# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S135
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS, MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS 135

Arthur Schudde (Montana)
Leonard V. Harms (Montana)

and

Wuereas, Certain congregations and a pastor have
in accordance with Article V of the Constitution applied
for membership in the Synod:

Congregations

Redeemer, Bramalea, Ont., Canada
Peace, Flint, Mich.

Pastor

Donald P. Glass (Ontario)
therefore be it

Resolved, That these applications for membership be
approved; and be it further

Resolved, That the signing of the constitution take
place in the conventions of the respective Districts, in
accordance with Section 1.03 of the synodical Hand-
book.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Amend “Handbook” Sections 1.25 and 1.27
RESOLUTION 5-38
Report 4-04 (CW, p. 143)

Wuereas, The Floor Committee on Constitutional
Matters has been made acutely aware of the necessity
of establishing a clear policy for guiding the President
of the Synod in determining who may submit overtures,
which overtures shall be published, and which shall be
submitted to the convention of the Synod; therefore
be it

Resolved, That Handbook 1.25 and 1.27 be amended
to read as follows:

125 Organization of Convention

The convention shall organize at its first session on the
basis of the registration and the report of the Committee
on Credentials. The President shall then make his presi-
dential address, submit his official report, and announce the
order of business.

1.27 Reports, Overtures, etc.

a. Reports, overtures, proposals, petitions, and other
matters intended for presentation to and consideration by
a delegate convention of the Synod may be submitted only

y a member of the Synod, a board or commission of the
Synod or a District, the College of Presidents, a faculty or
Board of Control of an educational institution of the Synod,
or a convention of a District of the Synod.

b. Such reports, overtures, proposals, petitions, and other
matters must be submitted in triplicate to the President of
the Synod not later than 14 weeks prior to the opening
date of the convention if they are to be published in the
Convention Workbook as hereinafter set forth. All such
matters received thereafter up to within 10 days of a conven-
tion may be published in a Convention Workbook Supple-
ment if the President shall so direct. All such matters sub-
mitted within 10 days prior to the opening date of the
convention shall be received only after review and recom-
mendation by a special committee of three delegates
appointed by the President and by special resolution of
the convention.

._¢. The President shall decide which of the matters sub-
Mitted for presentation to and consideration by the con-

vention shall be published in the Convention Workbook or
Convention Workbook Supplement or in any other manner.

d. A copy of the Convention Workbook shall be de-
livered to each pastor, professor, and teacher of the Synod
and to each elected lay delegate not later than 8 weeks prior
to the opening date of a convention.

e. All reports, overtures, proposals, petitions, and other
matters submitted to the President of the Synod in accord-
ance with the foregoing paragraphs shall as a rule be
referred by the President of the Synod to an appropriate
convention floor committee for consideration and recom-
mendation for action or for such other disposition by the
convention as the committee may advise.

f. Overtures or petitions requesting the Synod to take
action which is in conflict with the Constitution or Bylaws
of the Synod or in matters for which the Constitution or
Bylaws have provided specific procedures; or overtures
which contain defamatory allegations; or overtures or peti-
tions which may subject the President of the Synod or the
Synod to civil actions for libel or oral slander, shall not be
published or presented to any floor committee or to the
convention; nor shall any overture, proposal, or petition be
accepted with reference to any case involving suspension,
expulsion, or appeals in which those who have submitted the
overture or proposal or petition have not been parties.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Broaden Scope of Activity
of Commission on Fraternal Organizations
RESOLUTION 5-39
Overture 5-14 (CW, p. 181)
Wuereas, This convention has adopted a revision of
Handbook 14.01 (Resolution 14-04); and
Wuereas, Recent developments have created a need

for broadening the scope of activity of the Commission
on Fraternal Organizations; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following words be added to para-
graph 14.03 a: “societies, and lodges of an unchristian
or anti-Christian character,” so that the entire para-
graph 14.03 a reads:

a. The commission shall gather and provide informa-
tion, advice, and literature concerning fraternal organiza-
tions, societies, and lodges of an unchristian or anti-
Christian character.

and be it further

Resolved, That the word “such” be inserted before
the word “fraternal” in paragraph 14.03b, so that the
entire paragraph 14.03 b reads:

b. The commission shall seek to explain the synodical
lodge policy to such fraternal organizations with a view
to having these organizations discard objectionable

features.
Action: This resolution was referred to the Synod’s
President.

To Take No Action on Request to Make
Certain Changes in Bylaws Relating
to Board of Appeals
RESOLUTION 5-40
Overture 4-48 (CW, p. 175)

Wuereas, The new Handbook Section 5.41 (CW,
p. 152; TB, p. 443) provides that rules to govern pro-