# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S512
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512

STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION
installation of all ministers and teachers, ordained or
commissioned, called by the congregations into serve within
their districts;

…
10.The meetings of the districts of the Synod are composed of the
following:

A. Voting Representatives
The pastors of such congregations as hold voting membership in the
Synod and the lay delegates elected and deputed by these congregations
shall be voting representatives.

B. Advisory Members
Advisory members are:
a. Pastors whose congregations do not hold membership in the
Synod
b. Ministers not in charge of congregations
c. Professors at the Synod’s educational institutions
d. Teachers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
e. Directors of Christian education
f. Directors of Christian outreach
g. Directors of family life ministry
h. Directors of parish music
i. Deaconesses
j. Parish assistants
k.d.Certified lay ministersCommissioned ministers, as specified
in the Bylaws of the Synod
le. Candidates for the office of the ministry (ordained
ministers), for that of a teacher of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, for director of Christian education, for director of
Christian outreach, for director of family life ministry, for
director of parish music, for deaconess, for certified lay
minister, or for parish assistant or for the auxiliary offices
(commissioned ministers).
…

and be it finally
Resolved, That Bylaws 2.6.1–2.6.1.1 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
2.6 Individual Membership
2.6.1
“Ministers of the Gospel,” designated by the Synod as
“ministers of religion—ordained” (ordained ministers) or “ministers
of religion—commissioned” (commissioned ministers), are eligible
for membership in the Synod.
2.6.1.1
The roster of commissioned ministers shall admit eligible
teachers, directors of Christian education, directors of Christian
outreach, directors of family life ministry, directors of parish music,
deaconesses, parish assistants, and certified lay ministers.

Commission on Handbook
Ov. 9-40

To Amend Various Bylaws
to Address Practical Considerations
Preamble
The Commission on Handbook, responding to a variety of
observations from officers, agencies, and members of the Synod,
has proposed substantive corrections to bylaws which created
significant practical issues in their implementation:
A. COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE (COH 16-005)
Rationale
2019 Convention Workbook

2016 Resolution 11-12 (C) included a new provision in Bylaw
3.9.1.1 to spare the Commission on Handbook (COH) from meeting
quarterly (or seeking an excuse), but this provision conflicts with
the Commission on Doctrinal Review’s meeting frequency
provision in Bylaw 3.9.3.2. The general meeting frequency
provision of Bylaw 1.5.3 applies to commissions without a specific
directive of their own. To resolve apparent conflicts, the provision
added as Bylaw 3.9.1.1 should be applied only to the COH.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.9.1.1 be struck, and Bylaw 3.9.4 be
amended as follows, to apply this meeting frequency provision only
to the COH:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.9.1.1
Commissions of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
shall meet as they deem necessary but at least two times per year to
carry out their assigned responsibilities.

Commission on Handbook
3.9.4
The Commission on Handbook provides for the ongoing
maintenance and management of the Handbook, that is, the
Constitution, Bylaws, and Articles of Incorporation of the Synod.
The commission shall meet as it deems necessary but at least two
times per year to carry out its assigned responsibilities.

B. INAUGURATION OF DISTRICT-ELECTED BOARD OF
REGENTS MEMBERS (COH 16-018B)
Rationale
The COH has performed a non-substantive revision of Bylaw 3.2.4
(a–c) to clarify when appointed members of boards and
commissions take up their offices. In that process, it was noted that
Bylaw 3.2.4 does not specify a date when regents elected by districts
take office, an omission that may affect the schedule for
appointment of board-appointed regents.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.2.4 (a) be amended as follows, to specify
a time at which district-elected regents take office:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Terms of Office
3.2.4
The term of office of all elected officers of the Synod
(Bylaw 3.2.1) shall be three years; of the elected members of the
Board of Directors and all other boards and commissions of the
Synod six years; of all members of college and university boards of
regents three years; and of all appointed members of boards,
commissions, and standing committees three years, unless these
Bylaws specifically provide otherwise.
(a) The President, First Vice-President, regional vice-presidents,
Secretary, and members of all boards and commissions of the
Synod who are elected by the Synod convention shall assume
office on September 1 following the convention and shall be
inducted into office on a date subsequent to September 1
following the convention. Members of college and university
boards of regents elected by district conventions shall assume
office upon the close of the convention at which they are elected.

C. COMMITTEE FOR CONVENTION NOMINATIONS
(CCN) (COH 16-024)
Rationale
2016 Res. 11-14, noting that the final report of the Committee for
Convention Nominations (CCN) is presented at least five months