# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S147
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STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION 145

2. is incapable of performing the duties of the office
or position because of a physical, mental, or emotional
disability;

3. neglects or refuses to perform the duties of the office
or position.

b, An individual member of the Synod on restricted
status is ineligible to

J, perform functions of ministry except in the position
of service, if any, held at the inception of restricted status
and otherwise only if approved by the District President;
a.

2. accept a call to any other position of service in the

Synod.
c. An individual member of the Synod shall be no-
tified in writing as to the specific reasons for having been
placed on restricted status. Such restricted status shail
continue for a period of one year or a lesser period if the
matter is satisfactorily resolved. In order to extend the
restricted status beyond ane year, the District President
shall annually thereafter notify the member in writing
as to the reasons for such continuance of restricted
status.

d. An individual member of the Synod who is placed
on restricted status shall have the right to appeal the
placement on, or continuance of, restricted status by fil-

ing a Petition for Removal of Restricted Status with the.

Council of Presidents. A party on restricted status may
petition for removal therefrom no mare than once in a
12-month period. Such Petition for Removal of Re-
stricted Status shall be addressed solely to the Council
of Presidents through the office of the President of the
Synod. The Council of Presidents shall rule on such pe-
tition within six months from the date of the receipt.

e. While a member is on restricted status, the District
President shall minister to that member either directly
or through others, concern himself with the spiritual
well-being of that member, and continue efforts to resolve
those matters which led to the imposition of restricted
Status,

f. The records maintained by the respective District
President shall reflect the restricted status. In addition,
the District President shall notify in writing the Presi-
dent of the Synod and all other District Presidents of
such restricted status.

2.25 Suspended Status }

a, When formal proceedings have been commenced
against a member of the Synod (individual or congre-
gation), under the procedure set forth in Bylaw 2.27,
which may lead to expulsion from the Synod under Art.
XIII of the Constitution, the member shall have sus:
pended status. If such member was on restricted status
at the commencement of formal proceedings, the re-
stricted status shall become suspended status.

6. Suspended status shall continue until membership
is duly terminated or the formal proceedings are com-
pleted favorably to the member. While on suspended sta-
tus, the member shall continue to hold all rights under
the Constitution and Bylaws subject to the limitations
set forth herein.

c. An individual member of the Synod on suspended
status shall

1. be relieved of duties as a member of the Synod (eg.,
as a delegate to a District or synodical convention, as‘
member of any District or synodical board or
commission),

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2, be relieved of the duties and responsibilities which
the member holds with the Synod, District, or other
agency of the Synod;

3. be ineligible to accept a call to any other position
of service in the Synod;

4. continue to be eligible to perform those duties and
responsibilities of any other position held by the member,
including a position with a member congregation, which

- such member held at the time when placed on suspended

status.

d, When a member is placed on suspended status, the
District President who has ecclesiastical supervision of
the member shall

1. reflect the suspended status in the records main-
tained by him;

2. notify, in writing, the President of the Synod and
all other District Presidents of the affected member's sus-
pended status;

3. notify the congregation or other entity being served
by the individual member of the suspended status to take
appropriate action so that the rights of both the member
and congregation or other entity are preserved.

e. While a member is on suspended status, the District
President shall minister to that member either directly
or through others, concern himself with the spiritual
well-being of such member, and continue efforts to re-
solve those mattera which led to imposition of the sus-
pended status.

2.27 Commencing an Action to Terminate
Congregational or Individual Membership