LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1971, Page 145

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RESOLUTIONS 145

be charged with arranging the schedule for review and
appointing of all incumbent staff.

Action: Adopted (12).

(A motion to table this resolution in Session 7 failed, 285
to 401. A motion to recommit was debated in Session 11 and
defeated in Session 12. Thereupon the resolution was
adopted.)

To Decline Overture Requesting Revelation
of Costs of Certain Actions

RESOLUTION 4-30
Overture 4-55 (CW, pp. 227—228)

WHEREAS, Committee 4 has investigated the expendi-
ture of funds that attended the President’s fact-finding
inquiry into the St. Louis seminary; and

Wuereas, The President of the Synod had the au-
thority to expend such funds for the supervision of doc-
trine within the Synod and the amount spent was not
excessive; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 4-55 be declined.
Action: Adopted (12).

To Implement Delayed Induction

RESOLUTION 4-31
Report 4-09 I (CW, p. 214)

Wuereas, The induction service of the Synod’s offi-
cers could be conducted with greater dignity if done at
a more appropriate time; and

Wuereas, It would provide a period of time for orien-
tation of new board members; and

Wuereas, It would allow the outgoing President time
to conclude the affairs of his office; and

Wuereas, The new President would have time to
orient himself to the duties of the office; and

Wuereas, It would give the appointing authority
(President or Board of Directors) an opportunity to re-
view the needs of boards and commissions and find suit-
able persons to fill these positions; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following new Bylaws be added:

2.06 Term of Office

ec. The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary,
Treasurer, and members of the Board of Directors
shall assume office on the last Sunday of September
following their election. Members of other elected
boards shall assume office immediately on their
election. Members of all appointed boards and com-
missions shall begin their service on January 1,
following each convention. The general rule shall
apply that incumbents shall serve until their suc-
cessors have been qualified.

2.09 Induction

a. The elected officers and the Board of Direc-
tors shall be jointly inducted into their office in
a church located in the St. Louis area. The place
and time shall be determined by the Board of Di-
rectors and shall be announced before the close
of the convention. Arrangements for the induction
service shall be made in consultation with the
newly elected President by a committee appointed
by the Board of Directors.

b. Members of all other elected boards, as well
as directors elected in a non-presidential year, shall
be given formal recognition of their election in a
ceremony conducted at the convention.

2.10 Interim Authority

a. Before his successor assumes office, the out-
going President shall use the intervening time to
settle the affairs of his administration and assist the
newly elected President as requested to become
acquainted with the responsibilities of the office.

b. The existing Board of Directors shall con-
tinue to function until the newly elected and the
reelected members of the Board of Directors assume
office. It shall continue to carry out programs initi-
ated prior to the electing convention.

c. No appointments to synodical boards, com-
missions, or committees shall be made and no new
programs shall be initiated by the outgoing Presi-
dent or the Board of Directors during the interim.
Emergency action that demands immediate atten-
tion may be taken in consultation with and with the
consent of the newly elected President.

d. In the interim, the newly elected President
shall meet with the reelected and newly elected
Vice-Presidents to assess the state of the Synod,
to plan for the communication and carrying out of
the resolutions adopted at the convention, to assign
areas of responsibility to the Vice-Presidents, to
gather names and obtain information helpful for
making wise appointments; he shall meet with the
chairmen and executive secretaries of boards and
commissions to discuss their convention reports, to
receive from them their specific plans, goals, and
objectives, and to assess with them the financial
support they will need; he shall meet with the fi-
nancial and administrative officers to assess the fi-
nancial status of the Synod and the estimate of the
financial resources available for the coming year.

e. The newly elected members of the Board of
Directors shall attend whatever meetings of the
Board are held in the interim, without vote, to be-
come acquainted with their new responsibilities and
board functions.
It is recommended that the present 2.09 “Executives
Without Vote” be transferred to Section 2.11 as a new

paragraph “g.”
Action: Adopted (12).

To Respond to Overture 4-82 Regarding
the Involvement of Black Churchmen

RESOLUTION 4-32
Overture 4-82 (CW, pp. 235—236)

Wuereas, The concept of the communion of saints
implies the participation of all the church’s member-
ships in its life and work without regard to race, color,
or ethnic origin; and

Wuereas, Christian stewardship, integrity, and broth-
erly love require that all talents within the church’s
membership be used; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod, and the Districts of the
Synod, continue to identify and eliminate attitudinal
and instituticnal racism from the church; and be it also

Resolved, That the Synod, and the Districts of the
Synod, make every effort to nominate, elect, or appoint
qualified clergymen and/or laymen, without regard to
race, color, or ethnic origin, to official positions and