# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S773
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

318. Position of Parish School Teacher
A teacher of a Lutheran parish school who has
been duly elected and called by a congregation for
full-time service in the Church is an assistant to the
tor and therefore holds an auxiliary office of the
oly ministry. His duties shall be specified in his call.
(New)
319. Installation of Teachers
Teachers at Lutheran elementary and secondary
schools shall, after having made application for mem-
bership in Synod, be installed in accordance with ac-
cepted Lutheran forms for that purpose and shall be
solemnly pledged to the Scriptures as the inspired and
inerrant Word of God and to the Symbolical Books of
the Lutheran Church as a true exposition of the Scrip-
tures. The installation shall be performed by the
pastor of the congregation upon authorization by the
District President.

321. Commissioning of Missionaries

A. Missionaries and itinerant preachers who are not
called by and to a specific congregation shall be com~-
missioned according to accepted Lutheran forms and
shall be pledged to the Scriptures as the inspired and
inerrant Word of God and to the Symbolical Books of
the Lutheran Church as a true exposition of the
Scriptures.

B. The order for the commissioning of missionaries
called into the Foreign Field shall be issued by the
respective Mission Board. The order for the com-
missioning of missionaries for service within a given
District of Synod shall be issued by the respective
District President.

S. H. 31. G, 4a

323, Application of Missionaries for Membership
in Synod

The application for membership in Synod shall be
addressed to the respective Mission Board under which
the missionary is serving and shall be acted upon at
the next convention of Synod. The District affiliation
of a missionary in a foreign field shall be with his home
District, unless he shall request membership in another
District. If Synod does not meet in that or the fol-
lowing year, the application shall be presented to the
convention of the home District of the applicant and be
acted upon.

S.H. 31.G,4b

EXAMINING COMMITTEES FOR CANDIDATES
AND APPLICANTS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY

325. Applications for the Office of the Ministry
Coming from Without

A. Applications of pastors and candidates for the
ministry coming from a church body not affiliated with
Synod shall be directed to the President of the District
in whose territory the application originates.

B. The District President, upon receipt of an appli-
cation, shall request a short autobiography, trustworthy

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