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Handbook page 140
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 140.
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(i) Concordia University System, with the assistance of its Institution Advisory Council, shall provide training for members of visitation teams, according to policies established by Concordia University System.
(j) Direct costs of the visitation process shall be borne by the institution visited, regulated according to a schedule devised, after input from the Institution Advisory Council, and published triennially by Concordia University System.
3.7 Synodwide Trust Entities
3.7.1 The synodwide trust entities of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod are
collectively known as the Concordia Plans.
The Concordia Plans
3.7.1.1 Concordia Plan Services is responsible for managing the benefit
plans/trusts of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, including the Concordia Retirement Plan, Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan, Concordia Health Plan, and Concordia Retirement Savings Plan, each of which is a separate trust operated under trust laws but collectively known as the Concordia Plans.
(a) The “Concordia Retirement Plan for Ministers of Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Controlled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the retirement plan adopted by the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod pursuant to Res. 10 -02 of the 45th convention of the Synod, as such plan has been heretofore or may hereafter be amended. The text of the plan, as amended from time to time, shall be published under the supervision of the Board of Trustees— Concordia Plans.
(b) The “Concordia Health Plan for Ministers of Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Controlled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the health plan adopted by the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod pursuant to Res. 10 -02 of the 45th convention of the Synod, as such plan has been heretofore or may hereafter be amended. The text of the plan, as amended from time to time, shall be published under the supervision of the Board of Trustees— Concordia Plans.
(c) The “Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan for Ministers of Religion and Lay Workers of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, Its Member Congregations, Controlled Organizations, and Affiliated Agencies” is the plan adopted by the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod in accord with directives adopted at a prior convention of the Synod (Res. 10-02 of the 45th convention) to provide for surviving widows and children those benefits previously provided under the Concordia Retirement Plan. This Plan also provides for disability benefits for such workers. The text of the plan, as amended from time to time, shall be published under the supervision of the Board of Trustees— Concordia Plans.
