LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2023, Page 188

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

7. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
using a ballot containing only the current president’s
name, the board of regents shall vote, the majority action
of the board of regents being required to extend the
president’s term for an additional five years.
(1) In addition to considering the evaluation report,
the board of regents shall as part of its review consult
with the President of the Synod and the chairman of
the Board of Directors of Concordia University
System.
(2) The regents may consult with other boards,
commissions, and councils of the Synod as they deem
wise.
(d) In the event that a president’s term is not renewed,
the office of the president shall be considered vacant as
of the end of the term of the incumbent.
(e) A president who is on a roster of the Synod is under
the ecclesiastical supervision of the Synod. In the event a
member is removed from membership in the Synod
pursuant to procedure established in these Bylaws, then
that member is also considered removed from the
position held and shall be terminated forthwith by the
board of regents.
(f) A president who is not on the roster of the Synod
shall be a member of a member congregation of the
Synod. He shall be subject to ecclesiastical supervision as
to doctrine, life, and administration of office, by the
respective geographic district president. He shall, for
actions contrary to the confession of Constitution Art. II
or persistence in offensive conduct, after previous futile
admonition, be subject to the process of Bylaw section
2.14 as if he were a member of the Synod. Should he be
suspended and not contest the suspension, or the
suspension be upheld by a hearing panel and/or final
hearing panel, he shall be considered removed from the
position held and shall be terminated forthwith by the
board of regents.
3.10.6.68.2The following process shall govern the selection of
a college/university president.
(a) When a vacancy or an impending vacancy in the
office of president is known, the board of regents shall
inform the campus constituencies, the Board of
Directors of Concordia University System, the President
of the Synod, an official periodical of the Synod, and
other parties as appropriate. If a vacancy in a presidency
occurs, the board of regents shall appoint an interim
president, who shall meet the qualifications established
for the office of president. He shall bear the title “interim
president” and may not serve more than eighteen (18)
months without the concurrence of the President of the
Synod. Such interim appointee shall be ineligible to
serve on a permanent basis without the concurrence of
the President of the Synod.
(21) The board of regents shall requestinitiate that
the Board of Directors of Concordia University System
schedule a transition review of the campus, which
shall include consultation with Concordia University
System on the basis of the Lutheran Identity and
Mission Outcomes Standards and the institution’s
most recent affirmation review. The review is to
188 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 (68TH) LCMS CONVENTION

provide a report on the state of the campus for use by
the search committee, the board of regents, and the
candidates.
(12) The board of regents shall request that the Board
of Directors of Concordia University System authorize
the institution to, on the basis of the above
consultation, compose and, with the concurrence of
CUS, publish a request for nominations for the
position of president.
…
3.10.6.8.3 The president, in his service as spiritual head of the
college or university, shall be ecclesiastically reviewed by
the Concordia University System.
(a) The Concordia University System Board of Directors
may call up for formal review any action or inaction of
the president that, in its view, may be in violation of the
doctrine or practice of the Synod (Constitution Art. II) or
to have caused the institution to be not in good standing
with the Synod (Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 [e]). Such review may be
requested of the president himself or of the president
and the respective board of regents.
(b) Should the action or inaction prove, to the
satisfaction of the Concordia University System Board of
Directors and with the concurrence of the President of
the Synod, to violate the doctrine and practice of the
Synod (Constitution Art. II) or to have caused the
institution to be not in good standing with the Synod
(Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 [e]), the Concordia University System
Board of Directors and President of the Synod shall
admonish the president to take appropriate action
consistent with the doctrine and practice of the Synod
(Constitution Art. II), and shall invite the respective
board of regents and the district president thereon to
join in said admonishment.
(c) Should repeated admonition prove futile, the
Concordia University System Board of Directors may, by
an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its current members,
resolve that the president is unfit to serve as spiritual
head of the college or university and so inform the
respective board of regents, which shall remove him
from office forthwith.
F. TO REVISE BYLAWS GOVERNING CONCORDIA
UNIVERSITY FACULTIES
Rationale
In keeping with the charge of 2019 Res. 7-03 to “strengthen all
CUS institutions’ connection to the Synod” and in light of
other changes made above, minor revisions to bylaws dealing
with the college and university faculties are required. Changes
in higher education and in the role of the faculties in the
broader work of the Synod have reduced the degree to which
the Bylaws of the Synod should or can direct specifics of what
are ordinarily internal personnel matters of colleges and
universities. In keeping with the general philosophy of the
proposal, detailed specifications have been eliminated in
favor of allowing boards of regents more flexibility while
maintaining Synod’s specific interests through the CUS
ecclesiastical visitation.
Resolutions