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Handbook page 117
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 117.
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(g) He shall announce daily the time and the place of committee meetings at conventions.
(h) He shall officially notify individuals elected to office of their election.
(i) He shall edit the proceedings of the Synod in convention and arrange for its distribution in harmony with the provisions of the Bylaws.
3.3.3.2 The Secretary shall perform such other work as pertains to his office or such
other work as the Synod in convention, the President, or the Board of Directors of the Synod may assign to him.
(a) He shall serve as a voting member and secretary of the Commission on Constitutional Matters.
(b) He shall administer the Synod ’s dispute resolution and expulsion processes.
(c) He shall serve as a voting member of the Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute.
(d) He shall supervise the maintenance of the official roster of member congregations and ordained and commissioned ministers on the basis of information supplied by the district presidents.
(e) He shall supervise the process for obtaining annual statistical information from all member congregations of the Synod.
(f) He shall serve as editor of The Lutheran Annual.
(g) He shall keep a file of all governing instruments of all agencies of the Synod.
3.3.3.3 In the event of the death, resignation, or permanent incapacity of the
Secretary, the Board of Directors of the Synod shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term.
Board of Directors
3.3.4 The Board of Directors of the Synod is the legal representative of the Synod
and the custodian of all the property of the Synod. It shall be accountable to the Synod in convention for the discharge of its duties.
3.3.4.1 The Board of Directors shall consist of no more than 16 members, 15 of them
voting, as follows:
1. One layperson elected from each of the five designated geographical regions
2. Two ministers of religion―ordained elected at -large by the Synod in convention
3. One minister of religion―commissioned elected at-large by the Synod in convention
4. Two laypersons elected at-large by the Synod in convention
5. Up to three at -large laypersons appointed by the elected members of the Board of Directors to obtain needed additional skill sets (legal, finance, investment, administration, etc.)
6. The President and the Secretary of the Synod With the exception of the President and the Secretary of the Synod, no more than one voting member from each category (ordained, commissioned,
