# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S169 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION 169 siastical supervision of the president of the geographical district in which the entity is located. However, if all voting members of the entity are members of a nongeo- graphical district, the membership shall be held through that district. e. An emeritus member not regularly serving any congregation or other entity shall continue to hold mem- bership through the district through which membership was held at the inception of the emeritus status unless a transfer is approved by both the president of that dis- trict and the president of the district to which mem- bership would be transferred. f. A member having candidate status shall continue to hold membership through the district through which membership was held at the inception of candidate sta- tus unless a transfer is approved by both the president of that district and the president of the district to which membership would be transferred. g. Amember having restricted status while not serv- ing a congregation or other eligible entity shall continue to hold membership through the district through which membership was held at the inception of restricted sta- tus unless a transfer is approved by both the president of that district and the president of the district to which membership would be transferred. h. Amember having suspended status shall continue to hold membership through the district through which membership was held at the time of the suspension. i. Except as is expressly otherwise provided in this section, a member shall be under the ecclesiastical su- pervision of the president of the district through which synodical membership is held. j. The district through which an individual holds membership and the district through which a member is ecclesiastically supervised, will not be determined in any case on the basis of district membership of the con- gregation to which the individual belongs. 2.43 Clergy and Teacher Rosters Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and By- ing out only changes from the copy appearing in Today’s Business section B. Later in the session the assembly agreed to the pro- cedure of reading sections by title only and clarifying the differ- ences. Before presenting the resolution the committee had deleted a portion of 2.11 which would have limited the matter of conditions or restrictions in assignment of first calls.) * * * C. To Renumber Present Chapter 2, “Synodical Organization,” as Chapter 3 Action: Approved by adoption of Section 0, 28. * * * D. To Renumber Present Chapter 3, “District Organization,” as Chapter 4 Action: Approved by adoption of Section 0, 28. * * * E. To Renumber Present Chapter 4, “Circuit Organization,” as Chapter 5 Action: Approved by adoption of Section 0, 28. * * * F. To Retain Present Chapter 6, “Colleges and Seminaries,” and Incorporate Colloquy Bylaws Action: Approved by adoption of Res. 6-25A and 6-26A. * * * G. To Provide New Chapter 7, Bylaws for “Certified Professional Church Workers, Lay” VIL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL | laws, the district presidents shall be responsible for the CHURCH WORKERS, LAY initial placement of the names of all ministers of religion ae . . on the clergy and teachers roster respectively of the A. Eligibility and Classification Synod and also for their removal. An ordained or com- 7.01 General missioned minister accepting a call to a congregation in a sister district, or to an institution which relates to such district, shall immediately report such decision to his district president and ask for a transfer of mem- bership. The district president shall forward such trans- fer to the president of the sister district. Upon receipt of the transfer and of a request for installation from the minister of religion, the district president of the sister district shall install or authorize installation of such minister. The district president shall be responsible for maintaining records of transfers into and out of his dis- trict. 2.45 Calling Ministers of Religion a. Congregations shall seek the advice of the re- spective district president when calling ordained or commissioned ministers. b. Congregations which are members of the Synod, in conformity with Article VI, 3, of the Constitution of the Synod, shall call and be served only by ordained or commissioned ministers who have been admitted to these respective ministries in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth in this Handbook and have thereby become members of the Synod. c. Congregations which violate this requirement and persist in such violation shall after due admonition for- Congregations which are members of the Synod, and i other eligible entities, in addition to calling ordained i and commissioned ministers of religion, may also wish to appoint one or more certified professional church workers, lay (hereafter referred to as “consecrated lay workers”), with the knowledge that the Synod seeks to help the congregations and other entities as they utilize j these consecrated lay workers. For purposes of these i Bylaws, “other eligible entities” shall be districts, sem- : inaries, colleges, and other agencies of the Synod (Hand- book 2.15), church-affiliated social-ministry organizations, recognized educational institutions, and other recognized service organizations. 7.03 Eligibility Men and women who have completed courses of study prescribed or approved by the Board for Profes- sional Education Services and offered by one of the Syn- od’s colleges are eligible for receiving appointments from congregations or other eligible entities as consecrated lay workers. 7.05 Classification The classification of consecrated lay workers applies to the following positions or titles currently in use in feit their membership in the Synod. the church: 1. Deaconess Action: Adopted as amended (11). ; bay Worker (In session 10 a motion to dispense with the reading of section 4. Parish Assistant B was declined. In session 11 a motion to move from section B to 5. Director of Evangelism section N was held in abeyance. In addition a motion, not sec- 6. Lay Teachers (teachers opting not to join the onded, was made to dispense with the reading of section B, point- Synod)