# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S173 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION 173 9. The words except to the extent otherwise provided in these Bylaws will be added to the end of present section 2.71. 10. The words subject to the provisions of new chapter 14 of these Bylaws are to be added at the beginning of section 2.423 b. 11. Each reference to districts of the Synod in section 2.533 f is to be changed to “synodical entity.” 12. The word The at the beginning of subsections 2, 3, and 4 of section 2.563 is to be changed to “Each.” The word ecclesiastical in subparagraph 2 of that section is to be deleted, and the words a c.r.m. or leave of absence status at the end of paragraph 4 of that section are to be changed to “candidate status, grant a leave of absence, or place the worker on restricted status.” 13. The term entities related to the Synod as used in present section 2.607 is to be changed to “synodical enti- ties.” Paragraph e of section 2.701 e should be changed to read: “To serve as the Board of Assignments for first calls to candidates for the offices of ordained and commissioned ministers and to handle or assist with assignment of other church workers.” 14. The words in accord with relationships referred to in new chapter 1 of these Bylaws, especially section 1.07 e, are to be inserted after the word Staff at the beginning of present section 2.807. 15. Change “Research and Statistics” to “Planning and Research” in present 3.03 c 2. 16. Reference to “qualification, ordination, and instal- lation of clergymen and teachers who apply for member- ship in the Synod” in present section 3.07 e shall be changed to “qualification for ordination, commissioning, and installation of ordained and commissioned ministers, and requirements for individual as well as congregational membership in the Synod...” 17. Present section 3.71 shall be amended to read as follows: 3.71 Role of District President a. The district president is the chief executive officer of the district. Upon him is incumbent the responsibility that the resolutions of the district are implemented. He shall report to each district convention. b. Each district president shall represent the Synod in his respective territory. He shall therefore cause the resolutions of the Synod to be implemented in the dis- trict and shall therefore regularly report to the Presi- dent of the Synod. He shall serve the congregations of the district as liaison between the congregations, dis- trict, and Synod. c. The district president shall represent the Synod in connection with all ordinations, commissionings, and installations as follows: 1. First Calls. Ordinations, commissionings, and in- itial installations shall be conducted by or at the direc- tion of the district president when the requirements of Bylaw 2.13 have been satisfied. 2. Missionaries. The authorization for the ordination or commissioning, and the installation, of a missionary called into the foreign fields, whether as a first or sub- sequent call, shall be issued upon the request of the Board for Mission Services by the president of the dis- trict in which the missionary resides. The authorization with respect to ordination or commissioning, and in- stallation, for service within a district of the Synod, whether as a first or subsequent call, shall be issued by the president of that district. 3. Synodical Staff Members. Ordained and commis- sioned ministers who are members of the Synod called or appointed to serve the Synod shall be installed, in accordance with forms and practices developed by the Synod for that purpose, by the president of the Missouri District, or by his representative. 4. Professors and Instructional Staff Members. Or- dained and commissioned ministers who are members of the Synod called or appointed to serve at the Synod’s educational institutions as professors and instructional staff members shall be installed, in accordance with forms and practices developed by the Synod for that purpose, by the president of the district in which the institution is located, or by his representative. 5. Second and Subsequent Installations of Ministers. Except as provided in the foregoing paragraphs, or- dained ministers and commissioned ministers who have been duly called to a position of full-time service shall be installed upon authorization by the appropriate dis- trict president. Each installation shall be conducted, in accordance with forms and practices developed by the Synod for that purpose, by the district president or by an ordained minister designated by the district presi- ent. 18. Reference to “the pastors and the teachers of his district” in the first sentence of present section 3.73 shall be changed to “ordained and commissioned ministers who are members of the Synod through his district or are sub- ject to his ecclesiastical supervision, ...” 19. Present section 3.77 shall be amended to read as follows: 3.77 Official Rosters The district president shall revise annually the of- ficial rosters of ordained ministers and of commissioned ministers, for publication in The Lutheran Annual, and remove the names of those who have died or have re- signed their membership or have had their membership in the Synod duly terminated. He shall regularly for- ward roster reports to the Secretary of the Synod. 20. The title of present chapter 4 will be changed to “Circuits and Conferences” and a new paragraph added to Bylaw 4.03 as section d as follows: “Conferences, whether official or other provide a means for ordained and com- missioned ministers to relate together on a regular basis.” 21. Present Bylaw 4.23 will be deleted from the Hand- book. 22. Present sections 5.151—5.157 will be deleted, and for 4,614.69 the following substituted in their place: E. CONFERENCES 4.61 Official Pastoral and Teacher Conferences a. In each district of the Synod there shall be an official conference for ordained ministers and an official conference for commissioned ministers. Each official conference shall consist respectively of all ordained and commissioned ministers on the respective rosters. Con- ferences shall meet, if possible, in plenary sessions at least once each year and may meet more frequently in major sections (not more than four sections) whose geo- graphical boundaries shall be established by the district in convention. Such major sectional meetings shall be regarded as sessions of the official conference. b. All ordained and commissioned ministers on the district rosters are expected to attend meetings of their official conference or present a valid excuse. c. The plenary and any sectional conferences may adopt and submit overtures to conventions of the Synod, including those of districts.