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Handbook page 163
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 163.
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(g) The search committee shall prepare a list of at least five candidates that it recommends to the electors as the list from which the election slate is prepared.
(h) At a special meeting of the board of regents held to elect a president, there shall be present and voting as electors the members of the board of regents as a group with one vote (the district president on the board not voting with the board); the district president elected to the board or his official representative with a distinct vote; the chair of the Board of Directors of the Synod with one vote; and the President of the Synod or his official representative with one vote.
(i) At least two weeks before the election, the electors shall finalize the slate of nominees to be interviewed in the election meeting.
(1) The slate is fixed by a majority of the electors, with the members of the board of regents now voting as individuals.
(2) They may add names to the search committee ’s list only from the officially published list of nominees, after consultation with the search committee.
(3) The entire board of regents (voting as individuals) shall participate, and the addition or deletion of names shall require a simple majority of all electors and board -of-regents members present. The search committee shall be available to answer questions regarding potential interviewees.
(4) If there are persons placed on the slate who were not on the search committee ’s recommendation list, they shall complete all interviews and questionnaires prior to the election.
(j) The election shall be held on the day designated in the notice published in the official periodical of the Synod or as soon thereafter as feasible. The electors shall give due consideration to the recommendations and statements of qualifications and object ions submitted on behalf of all nominees.
(k) The initial election of a president shall require three of four elector votes. If the electors are unable to finalize the slate or complete the election, they shall postpone the election and, if desirable, request the board of regents to issue a new call for nominations.
(l) The board of regents shall extend the formal call promptly after the election and submit its action to an official periodical of the Synod for publication.
(m) Whenever a call is declined, the chairman of the board of regents shall give notice in an official periodical of the Synod and shall promptly call another meeting of the electors, at which meeting the call may be reissued or another person may be elected f rom among the remaining candidates, or the board of regents may be requested by the electors to issue a new call for candidates.
Seminary Faculties
3.10.5.7 The faculty of each theological seminary of the Synod shall consist of the
president, the full-time faculty, and the part-time faculty.
(a) Part-time or temporary faculty members are distinguished by an appropriate prefix or suffix (“visiting, guest, adjunct, emeritus”).
