeping’ therewith, establish and. supervise bud-
gets, review organizati nal effectiveness, effect. the correla-

tion and coordination of the synodical mission endeavor with
other boards, agencies, and auxiliaries of the Synod, and do
all else necessary to provide for an aggressive and united
mission effort for the Synod.

b. The board shall inform the Board of Directors as well
as the President of the Synod of its program and provide
each convention of the Synod with a comprehensive report
of its activity.

8.09 Duties of the Board

The board, in carrying out its functions, shall —

a. determine and direct, within the intent and resolutions
of the Synod, the mission policies, procedures, and programs
enabled through the financial resources of the Synod;

b. supervise the execution of all policies and resolutions
of the Synod relating to its mission endeavor;

c. advise on the objectives and means of mission work on
every level of activity related to the Synod;

d. study and survey or cause to be studied and surveyed
in a continuing manner with the necessary professional as-
sistance the theological, sociological, cultural, demographic,
and personal factors by which the mission effort of the Synod
may be both planned and evaluated;

e. assess its need for staff, prescribe duties and functions
to each position, determine the qualifications necessary to
fill the respective offices, and, in keeping with the policies
of the Synod, engage the necessary personnel;

f. engage such additional clerical and professional help as
may be necessary and negotiate for the services of staff co-
opted from other departments of the Synod;

g. call, appoint, assign, withdraw, and release missionaries
and other workers for the ministries and fields within its
direct responsibility to the Synod, always safeguarding the
rights of the churches and individuals involved;

h. advise in the calling of all workers related to the ad-
ministration of the synodical mission endeavor and to the
special ministries within the purview of the board’s re-
sponsibilities;

i. maintain a concern for the specific training of mis-
sionaries and other workers related to the mission endeavors
of the Synod and establish a continuing liaison with directors
of missionary training and professors of missions in the
terminal schools of the Synod;

j. counsel with the mission boards of the Districts and
the churches related to the work of the board with reference
to their total mission program and supervise the planning
of a program. which will best utilize the Synod’s resources
of men and money;

k. consult with all components of the synodical mission
effort, including related and auxiliary agencies, and provide
the information and guidance needed to evaluate all work
proposed for continuation or adoption, taking into considera-
tion available manpower, available financial resources, and
a comparison with other opportunities;

1. arrange and conduct conferences which will contribute
to the fulfillment of its duties;

m. publish and produce or cause to be produced and
distributed the special materials and periodicals required to
fulfill and interpret the mission effort of the Synod;
in. have such additional powers, duties, and jurisdiction
as may from time to time be prescribed and authorized by
the Synod.

8.13 Organization of the Board

a. The board shall organize itself at the first regular
meeting following the biennial convention of the Synod. It
shall elect from its voting membership a chairman, a vice-
chairman, and a recording secretary.

b. The officers of the board shall serve as the executive
committee of the board. The principal function of the execu-
tive committee shall be that of assisting the chairman in
planning for the meetings of the board. It shall act on
behalf of the board in cases of emergency, but it may not
modify actions or positions of the board. . ;

c. The board may appoint such standing committees from
its own membership and such ad: hoc committees, whether