# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S750
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

By-Laws to the Constitution

of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States

ORGANIZATION

MEMBERSHIP
101. Reception into Membership
(Const., Art. V)

A. Applications for membership in Synod may be
acted upon in the convention o: Synod or of any
District of Synod.

S.H. 16.2

B. All members of Synod shall sign the Constitution
of Synod in open session at the first convention of the
District which they attend. The duly elected lay dele-
gate of a newly received congregation shall sign the
Constitution as the representative of his congregation.
The District Secretaries shall obtain the signatures to
the Constitution in a book provided for this purpose.
The District Secretary shall note, opposite the signa-
tures, the year in which a member is received or re-
linquishes membership or is transferred to another
District of Synod and shall notify the respective Dis-
trict Secretary, so that entry can be made upon the
records of his District.

S.H.16.2

103. Duties of Members

Every member of Synod shall, in accordance with
his vocation, his abilit: , and the means at his com-
mand, diligently and earnestly promote the purposes
of the synodical organization.

S. H. 16.1 ;

105. Duties of Advisory Members
Advisory members of Synod shall attend the Dis-
trict conventions. They shall not be elected by any
congregation or by any group of congregations as lay
delegates to a synodical convention, nor shall they be
accredited as such. Former pastors and teachers en-
gaged in secular work as a means of livelihood shall
no longer be considered advisory members.
S. H. 16.3

107. Constitution and By-Laws Binding
on All Members

The Constitution, By-Laws, and all other rules and
regulations of Synod apply to all members of Synod,
te, to all congregations, pastors, professors, and
teachers. Synod expects such congregations as have
not yet been received into membership, but are served
by Synod and whose pastors and teachers hold mem-
bership in Synod to honor its rules and regulations.

S. H.16.1,1

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