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Governance > Church Council
This church
shall have a Church Council which shall be the board of directors of
this church and shall serve as the interim legislative authority between
meetings of the Churchwide Assembly.
Responsibilities of the Church Council:
- The
Church Council shall act on the policies proposed by churchwide unit
boards subject to review by the Churchwide Assembly.
- The Church Council
shall review the procedures and programs of the churchwide units to
assure that churchwide purposes, policies, and objectives are being
fulfilled.
- The Church Council shall review all recommendations from
churchwide units for consideration by the Churchwide Assembly.
- The
Church Council, upon recommendation of the presiding bishop, shall
submit budget proposals for approval by the Churchwide Assembly and
authorize expenditures within the parameters of approved budgets.
- The
Church Council shall establish the criteria and policies for the
relationship between this church and independent, cooperative, and
related Lutheran organizations. The policies adopted by the Church
Council shall be administered by the appropriate unit of the churchwide
organization. The fiscal determination of which organization shall
relate to a specific unit of the churchwide organization shall be made
by the Church Council.
- The Church Council shall establish ranges for the
salaries for the churchwide bishop, secretary, and treasurer. The Church
Council shall adopt personnel policies for this church.
- The Church
Council shall arrange the process for all elections to boards of
churchwide units to assure conformity with established criteria.
- The
Church Council may adopt policies in accord with this church’s
constitutions, bylaws, and continuing resolutions.
- The Church Council
shall act on resolutions from synod councils.
- The Church Council shall
provide for the installation of the churchwide officers. At the
installation of a newly elected presiding bishop of this church, the
presiding minister shall be the retiring presiding bishop of this church
or, where that is not possible, a synodical bishop designated by the
Church Council.
- The Church Council, acting through the Division for
Church in Society, shall have responsibility for the corporate social
responsibility of this church and shall have the authority to file
shareholder resolutions and cast proxy ballots thereon on stocks held by
the churchwide units that are not separately incorporated. In addition,
the Church Council may make recommendations to the churchwide units that
are separately incorporated concerning the filing of shareholder
resolutions and the casting of ballots on stocks held by those units.
- The Church Council shall report its actions to the Churchwide Assembly.
- Proxy and absentee voting shall not be permitted at meetings of the
Church Council.
From the
Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing
Resolutions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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