# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S52
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52 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Matters. This committee is to present a complete rewrite
of Chapter V of the Bylaws and pertinent paragraphs of
Chapter VI, including in its study a review of constitu-
tional Article XIII, to the next convention of the Synod.

Orders of the Day

After declining to suspend the orders of the day to
allow for completion of the business of the convention
as well as declining a resolution to suspend the rules to
allow Committee 2 to continue until it had completed its
work, the delegates agreed to allow Committee 2 to
continue with presentation of its resolutions until 10
p.m.

Task Force

Res. 2-22 (TB 64) was adopted by the delegates,
accepting the Task Force recommendation that a Com-
mission on Structure consisting of five members appoint-
ed by the President be called into being. The Commis-
sion is to consist of two clergymen, one teacher, and two
laypersons, and is asked to present brief Bylaws con-
cerning the Commission’s work to the next convention
of the Synod.

The chairman of the floor committee called upon
Rev. Walter Schoedel, a member of the Task Force Floor
Committee, to lead the delegates through the proposed
Bylaw revisions (Res. 2-18B, TB 329 ff. with an attach-
ment previously distributed and referred to during the
presentation as the “handout’”) relating to changes in
structure which had been adopted by the convention.
The resolution read, as revised by the committee:

Resolved, That all Bylaw revisions proposed by Task

Force II on pages 52—129 of the Convention Workbook be

adopted, except to the extent that this convention has

adopted other provisions and except as amended by the

floor committee, as indicated principally below and in the
special packet distributed to the delegates.

As the delegates were being led through the docu-
ments dealing with the various changes involved, a
resolution was proposed from the floor asking that the
committee dispense with the reading of the changes,
that the time for the evening session be extended by 10
minutes, and that the additional time be used for
discussion by the delegates of points about which they
were concerned. This resolution was adopted. In the
discussion which followed the convention agreed to add
to 2.607 present Bylaw 15.51 b. They also agreed to
delete Section k of proposed Bylaw 2.265 on page 7 of the
handout, which incorporated proposed changes. This
section dealt with the consolidation of synodical schools
by the Board for Higher Education. It was also pointed
out that the words “‘one teacher” should be added in line
73 (TB 335) after the word “clergymen.”

Orders of the Day

After declining to extend the time for this session an
additional 10 minutes the convention agreed to return to
the order of the day.

Closing Devotions

Closing devotions for the evening sesson were led by

Mr. Rich Bimler, executive secretary of the Board of
Youth Ministry. His devotion, which emphasized the
thought that “We are God’s people,” was closed with
prayer.

Session 14

July 10, 1981
Opening Devotions

The delegates were led in an opening devotion by the
Rev. Carlos Puig, executive secretary for Hispanic
Ministries under the Board for Missions. In his devotion,
which was concluded with prayer, Rev. Puig empha-
sized the work which has been carried out by the Synod
in Hispanic Ministries and the need for such ministries
which still remains.

Orders of the Day

President Preus indicated that the floor committees
would be called to present their resolutions at the
discretion of the Chair. Action still needed to be taken
on a large number of resolutions. He reminded the
delegates that resolutions on which action had not been
taken would die and would not be referred to one of the
boards of the Synod.

Task Force

In preparation for discussion of Bylaw changes
which would be required in the restructuring of the
Synod, the Floor Committee on Task Force presented
Res. 2-17 (TB 54), which required that names and 3
information to be considered by the Committee for %
Convention Nominations were to be submitted to the
committee no later than eight months prior to the .
convention. The resolution was adopted. Also adopted “@
was Res. 2-21 A(7B 184), which approved the procedure 4
for adoption of additional Bylaws which would be
necessary for the governance of “other synodical
entities.”

Point of Order

After the floor committee began a continuation of
reading of the Bylaw changes which were being pro
posed in the Handbook of the Synod to provide for
changes in its structure, a delegate reminded the Chair
that in a previous session an agreement had been ‘
reached to dispense with the detailing of these changes
and to deal only with those Bylaws about which indivi
dual delegates had concerns. A motion was then adopted
by which the convention agreed to suspend the rules: :
required for the adoption of Bylaw changes and to'%
remand to the Commission on Constitutional Matters
the adjustment of Bylaws, maintaining the intent and-:
purpose of resolutions already passed.

Task Force

After it had agreed to suspend the rules with regard
to adoption of Bylaws, Res. 2-18B (7B 329 and special |
handout) was adopted as amended by the committee.
and by convention action. In addition, Res. 2-16 (TB 54)