# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S779
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

Synod, the respective Board of Appeals shall review
the matter in Christian charity according to the
Constitution of Synod and its By-Laws.

C. Cases arising in a District which involve sus-
pension by District officials shall, if an appeal is made,
be adjudicated by the District Board of Appeals, which
shall report its findings to the appellant and to the
District. The action of the Board of Appeals of a Dis-
trict shall not be final until it has been ratified by the
District in convention assembled.

(Partly new)

D. If District officials and committees, including the
District Board of Appeals and the District itself, have
acted and an appeal is made to. Synod, the matter
shall immediately and automatically be referred by
the President of Synod to Synod’s Board of Appeals,
which is to review the action of the District and its
Officials, render a decision, and report its findings to
the appellant, the appellee, the respective District
President, the President, and to Synod at its next
convention.

E. A majority decision of the tribunal dealing with
the case shall be binding except in cases of excom-
munication, when unanimity is required as far as the
judgment is concerned, while there may be disagree-
ment as to procedure on the part of the congregations.

F. When the Board of Appeals of Synod has acted
and an appeal is made to Synod in convention as-
sembled, a committee of review, consisting of two
pastors, two laymen, and one teacher, elected by
. Synod, shall determine whether error has been made
in the procedure and judgment of the Board of Appeals
or new evidence has been produced. In either case the
matter shall at once, that is, during the convention of
Synod itself, be remanded to the Board of Appeals for
a new hearing. For this hearing the Board of Appeals
shall be augmented by the five members of the com-
mittee of review. The findings of this augmented Board
of Appeals shall be reported to the assembled Synod.
If no error has been found and no new evidence has
been submitted, Synod shall confirm the findings of the
Board of Appeals. This action shall be final, and no
further appeal shall be entertained by Synod.

Proc., 1941, 273 ff. .

379. Inter-District Controversies

Whenever a congrégation of one, District enters
complaint against a congregation of another District,
the President of the District in which the complaint
originated shall investigate the case and report his
findings to the President of the other District in order
that he, too, may investigate the case in the congrega-
tion in his District, If the District Presidents, together
with the respective congregations, cannot settle the
case, the District President of the congregation which
has entered complaint shall refer the case to the Presi-
dent of Synod.

Proc., 1941, 274

381. Pleadings on Appeal

Every appellant shall at the time of making an
appeal provide the appellee with a written’ copy of

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