Committee 8

Finance

Proposed resolutions and related reports for this floor committee.

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Committee description

Floor Committee 8 proposed resolutions from Today's Business, Issue 1.

Assigned proposed resolutions

Assigned reports

R1 President

R1.2 Chief Mission Officer

R1.2.1 Office of National Mission

R1.2.2 Office of International Mission

R1.2.4 Mission Advancement

R1.2.5 Communications

R1.3 KFUO Radio

R5 Board of Directors

R5.1 Chief Administrative Officer

R5.1.1 Event Planning and Procurement

R5.1.2 Human Resources

R5.1.3 Operations Support Services

R5.2 Chief Financial Officer

R6 Board for National Mission

R7 Board for International Mission

R8 Report of the Joint Mission Assessment Committee of the Boards for National and International Mission

R15 Concordia Historical Institute

R16 Concordia Publishing House

R17 Lutheran Church Extension Fund

R18 LCMS Foundation

R19 Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans; Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services

R20 Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty

R21 Atlantic District

R22 California-Nevada-Hawaii District

R23 Central Illinois District

R24 Eastern District

R25 English District

R26 Florida-Georgia District

R27 Indiana District

R28 Iowa District East

R29 Iowa District West

R30 Kansas District

R31 Michigan District

R32 Mid-South District

R33 Minnesota North District

R34 Minnesota South District

R35 Missouri District

R36 Montana District

R37 Nebraska District

R38 New England District

R39 New Jersey District

R40 North Dakota District

R41 North Wisconsin District

R42 Northern Illinois District

R43 Northwest District

R44 Ohio District

R45 Oklahoma District

R46 Pacific Southwest District

R47 Rocky Mountain District

R48 SELC District

R49 South Dakota District

R50 South Wisconsin District

R51 Southeastern District

R52 Southern District

R53 Southern Illinois District

R54 Texas District

R55 Wyoming District

R56 International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Lutheran Hour Ministries)

R57 Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

Related Workbook Overtures

8-01

To Amend Bylaw Section 3.7 to Clarify Additional Assigned Responsibilities and Provisions on the Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans / Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services

8-02

To Amend Bylaw Section 3.7 to Include Management of Concordia Risk Solutions in Assigned Activity of Concordia Plan Services

8-03

To Affirm Concordia Plans and To Amend Bylaws to Require Annual ERISA- Comparable Transparency to Participants

8-04

To Amend Bylaws to Ensure Sustainability of Concordia Plan Services by Its Working with Other Church Bodies

8-05

To Stabilize the Cost of Benefits Offered by Concordia Plan Services

8-06

To Direct Concordia Publishing House to Eliminate Shipping Charges

8-07

To Use Only Sustainable Bible Translations

8-08

To Request Additional Resources using New King James Version

8-09

To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions

8-10

To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions

8-11

To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions

8-12

To Study Granting of Book of Concord Copyright Permissions by Concordia Publishing House

8-13

To Direct Concordia Publishing House to Prioritize Mission and Distribution

8-14

To Direct Concordia Publishing House to Prioritize Mission and Distribution

8-15

To Commit the Synod to Fully Funding Her Seminaries as a Primary Responsibility of Corporate Synod

8-16

To Encourage Synod Transparency and Unity regarding Concluded HotChalk Litigation

8-17

To Encourage Transparency and Accountability in Legal Judgments and Settlements

8-18

To Direct Board of Directors to Review and Publish Comprehensive Accounting of LCMS Monies Spent on HotChalk, Concordia University Texas, and Hong Kong International School Association Limited Litigation

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