# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S767
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF DISTRICT PRESIDENTS

265. The District President as Visitor, Adviser,
and Counselor

Inasmuch as the District Presidents shall, in ac-
cordance with the Constitution of Synod, supervise
the doctrine, the life, and the official administration on
the part of the pastors and the teachers of their Dis-
trict and shall inquire into the prevailing religious
conditions of the congregations of their District, they
shall, as often as possible, attend the conferences of
pastors and teachers held in their District, advise the
congregations of their District as to the calling of pas-
tors and teachers, give counsel when requested, and
reply to inquiries. They may call upon their Visitors
to assist them. .

S. H. 28.1

267. The District President and Controversies

When any controversy arises in a congregation or
between two or more congregations of his District, the
District President may arrange for a visitation even
without formal request for such visitation. If the
District President authorizes anyone to represent him
in such matters, his representative shall be accorded
the same rights. The District of Synod shall take up
‘matters of controversy only when formally requested
by any congregation or congregations. Whenever the
District refers such matters to a committee for the
purpose of investigation in a congregation or in several
congregations, the District thereby invests such com-
mittee with the same rights otherwise exercised by
the President.

S. H. 28.2

269. Official Roster in Lutheran Annual

The District President shall annually revise the
official roster of pastors and teachers in the Lutheran
Annual as far as his District is concerned and remove
the names of such as have died, have severed their
connection with Synod, are engaged exclusively in
secular occupation, or have in some way disqualified
themselves for service in the Church.

S. H. 32.9
VISITORS AND VISITATIONS
(Const., Art. XII, 3c)
271. Visitors

Every District of Synod shall create a sufficient
number of circuits and elect a Visitor for each circuit
to make possible a visitation of each parish once in
three years and at any time when the Visitor deems
it necessary.

- SH. 28.C .

273. Duties of Visitors Toward Member Congregations
The Visitor shall officially visit the congregations,
pastors, and teachers of his circuit. If he deems it
necessary, the Visitor may call a special meeting of
the congregation, even if he has not been invited.
S. H. 40.3

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