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Handbook page 104
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 104.
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3.1.4.1 Each board and commission of the Synod shall be represented at
conventions of the Synod.
(a) Each board or commission shall be represented by its chairman or another board or commission member and by its principal staff person.
The boards for National and International Mission shall also be represented by the executive directors of the Offices of National and International Mission, respectively.
(b) Standing exceptions shall be the Board of Directors, the Commission on Constitutional Matters, the Commission on Handbook, and the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, who may be represented by as many of their membership and executive staff as they deem necessary.
(c) Other exceptions must have the approval of the Board of Directors of the Synod prior to each convention.
3.1.4.2 Each educational institution of the Synod shall be represented at
conventions of the Synod.
(a) Educational institutions of the Synod shall be represented by one board member in addition to the district president, by their presidents, and by one faculty member for every 30 full-time faculty members who are members of the Synod, elected from among and by the same.
(b) Fractional groupings shall be disregarded except that each institution having any full -time faculty members on the roster of the Synod shall be entitled to at least one faculty representative.
3.1.4.3 Each foreign mission area, as defined and established from time to time by
the Board for International Mission, shall be represented at conventions of the Synod.
(a) Foreign mission areas shall not exceed 10 in number and may be represented by an advisory representative from within the mission area who is on home leave at the time of the convention and will return to the mission area represented.
(b) These representatives shall be elected by the Board for International Mission in consultation with the field authority for each field and shared with the missionaries at least nine months in advance of a convention of the Synod, provided, however, that each said mission area shall be entitled to a representative, even though there may be no other than terminating missionaries on home leave at convention time.
3.1.4.4 Chaplains in each branch of the Armed Forces of the United States may be
represented at conventions of the Synod.
(a) Chaplains may be represented by active -duty chaplains stationed stateside.
(b) Representatives shall be approved by the Board for International Mission at least nine months before the convention of the Synod.
3.1.4.5 Each district board of directors shall be represented at conventions of the
Synod.
(a) Each district board of directors is entitled to send one representative from the district board of directors and one from the district executive staff other than the district president.
