BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ONLY ONE INCUMBENT REMAINS

The 63rd Convention elected two pastors, one commissioned member, and four laypersons to the Board of Directors today.

Dr. Robert Kuhn was the only person re-elected to the Board with 640 votes. Dr. Don Muchow, from Buda, Texas, was the other pastoral delegate elected with 629 votes.

Kurt Senske, (LSSS) was elected as the commissioned minister.

The four laypersons elected are Kermit Brashear of Omaha, Nebraska; Curtis Pohl of St. Michael, Mn.; Gloria Edwards of Portula Valley, California; and Walter Brantz of Cody, Wyoming.

NOMINATIONS, PLEASE. . . .

The Convention also nominated (at last count) 36 people for various and different offices. This was interesting for several reasons:
· The Nominations Committee had nominated several of the names;
· Because of a motion the convention made yesterday, every nominee had to have revealed whether or not he or she wasa part of the lawsuit againat the Synod;
· When this came back to the floor, 58% of the delegates voted to reconsider that motion;
· When the motion was voted on, it was defeated by. . . a 58% majority.

Interesting, to say the least. . .

NATIONAL OFFERING


The national offering receoived at the 63rd Convention was a total of $409,157.

So what is the money designated for?

Two-thirds of that offering will go directly to support our two seminaries in Fort Wayne and St. Louis. The other third will also go to seminaries of churches we are in partnership with around the world.

For more information on the national offering, click here: www.lcms.org/pastoraleducation

If you wish to contribute to that national offeringk you can do so by clicking here:
www.givenowlcms.org

CONFLICT RESOLUTION BETWEEN CCM AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY CONVENTION

After carefully wording an amendment, and a 90 minute discussion of it, the 63rd Convention voted 905-292 to adopt the amendments presented by the floor committee on Synod Structure and Governance.


The CCM and Board of Directors have been in conflict for several years over who has what authority to do and decide what. This was adopted with the hope of avoiding such conflict in the future.

Other amendments adopted by the delegates in convention were 7-01, which provides delegates with biographical information regarding those standing for elected offices, and also Synodical By-Law 3.2.5 (this is the one I referred to as something likely to magically reappear). This By Law now eliminates the confusion for who can and can’t appoint those to fill vacancies.