# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S92
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92 THEOLOGICAL MATTERS

pervisory responsibilities of the Synod’s President;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the organizational rules as amended
be ratified (cf. exhibit here following); and be it
further

Resolved, That the Synod's President, in consulta-
tion with the Vice-Presidents, be authorized to ap-
prove or otherwise take action on--in the name of
Synod — changes, etc., which are recommended for the
Rules of Organization and Procedure of the Inter-
Lutheran Commission on Worship.

COMMISSION ON WORSHIP
ADALBERT R. KRETZMANN, Chairman
E. THEO, DELANEY, Executive Secretary

EXHIBIT A

PROPOSED RULES OF ORGANIZATION
AND PROCEDURE

Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship

1. The INTER-LUTHERAN COMMISSION ON
WORSHIP is an agency of and shall be responsible to
The American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church
in America, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada and the
Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, and such Lu-
theran churches as shall elect to join the Commission.

2. The name of the Commission is the INTER-LU-
THERAN COMMISSION ON WORSHIP, hereinafter
designated as ‘the Commission.”

3. At the time of adoption of these rules of organi-
zation and procedure, membership in the Commission
shall be according to the following schedule: American
Lutheran Church ~- 7, Lutheran Church in America —
8, Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod — 7, Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Canada — 1, Synod of Evangelical
Lutheran Churches — 1. Observers from other church
bodies may be invited by the Executive Committee to
attend sessions of the Commission and of its commit-
tees.

4. The churches participating in the Commission
shall hold the copyright to any and all materials pub-
lished under the imprint of the Commission. The Com-
mission shall act as agent for a cooperating church or
churches in granting permission for the use of such
copyrighted material.

5. The Commission shall prepare for publication
such worship materials as the cooperating churches
shall request, or which, upon recommendation of the
Commission, the churches shall approve. The Commis-
sion shall have responsibility for the content, editing
and format of all editions, complete or partial, of com-
mon worship materials which it may prepare. Matters
of format shall be decided in consultation with the pub-
lishers of the cooperating churches. It shall act for the
churches in such matters as the churches themselves
may direct or approve. Nothing in the foregoing shall
be construed as prohibiting any of the cooperating
churches from continuing or appointing committees or

commissions to supervise the preparation and publica-

tion of material in this field which the individual church

may desire.

6. The Commission shall cooperate with the publish-
ing houses of the participating churches.

7. The officers of the Commission shall be a chair-
man, a vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, who
shall be elected biennially by the Commission. The
secretary shall be the custodian of the materials pub-
lished under the imprint of the Commission and shall
act for the Commission in granting permission for the
use of copyrighted materials.

8. The Executive Committee of the Commission shall
consist of the officers of this Commission and the direc-
tors of the commissions of worship of the participating
bodies. The executive committee shall be responsible
for:

a. Assigning administrative work to the staffs of the
respective commissions of the participating bodies
by mutual consent;

b. Establishing and maintaining the archives of the
Commission;

c. Determining a schedule of meetings of the Commis-
sion and its committees;

d. Preparing an annual budget for submission to the
Commission; and

e. Preparing a report to the participating churches at
the end of each calendar year.

9. The committees named below shall be established
and elected by the Commission. Election to the com-
mittees will be for two-year terms. Each committee
shall elect its chairman and its secretary at its first
meeting. The chairman shall be chosen from the mem-
bership of the Commission. A report of the activities of
each committee shall be presented at each meeting of
the Commission.

a. Committee on Liturgical Texts composed of nine
persons;

b. Committee on Music for the Liturgy composed of
nine persons;

c. Committee on Hymn Texts composed of nine persons:

d. Committee on Music for the Hymns composed of nine
persons.

Membership of each of the four above-named
committees shall include at least one member of
this Commission from each of the three major
church bodies and other persons of competence in
the respective fields. Nominations for one-third
of the membership of each committee shall be
made by the delegations from each of the follow-
ing: American Lutheran Church (Evangelical Lu-
theran Church of Canada), Lutheran Church in
America, Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
(Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches).

e. Editorial Committee composed of three members of
the Commission representing the three major
church bodies, and ex officio the chairmen of the