# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S55
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

TASK FORCE

Special Ministries

A. Stewardship
B. Armed Forces Commission
C. Archives and History

Interchurch Relations

A. Lutheran Council in the United
States of America

B. Church Fellowship

Auxiliary and Listed Service
Organizations

Amendments to Bylaws

XIII.

XII. Interchurch Relations [12.01-12.03]

A. Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. [16.01]
B. Church Fellowship [16.03]

Auxiliary and Listed Service
Organizations [13.01-13.03]

XIV. Amendments to Bylaws [14.01]

I. PREAMBLE
A. CONFESSION
1.01 Confessional Position

(Same as present 1.01)

1.03 Doctrinal Resolutions and Statements

(Same as present 1.02)

B. MEMBERSHIP
1.11 Application and Reception
(Same as present 1.03)

1.13 Signing Constitution
(Same as present 1.04)

1.15 Duties of Members
(Same as present 1.05)

1.17 Duties as Advisory Members
(Same as present 1.07)

1.19 Relation of the Synod to its Members
(Same as present 1.09)

1.21 Constitutions of Congregations
(Same as present 1.11)

C. PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION
1.31 Reasons for Organizing a Synod

Committed to acommon confession and mission,
congregations of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod join with one another in a Synod to support
and work with one another in accordance with their
commonly adopted objectives. The Synod functions
in support of its member congregations by providing
resources and assistance for their local ministries
and on behalf ofits member congregations by admin-
istering those ministries which can be accomplished
more effectively in cooperation with sister congrega-
tions. In this way, the Synod seeks to serve (1) our
Lord Jesus Christ, (2) the members of His body, and
(3) the world which stands in need of the Word and the
impact of His redeeming love.

1.33 Relationships: Congregation, Synod,
District, Circuit

a. Congregations join together to form the Synod.
The Synod divides itself into Districts and authorizes
its Districts to create Circuits. The criteria for the
creation of Districts and Circuits are determined by
the Synod in convention.

b. The congregation is the basic unit in the Synod.
The Synod, the District, and the Circuit are regarded