Official Handbook Source Text
Handbook page 185
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 185.
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(a) The board shall aid districts in motivating individuals, congregations, and organizations in acquiring investments for church extension in a systematic manner.
(b) The board shall strive to coordinate and obtain uniformity in the church extension programs of the districts.
(c) The board shall provide leadership in advance site acquisition for further expansion.
(d) The board shall establish policies within which districts are to operate with respect to the making of loans and the type of security required, taking into consideration the financial status of the organization to which the loan is being made and circumstances of the loan.
(e) The board shall establish policies and programs for maintaining, supervising, and enlarging the district church extension funds on a sound financial basis by
(1) periodically reviewing financial statements of all district church extension funds;
(2) conferring with districts in cooperatively promoting church extension funds and seeking greater uniformity in the policies and programs of the districts;
(3) including a complete financial statement of district funds in its report to the Synod, including money borrowed and received, the total amounts of loans outstanding, and the amounts delinquent in each district; and
(4) providing architectural advice and site selection counsel, when requested, to congregations, Synod and district boards and commissions, and agencies of the Synod and district.
3.10.7.1 District church extension boards or committees shall administer the
district’s church extension programs in conformity with policies established by the Synod’s Board for Church Extension and in accordance with district regulations.
3.11 Staff
3.11.1 Unless otherwise specified by the board of directors of the respective
agency, all employees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authorities.
(a) Members of the Synod who are appointed to positions requiring an ordained minister or a commissioned minister sh all receive a solemn call.
(b) Other ordained or commissioned ministers appointed to positions in the Synod shall be affirmed by the respective board or commission through a solemn call.
(c) All positions requiring called ministers shall be filled in consultation with the President of the Synod subject to all appropriate provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws as well as the respective board of directors’ policy manual.
