To Amend Bylaw 3.6.4.3 to Increase the Number of Lutheran Church Extension Fund Directors Elected by the Synod in Convention from Three to Four

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To Amend Bylaw 3.6.4.3 to Increase the Number  
of Lutheran Church Extension Fund Directors 
Elected by the Synod in Convention  
from Three to Four 
Rationale 
During a review of Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF)’s 
Articles and Bylaws, the Commission on Constitutional Matters 
stated the following in Opinion 24-3024, dated March 15–16, 2024: 
“Synod Bylaw 3.6.1.3 (a) provides that a minimum of one-third 
of the voting members of the governing board of a synodwide 
corporate entity [including LCEF] shall be elected by the Synod 
in convention. Thus, with three voting members elected by the 
convention, LCEF’s board may contain no more than six 
appointed voting members; it presently has eight.” 
In order to comply with the o pinion, LCEF must either: (i) reduce 
the number of Directors elected by LCEF’s members from eight to 
six, (ii) increase the number of Directors elected by the Synod in 
convention from three to four, or (iii) implement some other 
combination that complies with the mathematical conclusion of the 
opinion. 
The Board of Directors of LCEF has resolved that it is in 
the best interest of the good governance of LCEF, balancing the 
need for sufficient voices with that to avoid having too many voices, 
to increase the number of Directors elected by the Synod in 
convention from three to four. To implement this change, it will be 
necessary to revise Synod Bylaw 3.6.4.3 [1]
, a bylaw that only 
applies to LCEF. 
2026 Convention Workbook
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