# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S461
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 461

Resolved, (a) That the geographical boundary of the Atlantic
District be extended to include the entire State of New Jersey;
and be it further

Resolved, (b) That Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Trenton,
New Jersey, be transferred from the Eastern District to the
Atlantic District, upon satisfactory arrangements made with respect
to the financial obligations of the congregation to the Church
Extension Fund of the Eastern District.

(This also took care of Unprinted Memorial 29.)

Board for Missions in Foreign Countries to Include
Former Missionaries
(Unprinted Memorial 27)
ACTION

Synod adopted Resolution 20 of Committee 6:

Wuereas, Section 8.71 of the Bylaws of Synod, “Personnel and
Election of Board” (for missions in foreign countries), refers only
to China and India; and

Wuereas, It hardly seems possible to have a representative
from each of the present six fields on the Board and still keep it
representative of Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Section 8.71, “Personnel and Election of Board”
(for missions in foreign countries), be changed to read:

“The Board for Missions in Foreign Countries shall consist of
eleven members, six of whom shall be pastors. The possibility of

including former missionaries in the nominations shall not be
overlooked. The Board shall be elected by Synod.”

Election of District Officials
(Unprinted Memorial 28)
ACTION

Synod adopted Resolution 21 of Committee 6:

Wuereas, A memorial has been received from the Board of
Directors of the Texas District to change Article XII, Section 5,
in the Constitution of Synod “to read in such a way that elections
of District officers can be held during other years than those
following regular sessions of Synod”; and

Wuereas, This memorial requires that the Constitution be
amended and should have further study before such action is
taken; and