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Preface .................................................................................ii Registered Delegates and Representatives A. Voting and Advisory Delegates ........................xv B. Advisory Representatives ..................................xx C. Staff and Guests ...............................................xxii Convention Floor Committees ......................................xxv Directory—Officers, Boards, and Commissions of the Synod ...................................................................xxvi Entered into Rest ............................................................xxx Officer, Board, and Commission Reports

R1 President ...................................................................1

R1.1 Church Relations ......................................................5

R1.2 Chief Mission Officer ............................................15

R1.2.1 Office of National Mission ....................................16

R1.2.2 Office of International Mission ..............................19

R1.2.3 Office of Pastoral Education ..................................28

R1.2.4 Mission Advancement ............................................31

R1.2.5 Communications ....................................................32

R1.3 KFUO Radio ..........................................................34

R2 First Vice-President ................................................37

R2.1 Colloquy Committee for Pastoral Ministry ............38

R2.2 Colloquy Committee for Commissioned

Ministry (CCCM) ...................................................40

R3 Praesidium ..............................................................43

R4 Secretary .................................................................44

R4.1 Rosters, Statistics, and Research Services .............46

R5 Board of Directors ..................................................46

R5.1 Chief Administrative Officer .................................49

R5.1.1 Event Planning and Procurement ...........................49

R5.1.2 Human Resources ..................................................49

R5.1.3 Operations Support Services ..................................50

R5.2 Chief Financial Officer ..........................................51

R6 Board for National Mission ....................................53

R7 Board for International Mission .............................54

R8 Report of the Joint Mission Assessment

Committee of the Boards for National and International Mission .............................................55

R9 Commission on Constitutional Matters ..................56

R10 Commission on Doctrinal Review .........................57

R11 Commission on Handbook .....................................57

R12 Commission on Theology and Church Relations ..58

R13 Pastoral Formation Committee ..............................63

R13.1 Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri ..............64

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R13.2 Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne,

Indiana ....................................................................66

R13.3 Report on Unapproved Programs Preparing

for the Office of the Holy Ministry (Pastoral Formation Committee, 2023 Res. 6-03A)

..............68

R13.4 Report on Approaches to and Outcomes

of Residential and Non-Residential Routes to Ordination (Pastoral Formation Committee, 2023 Res. 6-03A)

...................................................71

R13.5 Policy Requirements for the Specific Ministry

Pastor Program (Pastoral Formation Committee, 2023 Res. 6-03A)

...................................................75 R 13.6 Report on the Development of a Comprehensive, Uniform, Synodwide Specific Ministry Supervision

Plan (Pastoral Formation Committee, 2023 Res. 6-03A) ............................................................77

R14 Concordia University System ................................83

R14.1 Concordia University Chicago ...............................86

R14.2 Concordia University, Irvine ..................................89

R14.3 Concordia University, Nebraska ............................90

R14.4 Concordia University, St. Paul ...............................91

R14.5 Concordia University Wisconsin

and Ann Arbor .......................................................93

R15 Concordia Historical Institute ................................95

R16 Concordia Publishing House ..................................97

R17 Lutheran Church Extension Fund ..........................98

R18 LCMS Foundation ................................................100

R19 Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans; Board

of Directors—Concordia Plan Services ...............101

R20 Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty .................102

R21 Atlantic District ....................................................105

R22 California-Nevada-Hawaii District ......................106

R23 Central Illinois District .........................................107

R24 Eastern District .....................................................108

R25 English District ....................................................109

R26 Florida-Georgia District .......................................110

R27 Indiana District .....................................................111

R28 Iowa District East .................................................112

R29 Iowa District West ...............................................113

R30 Kansas District .....................................................114

R31 Michigan District .................................................115

R32 Mid-South District ...............................................116

R33 Minnesota North District .....................................117

R34 Minnesota South District .....................................117

R35 Missouri District ..................................................119

R36 Montana District ..................................................120

R37 Nebraska District ..................................................121

R38 New England District ...........................................122

R39 New Jersey District ..............................................123

R40 North Dakota District ...........................................124

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