LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 212

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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

synodical Handbook Bylaw Section II B and related and supple-
mentary constitutional and Bylaw provisions: and

WHEREAS, The Board of Directors is given the authority (respon-
sibility) and charged with the accountability provided in synodical
Handbook Bylaw Section II F and related and supplemental Bylaw
provisions: and

WHEREAS, The exercise of the appointment authority by the
President in consultation with the board, or the board appointing
various boards and commissions of the Synod, is in keeping with
that responsibility and accountability: and

WHEREAS. There is no clear basis for the existing differences in
appointment method: and

WHEREAS, General criteria for such differences would be most
helpful: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Bylaws be revised to establish criteria for
classifying boards and commissions as to the method of appointment
used; and be it further

Resolved. That the affected organizations be reclassified accord-
ingly: and be it finally

Resolved. That to implement these changes, Sections 2.03 and
2.05 of the Handbook be deleted and the following sections be added:

2.02 Boards and Commissions

The Synod shall establish several boards and commissions
with specific responsibilities to further the work of the church.

a. Boards

Normally a board is charged with the responsibility for
an established operating or administrative program or for
adjudicative functions of the Synod.

b. Commissions

Normally a commission is charged with the performance
and execution of specific service functions assigned to it by
the Synod.

2.03 Elective Boards

The boards of the Synod elected by the delegate conven-
tion of the Synod are:

A Board of Directors

A Board for Missions

A Board of Stewardship

A Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House
A Board for Evangelism

A Board of Parish Education

A Board of Youth Ministry

A Board for Higher Education

A Board of Control for each educational institution
A Board of Appeals

A Board of Adjudication

2.04 Appointive Boards and Commissions

a. The criteria for determining the appointing body shall
normally be:

1. Those boards or commissions dealing primarily with
financial andor business affairs 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
Directors:

b. The boards and commission 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

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

A Board of Trustees for Trust Funds

A Board for Church Extension

c. The boards and commissions appointed by the President
of the Synod, after consultation with the Board of Directors,
shall be:

A Board for Public Relations

A Board of Social Ministry and World Relief
A Commission for Doctrinal Review

A Commission on Architecture

A Commission on Lay Higher Education

A Commission for Christian Medical Work

A Commission for Services to the Mentally Retarded
A Commission on Church Literature

A Commission on Constitutional Matters

A Commission on Fraternal Organizations

A Commission on Ministerial Health

A Commission on Worship

A Synodical Service Commission

An Armed Forces Commission
An Editorial Commission for Official Periodicals
An Advance Editorial Commission

2.05 Boards and Commissions with Special Elective and
and Appointive Procedures

a. The following shall have both elective and appointive
positions, as hereinafter provided in these Bylaws:

A Commission on Theology and Church Relations

A Commission on Mission and Ministry in the Church

A Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute

b. The following shall have specific and unique appointive
and elective procedures, as hereinafter 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

23. Res. 5-17 Adjudicatory Process

This referred resolution also dates back to the Milwaukee
convention. Milwaukee Res. 5-11 had asked the committee to
study the adjudicatory process of the Synod. The same conven-
tion, however, in Res. 5-14 had established Commissions of
Adjudication (Proceedings. 1971, pp. 156—59). In view of the
establishment of these commissions, the committée recom-
mended to the New Orleans convention that no further action
was required at that time. Consequently the New Orleans Floor
Committee prepared Res. 5-17, which merely suggested a
change in the name from commission to board. Lack of time,
however, did not enable the convention to adopt the resolution.
Under Omnibus Res. 4-47 this was referred to the Board of
Directors, and through it to the Committee for Reorganization.
In the past biennium the committee reviewed the adjudicatory
process extensively on the basis of several study documents,
and as a result found that clarification of the procedure is
needed. In view of this, the committee recommends to Anaheim
adoption of the following resolution as a substitute for Res. 5-17:

WHEREAS, The Committee for Reorganization has examined
the comprehensive Milwaukee convention Res. 5-14 which
established the Commission of Adjudication (Proceedings. 1971,
pp. 156—59): and

WHEREAS, The new adjudicatory process is in need of some
clarification: and

WHEREAS, For the sake of consistency in terminology it is
advisable to change the name from commission to board:
therefore be it

Resolved. That the name of the Commission on Adjudication
be changed to Board of Adjudication: and be it also
Resolved. That a new section be incorporated in the Bylaws
as 5.16 as follows:
a. When a person holding a position with the
Synod, as defined in Bylaw 5.09 c hereof, shall be
charged by a member or an officer of the Synod with
any or all of the following:

1. Professional incompentency:

2. Incapacity for the performance of duty because
of physical, mental, or emotional disability:

3. Refusal to cooperate or contumacious conduct:

4. Neglect or refusal to perform duties of office:

5. Conduct unbecoming a Christian:

6. Acceptance and advocacy of doctrines and
religious beliefs in opposition to and inconsistent
with those doctrines and religious beliefs held and
and approved by the Synod and as set forth and
understood in Article II of the Constitution of the
Synod:

7. Failure or refusal to carry out duties assigned
under or conduct in violation of the Constitution and
Bylaws of the Synod or its Districts:

he shall be charged and given notice of such charge
and dealt with on an informal basis, as provided in
Bylaws 5.03 and 5.11 hereof, and shall have an op-
portunity to be heard and to have the charge or
charges adjudicated as provided in Bylaws 5.13 and
5.21 hereof, and his suspension shall be governed and
and be in effect as provided in Bylaw 5.15 hereof.