The Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support exists to provide opportunity for the continuing education and vocational growth of the church's workers, to advocate and facilitate care and counsel for the church's workers to support them in the performance of their official duties, and to advocate and facilitate support for the personal well-being of the church's workers and their family members.

The Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support shall consist of 13 members: three ordained ministers who shall be parish pastors, three commissioned ministers (two teachers, one other than a teacher), three laypersons (one of whom shall be a parish pastor's wife), one District President, two seminary faculty members (one from each seminary), and one Concordia University System faculty member. The members shall be appointed by the President of the Synod.

Functions

1. It shall assist and encourage the church's workers in the planning of their continuing educational and vocational growth and the personal well-being of them and their family members.
2. It shall assist and encourage congregations in assessing and promoting the continuing educational and vocational growth of the church's workers and the personal well-being of them and their family members.
3. It shall assist and encourage Districts in the development of support systems for the continuing educational and vocational growth of the church's workers and the personal well-being of them and their families.
4. It shall provide opportunities and settings for the church's workers to continue to grow in Christ and in the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and personal well-being they need to serve Him in His church.
5. It shall develop, sponsor, and coordinate continuing educational and vocational growth and personal well-being initiatives among the entities of the Synod whose work impacts the church's workers and their families.
6. It shall seek grants and maintain funds from outside sources for the support of its objectives when it deems necessary to do so.