# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S142
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142 RESOLUTIONS

acquired by congegations, ministers of the Gospel,
and teachers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
who confess and accept the confessional basis of
Article II.

A. Voting Members

All organized congregations that have joined the
Synod hold voting membership. At the meetings of
the Districts of the Synod every congregation or
parish is entitled to two votes; one of which is to be
cast by the pastor and the other by the lay delegate.
At the meetings of the Synod a number of congrega-
tions shall form a group, which shall be represented
by two voting delegates, one a pastor and one a lay
delegate.

B. Advisory Members

Advisory members only are the following:

1. Pastors whose congregations do not hold
membership in the Synod;

2. Assistant pastors;

3. Ministers not in charge of congregations;

4. Professors at the Synod’s educational institu-
tions;

5. Teachers of parochical schools;

6. Candidates for the office of the ministry or for
that of a teacher in the parochial schools.

Article XII Districts of the Synod and Their
Regulation

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. Assistant pastors;

c. Ministers without a charge;

d. Professors at the educational institutions;
e. Teachers of parochial schools;

f. Candidates for the office of the ministry or for
the office of parochial school teacher.

A. Voting Members

All organized congregations that have joined the
Synod hold voting membership. At the conventions
of the Districts of the Synod every congregation ig
entitled to two votes, one of which, when possible, is
to be east by the called pastor. For the conventions of
the Synod a number of congregations shall form a
circuit, which shall be represented by two voting dele-
gates, one of whom shall be the called pastor of a
congregation in the circuit.

B. Advisory Members

Advisory members are the following:
(Continue as at present.)

Article XII Districts of the Synod and Their
Regulation

10. The meetings of the Districts of the Synod are
composed of the following:

A. Voting Delegates

The pastor of each member congregation and one
additional person elected by the congregation shall
be voting delegates.

B. Advisory Delegates

Advisory delegates are:
(Continue as at present.)

Action: Withdrawn in view of action on Res. 2-1

To Provide
for Incidental Bylaw Changes

RESOLUTION 2-16
Report 2-01, IV, J (CW, p. 49)

Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendation, Section J, be adopted:

That in addition to any Bylaws which might be
adopted, the convention authorize, as it has done in
previous conventions, the Commission on Constitu-
tional Matters to make any adjustments in language or
otherwise that might be needed, without changing the
basic substance of the decisions reached by the con-
vention.

Action: Withdrawn (covered in Bylaws) (14).

To Change Deadline
for Convention Nominations

RESOLUTION 2-17
Overtures 2-24A—B (CW, p. 135)

WHEREAS, The Committee for Convention Nomin:
tions, on the basis of its experience, has recommen
that the time be extended for consideration of nam
submitted to it; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 2.141 d be amended to read:

d. All suggested names and information fo}
consideration by the Committee for Conventio
Nominations shall be submitted to the committee
later than 8 months prior to the synodical convention:

Action: Adopted (14).