To Amend Bylaw 3.6.6.1

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7-09 
To Amend Bylaw 3.6.6.1 
WHEREAS, Bylaw 3.6.6 states that the Concordia University 
System (CUS) Board of Directors (BOD) is to assist with the 
cooperation and coordination of the Synod’s colleges and 
universities in the “ preparation of commissioned ministers for 
service in the Synod and of pre -seminary students for study at a 
Synod seminary”; and 
WHEREAS, The CUS BOD wishes to carry out this purpose in a 
timely fashion for the benefit of the Synod, her colleges and 
universities, and our students; and 
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HEREAS, Bylaw 3.6.6.1 (b) states that the CUS BOD shall 
“review and approve new implementations of and discontinuance, 
whether actual or constructive, of programs of study leading to 
professional church work in the interest of the institution(s) and the 
Synod”; and 
WHEREAS, Bylaw 3.6.6.1 (g) directs the CUS BOD to “ receive, 
revise, and recommend to conventions of the Synod for approval 
any proposals for creating, essentially revising, or renaming 
programs of study and certification for commissioned ministry”; 
and 
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HEREAS, Bylaw 3.6.6.1 (b) places approval of programs of 
study leading to church work with the CUS BOD, and Bylaw 3.6.6.1 
(g) places this approval with the conventions of the Synod, these 
two placements conflict with one another; and 
WHEREAS, The triennial cycle of convention of the Synod leaves 
the alteration of programs of study in any way according to Bylaw 
3.6.6.1 (g) in a timely manner impossible; therefore be it 
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.6.6.1 (g) be struck as follows: 
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING 
3.6.6.1 The Concordia University System Board of Directors 
shall: 
… 
(g) receive, revise, and recommend to conventions of the Synod 
for approval any proposals for creating, essentially revising, or 
renaming programs of study and certification for commissioned 
ministry; 
(hg) … 
and be it further 
Resolved, That the delegates gathered in convention exhort the 
CUS BOD to enact the work of Bylaw 3.6.6.1 (b) promptly when 
called upon to do so by a university; and be it further 
Resolved, That the CUS BOD include any such actions in their 
triennial report for the Workbook; and be it finally 
Resolved, That the CUS BOD’s work be commended to the care 
and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Board of Directors 
Concordia University System 
Ov.