# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S120
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120 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

To Transfer Eastern Part of Upper Peninsula
of Michigan to Michigan District
RESOLUTION 5-09

Overtures 5-50, 5-51 (CW, p. 137)
Wuereas, The three congregations of The Lutheran

Church — Missouri Synod in the eastern part of the -

Upper Peninsula of Michigan have requested that the
eastern part of the Upper Peninsula be transferred from
the North Wisconsin District to the Michigan District,
and both Districts have concurred; therefore be it

Resolved, That the boundaries of the Michigan Dis-
trict be changed to include the Eastern part of the Upper
Peninsula; this area is defined as that which lies east of
a line drawn from the City of Manistique (including this
city) north to the Lake Superior shoreline; and be it
further

Resolved, That the transfer of the three congrega-
tions become effective at a time to be agreed on by the
Boards of Directors of the two Districts.

Action: Adopted.

To Refer Overture 5-31 to Council
of Administrators for Study
(All Boards Elective)

RESOLUTION 5-10

Overture 5-31 (CW, pp. 131—-132)

Wuereas, The Synod in convention at Detroit re-
solved (Resolution 4-11, Proceedings, 1965, p. 114) that
the Council of Administrators “draw up a statement of
principle according to which a synodical board, commis-
sion, council, or committee should be made either elec-
tive or appointive”; and

Wuereas, The Council of Administrators has not yet
had opportunity to complete this assignment; therefore
be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-31 be referred to the
Council of Administrators for inclusion in its study.

Action: Adopted.

To Decline to Permit Each Congregation
in a Parish to Have a Lay Vote
at District Conventions

RESOLUTION 5-11

Overtures 5-32 to 5-35 (CW, p. 132)

Wuereas, The overtures request that the Synod
change its Constitution to permit congregations in those
parishes where two or more congregations regularly
share in the services of one pastor to have one lay vote
each at District conventions; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
has from its earliest beginnings held to the principle that
there shall be a balance of votes between clergy and
laity; and

Wuereas, In accord with this principle in congrega-
tions served by more than one pastor only one pastor is
permitted to vote at District conventions (Constitution,
Art. XI, B, b, Handbook, p. 23); and

Wuereas, The provisions of the overtures in question
would change the above relation; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overtures 5-32, 5-33, 5-34, and 5-35
be declined.

Action: Adopted.

RESOLUTION 5-12
(Recommitted. See Resolution 5-34)

To Eliminate Duplications from “Handbook”
RESOLUTION 5-13
Report 5-01, VI A and B (CW, p. 120)

Wnuereas, Handbook paragraphs 6.54 e (Staff Ap-
pointments) and 6.127 are practically identical, and like-
wise paragraphs 6.67 (Experience of Candidates) and
6.105 b; therefore be it

Resolved, That paragraphs 6.54 e and 6.67 be elimi-
nated from the Handbook.

Action: Adopted.

To Permit Transfer of St. Paul, Columbia, Pa.,
to Eastern District

RESOLUTION 5-14

Overture 5-52 (CW, p. 137)

Wuereas, St. Paul Lutheran Church of Columbia, Pa.,
has requested to be transferred from the Southeastern
District to the Eastern District; and

Wuereas, The Presidents of both Districts involved
have given their approval to this action; therefore be it

Resolved, That this transfer be approved and that it
become effective at a time agreeable to the Districts in-
volved.

Action: Adopted.

To Provide Flexibility for Boards of Appeals

RESOLUTION 5-15

Wuereas, The present paragraph 5.01 a of Chapter V
of the Handbook, “Suspension, Expulsion, and Appeals,”
requires that a District Board of Appeals shall consist of
two clergymen, one teacher, and two laymen, at least
one of whom shall be a lawyer; and

Wuereas, One of the Districts has informed the Com-
mission on Constitutional Matters that it does not have a
teacher available for membership on its District Board
of Appeals and is limited in the number of lawyers; and

Wuereas, The same condition may exist in some
other Districts, and provision should be made promptly
for such cases; therefore be it

Resolved, That Paragraph 5.01 a of Chapter V of the