To Affirm Regional Selection of Board Members

Official Workbook overture source text

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To Affirm Regional Selection of Board Members 
WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church —Missouri Synod is a 
nationwide church body with diverse regional, cultural, and 
missional contexts; and 
WHEREAS, The Synod’s Board of Directors (BOD), Board for 
National Mission (BNM), and Board for International Mission 
(BIM) exercise governance and mission oversight that affect 
congregations and districts across all regions of the Synod; and 
WHEREAS, The Synod’s Bylaws establish regional representation 
in the composition of the BOD (Bylaw 3.3.4.1), the BNM (Bylaw 
3.8.2.3), and the BIM (Bylaw 3.8.3.3); and 
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HEREAS, Regional representation in board membership helps 
ensure that decisions are informed by the lived realities, mission 
opportunities, and challenges present throughout the Synod; and 
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HEREAS, The Synod has historically valued broad participation 
and shared responsibility in its governance and mission structures; 
therefore be it 
Resolved, That the Synod in convention affirm the principle of 
regional selection and representation in the nomination and election 
of members to the Synod’s BOD, BNM, and BIM; and be it further 
Resolved
, That the appropriate Synod entities be encouraged to 
continue or strengthen processes that provide for balanced regional 
representation on these boards, so that the governance and mission 
leadership of the Synod reflects the breadth of its districts and 
ministries. 
Board of Directors 
Southeastern District 
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