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Handbook page 114
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 114.
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oversight over their administration as it relates to adherence to the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod.
(1) With regard to Synod’s colleges and universities, regular visitation shall be conducted through the Concordia University System as described in Bylaw 3.6.6.4 and following.
(2) He may in addition and at any time specially visit or cause to be visited any educational institution of the Synod to exercise his administrative oversight.
(b) He shall meet regularly with the Council of Presidents and, as deemed necessary, with individual district presidents or small groups of district presidents, to see to it that their administration is in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and resoluti ons of the Synod. He shall receive regular reports on this subject from the district presidents.
(c) He shall call up for review any action by an individual officer, executive, or agency that, in his view, may be in violation of the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod.
(1) If he deems appropriate, he shall request that such action be altered or reversed.
(2) If the matter cannot be resolved, he shall refer it to the Synod’s Board of Directors, the Commission on Constitutional Matters, and/or the Synod in convention as he deems appropriate to the issues and party/parties to the matter involved.
(3) This provision in no way alters the President ’s constitutional duty to report to the Synod those who do not act in accordance with the Constitution and do not heed his admonition, as prescribed in Constitution Art. XI B 2.
(d) He shall serve as leader of the Administrative Team (see Bylaw section 3.5) and shall report to the Board of Directors on the activities of the team.
Powers and Duties – Ecclesiastical and Administrative
3.3.1.3 The President shall have responsibilities and duties that are both
ecclesiastical and administrative.
(a) He shall report in person or through a vice -president or other officer of the Synod to all district conventions and to that end formulate the report that is to be made.
(b) He shall make provisions for new district presidents and members of boards and commissions of the Synod to be acquainted with their duties and responsibilities.
(c) He shall carry out his constitutional responsibility ( Constitution Art. XI B 1– 4) for the supervision of the doctrine and administration of all officers, executives, and agencies of the national office.
(d) He shall personally or by way of a representative have the option to attend all meetings of all commissions (except the Commission on Constitutional Matters), the boards of all synodwide corporate entities, and the Board of Trustees — Concordia Plans (Board of Directors — Concordia Plan Services), including executive sessions (the President or his representative already serves as a voting member of the mission
