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Handbook page 110
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 110.
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Officers Appointed by the President and Board of Directors
3.2.1.1 The appointed officers of the Synod shall be the Chief Financial Officer and
the Chief Administrative Officer, appointed by the Board of Directors of the Synod, and the Chief Mission Officer, appointed by the President of the Synod.
Boards
3.2.2 The governing boards of the Synod whose members are elected and
appointed as otherwise prescribed in these Bylaws shall be:
1. Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House
2. Board of Directors of Concordia University System
3. Board of Directors of Lutheran Church Extension Fund— Missouri Synod (Board for Church Extension)
4. Board of Trustees — Concordia Plans (Board of Directors for Concordia Plan Services)
5. Board of Trustees for t he Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod Foundation
6. A board of regents for each college, university, and seminary of the
Synod
7. Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute
3.2.2.1 The mission boards of the Synod whose members are elected as otherwise
prescribed in these Bylaws shall be:
1. Board for National Mission
2. Board for International Mission Commissions
3.2.3 The commissions of the Synod elected or appointed by the President shall
be:
1. Commission on Constitutional Matters
2. Commission on Doctrinal Review
3. Commission on Handbook
3.2.3.1 The commission of the Synod constituted in part by election and in part by
appointment as provided in the Bylaws is the Commission on Theology and Church Relations Terms of Office
3.2.4 The term of office of all elected officers of the Synod (Bylaw 3.2.1) shall be
three years; of the elected members of the Board of Directors and all other boards and commissions of the Synod six years; of all members of college and university boards of regents three years; and of all appointed members of boards, commissions, and standing committees three years, unless these Bylaws specifically provide otherwise.
(a) The President, First Vice -President, regional vice -presidents, Secretary, and members of all boards and commissions of the Synod who are elected by the Synod convention shall assume office on September 1 following the convention and shall be inducted into office on a date subsequent to September 1 following the convention.
Members of college and university boards of regents elected by district
