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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1973, Page 205

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2.03

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 205

Elective Boards

The Boards of the Synod elected by the dele-
gate convention of the Synod are:

2.04

2.05

a.

Board of Directors

Board for Missions

Board of Stewardship

Board of Directors of Concordia Publish-
ing House

Board of Evangelism

Board of Parish Education

Board of Youth Ministry

Board for Higher Education

Board of Control for each educational in-
stitution

Board of Appeals

Board of Adjudication

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Appointive Boards and Commissions

. The criteria for determining the appointing

body shall normally be:

1. Those boards or commissions dealing pri-
marily with financial and or business af-
fairs of the Synod, or which require special
technical competence shall be appointed by
the Board of Directors after consultation
with the President.

2. Other boards and commissions shall be
appointed by the President of the Synod
after consultation with the Board of Direc-
tors.

. The boards and commissions appointed by

the Board of Directors, after consultation

with the synodical President, shall be:

A Board for KFUO

A Board for Lutheran Television

A Board of Managers for Concordia Plans

A Board of Pensions and Support

A Board of Trustees for The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod Foundation

A Board of Trustees for Trust Funds

A Board for Church Extension

. The boards and commissions appointed by the

President of the Synod, after consultation

with the Board of Directors, shall be:

Board for Public Relations

Board of Social Ministry and World Relief

Commission for Doctrinal Review

Commission on Architecture

Commission on Social Concerns

Commission on Lay Higher Education

Commission for Christian Medical Work

Commission for Seryices to the Mentally

Retarded

Commission on Church Literature

Commission on Constitutional Matters

Commission on Fraternal Organizations

Commission on Ministerial Health

Commission on Worship

Synodical Service Commission

An Armed Forces Commission

An Editorial Commission for Official Periodi-
cals

An Advance Editorial Commission

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Boards and Commissions with Special
Elective and Appointive Procedures

The following shall have both elective and

appointive positions, as hereinafter provided

in these Bylaws:

A Commission on Theology and Church Re-
lations

A Commission on Mission and Ministry in
the Church

A Board of Governors of Concordia Historical
Institute

. The following shall have specific and unique

appointive and elective procedures, as here-
inafter provided in these Bylaws:

A Colloquy Board for the Pastoral Ministry
A Colloquy Board for the Teaching Ministry
A Colloquy Board for the Deaconess Ministry
A Board for Lay Ministries

3. Te Amend Bylaws Relating to Executive
Administration (4-39)

A third resolution, namely 4-39 (Proceedings, 1971, p.
148) was also carried over in a similar fashion. This resolu-
tion proposed amendments to the Bylaws relating to the
executive administration. The Committee on Organization
recommends to the New Orleans convention that it adopt
the following resolution on this subject:

WuereEas, The synodical Constitution clearly establishes
the President of the Synod as the chief executive officer of
the Synod (Art. XI, B): and

Wuereas, It is desirable that certain current working
arrangements of syncdical officers in and with the Board
of Directors and Council of Administrators be clarified in
the Bylaws; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following Bylaw changes be approved:

1. That Bylaw 2.27 receive a new paragraph “a” reading:
a. The President is the chief executive officer
of the Synod.
and that the present paragraph ‘a’ be redesignated as para-
graph “b.” the present paragraph “b” be redesignated as
paragraph "c,” etc.
2. That a new paragraph “1”
which reads as follows:

be added to Bylaw 2.27

1. The President shall serve as a member and
chairman of the Board of Directors.

3. That Bylaw 2.75 be amended to read:

2.75 Officers of the Board

The President of the Synod shall serve as chair-
man of the Board of Directors, and the Secretary
of the Synod shall serve as its secretary. The Board
shall elect its own vice-chairman and such other
officers as may be necessary.

4. That Bylaw 2.175a 1, dealing with the Council of Ad-
ministrators, be amended to read:

1. The President of the Synod, who shall serve
as chairman of the Council, or in his absence desig-
nate the chairman,

4. To Decline to Permit Restriction of District
Clergy Offices to Parish Pastors (5-25)

Resolution 5-25 at Milwaukee (Proceedings, 1971, p. 165)
was recommended for adoption to the convention but could
not be disposed of for lack of time, and consequently was
referred by the omnibus resolution to the Board of Directors
which in turn referred it to the Committee on Organization.

Your committee restudied this matter pertaining to
Overture 5-36 and Res. 5-25 and notes that the original
Overture 5-36 was based on a misinterpretation of Bylaw
3.21 and 3.61 a. In view of this, the committee recommends
to the New Orleans convention that it adopt Milwaukee
convention Res. 5-25 in essence, as follows:

To Decline to Permit Restriction of District
Clergy Offices to Parish Pastors

Wuereas, In the interest of uniform procedures within
the Synod, Districts should follow synodical procedures of
election; and

WuerEAS, The results requested in Overture 5-36 [Mil-
waukee] can be obtained through regular nominations and
elections: therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-36 [Milwaukee] be declined.

5. To Decline to Define Conflict of Interest (5-43)

Res. 5-43 (Proceedings. 1971, p. 169) also could not be
examined at Milwaukee for lack of time. The same omni-
bus resolution referred this matter to the Board of Directors
which in turn referred it to the Committee on Organization.

After examining both the overture and the floor com-
mittee’s resolution, the Committee on Organization concurs
with the recommendation of the floor committee and rec-
ommends to the New Orleans convention that Overture 5-86