LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2007, Page 198

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198 PROGRAM AND FINANCE

i.e., accounting, human resources, building services, information tech-
nology. Of the 300 employees, 37 are ordained clergy.

In addition, the Board for Mission Services has 79 missionaries
serving throughout the world. There are 31 ordained clergymen serv-
ing as missionaries.

Concordia Plan Services (CPS) employs a total of 82 employees in
administering the Concordia Health Plan, the Concordia Disability and
Survivor Plan, the Concordia Retirement Plan, and the Pension Plan for
Pastors and Teachers. No ordained clergy are employed by the CPS.

The LCMS Foundation, which is responsible for investment man-
agement services for legacies, bequests, devises, endowments, annuity
gifts, and other trust funds of the Synod and its agencies, as well as the
development efforts for the various agencies of the Synod, employs 92
employees. There are six ordained clergyman serving as Foundation
employees.

The Lutheran Church Extension Fund, which provides financial re-
sources and related services for ministry, witness, and outreach of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, employs 114 employees, of which
one is ordained and one is commissioned.

The Synod Board of Directors are currently overseeing efforts to
limit the requirement for ordained clergy in positions at the International
Center in order that more pastors are available for service in parish min-
istry.

Cash Salaries at Point of Publication

Actual or Average

President: $158,870

First Vice-President: $129,160

Secretary: $147,263

Vice-PresidenvTreasurer: $147,263

Chief Administrative Officer: $129,160

Low High Actual or Average

Executive officers of major legal

entities (Corporate Synod, CPH, CHI, Church Extension

Fund, Foundation): $84,363; $158,401; $133,864

Executive directors of Corporate

Synod, WBP, other boards, commissions

and departments (including LCEF

and LCMS Foundation) and

CPI-I VP and other officers: $92,439; $138,140; $122,350

Other managerial, technical

and supervisory staff of Corporate

Synod, WBP, other boards, commissions,

and departments (including LCEF

and LCMS Foundation): $34,729; $104,401; $59,441

More detailed information including salary grid scales of all synod-
ical and district officials, staff, and faculty members is available to con-
gregations, pastors and rostered teachers by written request to Barbara
Ryan, Executive Director of Human Resources, The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod, 1333 S. Kirkwood Road, St. Louis, MO 63122-7295.

Posted Sept. 1, 2006”;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod in convention thank the pastors who’

serve as President, First Vice-President, and Secretary for their con-
tinued work in the Synod; and be it further -

Resolved, That the Synod in convention thank those pastors
who serve in difficult financial situations for the love of the Gospel;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod in convention encourage congrega-
tions to pay pastors at 100 % of the applicable district scale; and
be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod in convention hereby sets the salary

scale for the President, First Vice-President, and Secretary of
Synod as follows:

President: 150% of what the incumbent would make under Mis-
souni district scale, plus health and retirement benefits at the dis-
cretion of the Board of Directors.

First Vice-President: 130% of what the incumbent would make
under Missouri district scale, plus health and retirement benefits at
the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Secretary: 140% of what the incumbent would make under Mis-
souri district scale, plus health and retirement benefits at the dis-
cretion of the Board of Directors.

Zion
Edwardsville, IL

4-21

To Address Compensation
of Pastors and Synod Officers

WHEREAS, The Synod has been made aware of various issues
related to Synod stewardship, such as the funding of mission work
at home and abroad and the financial issues related to training of
future pastors, teachers, and other servants of the church; and

Wuereas, According to the latest published LCMS salary in-
formation (Reporter, Sept. 1, 2006), the annual compensation for
the President of Synod was $158,870 plus benefits and the use of a
car; and

WHEREAS, According to the same LCMS salary information the
annual compensation for the First Vice-President of Synod was
$129,160 plus benefits; and

WHEREAS, According to the same LCMS salary information, the
annual compensation for the Secretary of Synod was $147,263 plus
benefits; and

WHEREAS, The President, First Vice-President and Secretary of
Synod live and serve in the St. Louis, MO, area; and

WHEREAS, The Missouri District has set compensation guide-
lines for those who serve in that district; and

WHEREAS, A great many congregations throughout the Synod
are not even able to pay their pastors the full amount of guidelines
set by their respective districts; and ;

WHEREAS, Many pastors still joyfully serve while bearing fi-
nancial burdens; therefore be it

Resolved, That the 2007 LCMS convention encourage congre-
gations to compensate pastors at least to 100 percent of the applic-
able district scale; and be it further

Resolved, That the 2007 LCMS convention direct the Synod
Board of Directors to set the salary scale for the President, First
Vice-President, and Secretary of Synod as follows:

President: 150 percent of Missouri District scale, plus current health
and retirement benefits and the continued use of a car.

First Vice-President: 115 percent of Missouri District scale, plus
current health and retirement benefits.

Secretary: 125 percent of Missouri District scale, plus current health
and retirement benefits.

And let it be finally

Resolved, That the 2007 LCMS convention direct the Board of
Directors and other boards the Synod which have oversight of em-
ployees to realign the compensation and benefits of all Synod em-
ployees to conform to the scale of the Missouri District.

St. Paul
Brookfield, IL

4-22

To Make Greatest Use of KFUO Radio
to Spread Gospel

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has owned
and operated KFUO-AM 850 and Classic 99 radio stations for
nearly 80 years; and

WHEREAS, KFUO-AM 850 and Classic 99 are the Gospel radio
voice of the LCMS, especially in the Southern Illinois, Central Illi-
nois, and Missouri Districts; and