To Bring Accountability to Concordia Boards of Regents

WHEREAS, Our Concordia universities have long been and continue to be precious gifts to the world and to the Church, especially when they clearly confess Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior according to Holy Scripture and our Lutheran Confessions; and

WHEREAS, The board of regents at each of our Concordia universities is vital to offering to its students, the world, and the Church a clear confession of what we in The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod (LCMS) believe, teach, and confess; and

WHEREAS, While each of our Concordia universities has expanded its academic offerings to include other God pleasing vocations, and at the same time our Concordia universities continue to be the primary training ground in preparing future ordained and commissioned ministers for the LCMS; and

WHEREAS, While each Concordia University Board of Regents is to hold its members accountable, which at times has proved problematic, and there is currently no mechanism in the Synod Bylaws for the church at large to deal with regents, including laity, who fail to faithfully adhere to the bylaws; and

WHEREAS, Neither the Synod President nor the geographic district president in whose district the Concordia University resides has any authority over the laity; therefore be it

Resolved, That the South Wisconsin District in convention appeal to the 2023 Synod convention to request that the Commission on Handbook (COH) draft a series of bylaws so that the geographic district president in whose district the specific Concordia University resides, and/or the Synod President, may, after futile admonition, appeal to the Board of Directors for relief;

and be it further

Resolved, That, once completed, the COH forward these new