# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S126
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gregations of the Synod must have the approval of
the Board of Directors of the Synod before such
solicitation may be undertaken whenever the solici-
tation is to be made among congregations beyond the
limits of any one synodical District.

b. In cases where the solicitation is to be made
among the congregations of a synodical District
within which the soliciting agency is located, but
beyond the number of congregations directly iden-
tified with the soliciting institution, society. or asso-
ciation, the approval of the Board of Directors of that
synodical District shall be required before such solici-
tation may be undertaken.

c. Requests to the Synod or District Board of
Directors shall be accompanied by the recommenda-
tion of the appropriate synodical or District super-
vising board or commission as well as of the respective
Board of Stewardship.

9.73 Collections Beyond District Bounds

a. Approval by the Board of Directors of the
Synod shall be required for each solicitation of capital
funds beyond the confines of any one District by all
listed in paragraph 9.71 above.

b. Approval by the Board of Directors for the
solicitation of operating funds beyond the confines of
any one District and an annual audited financial
report to the Board of Directors shall be required by
all listed in paragraph 9.71 above. Any such approval
shall be reviewed at least every 6 years.

9.75 Approval Is Recommendation Only

The approval by the Synod or by a District of any
special undertaking referred to in 9.71 and 9.73 shall
be only a recommendation and shall not be construed
to obligate the Synod or a District as such to support
the undertaking financially.

5.47 Membership

a. Each District Commission of Adjudication
shall be elected by its District, and the synodical
Commission of Adjudication shall be elected by the
Synod and shall consist of four clergymen and three

conducting capital campaign feasibility studies and
in developing recommendations to the respective
District and synodical boards. All capital campaigns
crossing District lines require the prior approval of
the Synod’s Board of Directors:

b. assist congregations, school associations, and
other entities, as they may request, in conducting
capital campaign feasibility studies or refer them to
consultants who could conduct such studies.

B. BUDGET AND WORK PROGRAMS
7.51 General
(Same as present 9.01)

7.53 Budget Adoption Procedure

(Same as present 9.02 except substitute the words
“Department of Stewardship and Financial Support”
wherever the Synod Board of Stewardship or De-
partment of Stewardship is used.)

7.55 Budget Confirmation Procedure

(Same as present 9.03 except substitute the words
“Department of Stewardship and Financial Support”
wherever the Synod Board of Stewardship or De-
partment of Stewardship is used.)

7.57 Budget and Work Program Preparation

(Same as present 9.04 except substitute the words
‘Department of Stewardship and Financial Support”
wherever the Synod Board of Stewardship or De-
partment of Stewardship is used.)

7.59 District Conventions
(Same as present 9.06)

VIII. ADJUDICATION AND APPEAL

(This chapter will remain the same as the present
Chapter V of the Handbook with the exception of the
following paragraphs)

8.47 Membership

a. Each District Commission on Adjudication
shall be elected by its District, and the synodical
Commission on Adjudication and the synodical
Commission on Appeals shall be elected by the