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the Concordia Plans and Concordia Plan Services. The board and 
its representative shall, in reasonable time, receive notice of such 
meetings, the proposed agenda, and minutes thereof. 
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3.3.4.9 To carry out the business and legal affairs of the Synod, the 
Board of Directors may, after consultation with the Administrative 
Team, appoint other officers subject to the approval of the President. 
The Board of Directors may also and appoint staff as required. 
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Chief FinancialOperating Officer 
3.4.1 The Chief FinancialOperating Officer shall administer the 
financial affairs of the Synod, excluding the synodwide corporate 
entities, the districts, the Concordia Plans, and Concordia Plan 
Services and shall assist the Board of Directors of the Synod in 
carrying out the responsibilities given to it by the Con stitution, 
Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod. 
3.4.1.1 The Chief FinancialOperating Officer shall be an officer of 
the Synod and a layperson appointed by the Board of Directors of 
the Synod in consultation with and with the concurrence of the 
President of the Synod. 
3.4.1.2 The Chief FinancialOperating Officer shall serve a three-
year renewable term of office during which he/she shall serve at the 
direction of the Board of Directors. 
(a) He/she may serve an unlimited number of terms. 
(b) Each reappointment by the Board of Directors shall be after 
consultation with and with the concurrence of the President of the 
Synod. 
3.4.1.3 The Chief Financial Operating Officer also serves as the 
Treasurer of the corporation and shall 
(a) carry out the duties of the office in accordance with the rules 
and regulations adopted by the Synod and as directed by the 
Board of Directors of the Synod; 
(b) receive and disburse the moneys of corporate Synod and keep 
accurate account of them under the instruction of the Board of 
Directors of the Synod; 
(c) act as the depositary for all funds at the hands of corporate 
Synod’s boards (excluding the Concordia Plans and Concordia 
Plan Services), commissions, officers, and employees who by 
virtue of their office act as custodians or trustees of such funds; 
(d) keep informed about financial affairs of the synodwide 
corporate entities; 
(e) serve, if the board’s representation is not otherwise 
designated, as a nonvoting member of the governing boards of 
The Lutheran Church —Missouri Synod Foundation, The 
Lutheran Church Extension Fund —Missouri Synod, Concordia 
Publishing House, Concordia Unive rsity System, the Board of 
Trustees—Concordia Plans (Board of Directors —Concordia 
Plan Services),  and on the investment committee of the 
Concordia Plans and Concordia Plan Services; 
(f) keep on file a correct list of all devises and bequests that 
directly or indirectly have been given to corporate Synod. 
Legacies and bequests made to other agencies of the Synod shall 
be reported annually to the Chief FinancialOperating  Officer as 
part of the audit process; 
(g) report regularly to the Synod through an official periodical 
and at every meeting of the Synod in convention on the 
performance of his/her office; 
(h) be authorized to borrow in the name of the Synod, provided 
its Board of Directors has first determined the amounts and 
conditions under which such moneys shall be borrowed; 
(1) instruments relative to such borrowing shall require two 
signatures: 
(2) one shall be the Chief FinancialOperating Officer and the 
other shall be another officer of the Synod designated by the 
Board of Directors of the Synod; 
(i) at any time submit to an audit of official books and accounts 
when so ordered by the Synod or its Board of Directors; and 
(j) perform such other work as the Synod in convention, the 
President, or the Board of Directors of the Synod may assign. 
3.4.1.4 The Chief FinancialOperating Officer shall work together 
closely with the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Mission 
Officer in carrying out the programmatic, administr ative, and 
financial functions of the national Synod.  
Chief Administrative Officer 
3.4.2 The Chief Administrative Officer shall assist the Board of 
Directors of the Synod in carrying out the responsibilities given to it 
by the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod. 
3.4.2.1 The Chief Administrative Officer shall be an officer of the 
Synod and shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Synod 
in consultation and mutual concurrence with the President of the 
Synod. 
3.4.2.2 The Chief Administrative Officer shall serve a three -year 
renewable term of office during which he/she shall serve at the 
direction of the Board of Directors. 
(a) He/she may serve an unlimited number of terms. 
(b) Each reappointment shall be with the mutual concurrence of 
the President and the Board of Directors of the Synod. 
3.4.2.3 The Chief Administrative Officer shall work together 
closely with the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Mission 
Officer in carrying out the programmatic, administrative, and 
financial functions of the national Synod.  
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3.5 National Office Teams 
Administrative Team 
3.5.1 The Administrative Team shall assist the President and the 
Board of Directors of the Synod in carrying out their respective 
responsibilities for oversight, supervision, management, and 
coordination as set forth in the Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions 
of the Synod and according to the triennial emphases adopted by 
conventions of the Synod. 
3.5.1.1 The Administrative Team shall consist of the President, the 
First Vice -President, the Secretary, the Chief FinancialOperating 
Officer, and the Chief Mission Officer, and the Chief Administrative 
Officer and shall be under the leadership of the President. 
Operations Team 
3.5.2 The Operations Team shall assist the President and the 
Board of Directors of the Synod in carrying out their respective 
responsibilities for oversight, supervision, management, and 
coordination of the operations of the national office and according 
to the triennial emphases adopted by conventions of the Synod. 
3.5.2.1 The Operations Team shall consist of the Chief Mission 
Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Chief Financial 
Officer and shall be convened by the Chief Administrative Officer. 
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The Lutheran Church Extension Fund— Missouri Synod 
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3.6.4.2.1 One class of members consists of the President of the 
Synod or his representative, the Chief FinancialOperating Officer of 
the Synod, and such additional members appointed by the Board of 
Directors of The Lutheran Church —Missouri Synod as shall equal 
one for each ten members of the other class of members. 
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2026 Convention Workbook
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