# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S150
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150 RESOLUTIONS

2.600 Governing Instruments

The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws (or
other appropriate governing instruments) of the
synodical entites listed in this Chapter II, H of the
Handbook shall be in conformity with the Synod’s
Constitution, Bylaws, and applicable convention
resolutions. Such conformity shall be assured through
review of those instruments, and any changes therein,
by the Synod Board of Directors and Commission on
Constitutional Matters. Negative decisions on the
part of these two bodies shall be appealable to the
convention, which shall also retain the right on its
own initiative to require amendments to the govern-
ing instruments of these entities. Such governing
instruments shall be filed with the Secretary of the
Synod and shall be made available by the entities to
every member of the Synod (congregation, pastor,
teacher) upon request;

and be it further

Resolved, That subject to any later amendments
under the new procedure herein adopted, the Bylaws
governing such entities immediately prior to the 1981
convention shall prevail, except insofar as such Bylaws
have been specifically amended by the 1981 convention.

Action: Adopted (14).

To Establish
a Commission on Structure

RESOLUTION 2-22
Report 2-01, IV, L (CW, p. 50)

Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendation, Section L, be adopted, as amended:

That a Commission on Structure be called into
being, that it consist of five members appointed by
the President, two clergymen, one teacher, and two
laypersons, and that this commission be asked to
present brief Bylaws governing the commission’s
work to the next convention and suggestions regard-
ing modifications in the Constitution, Bylaws, or
structure of the Synod to the next and succeeding
conventions.

Action: Adopted (13).

To Provide for a Committee
to Rewrite Adjudication Procedures

RESOLUTION 2-23

Report 2-01, IV, K (CW, pp. 50, 141) Overture 2-
28, No. 2

Resolved, That the following Task Force II recom-
mendation, Section K, be adopted, as amended:

That the convention provide for the appointment
by the synodical President of a five-person commit-
tee, including one each from the Board of Appeals
and from the Commission on Constitutional Matters,
to present to the next convention a complete rewrite
of Chapter V of the Bylaws and pertinent para-

graphs of Chapter VI, including in its study a review
of Constitution Article XIII.

Action: Adopted (13).

To Provide for Election
of Commission Members

RESOLUTION 2-24

Report 2-01, IV, B and Proposed Bylaws 2.501,
2.511, 2.571 (CW, pp. 45, 82, 85)

WHEREAS, Task Force II has recommended that
elected commissions be reduced in size; therefore be it

Resolved, That this proposal be adopted as amended
by Floor Committee No. 2; and be it further .
Resolved, That the following be elected at this.
synodical convention for five-year terms: ;
Commission on Adjudication: one clergy, one lawyer;.
Commission on Appeals: one clergy, one lawyer;
* Commission on Theology and Church Relation
one teacher, one layperson; and be it finally
Resolved, That the following individual now filling a:
“surplus position” be permitted by means of this special
resolution to complete his term which expires in 1983:

Commission on Appeals: one layperson who is not a:
lawyer.

* To be elected by a convention: two parish pastors, one parish :
teacher, two laypersons.

Action: None.
(However, see Resolutions 2-18B and 2-27.)

To Provide for Election
of Boards of Regents

RESOLUTION 2-25
Report 2-01, Proposed Bylaw 6.01 (CW, p. 116)

WHEREAS, Task Force II has proposed revisions in
the membership of the Boards of Regents of t
seminaries and colleges; and

WHEREAS, Task Force II has proposed that on
pastor, one teacher, and one layperson on each Boardo
Regents of the colleges (as distinguished from seminar
ies) be elected at the convention of the geographi
District in which the college is located, beginning with
the 1982 District conventions; therefore be it

Resolved, That the proposals of Task Force II be
adopted; and be it further :
Resolved, That the following elections be held at this
1981 convention:
St. Louis—One pastor for five years, two laypersons
for five years io

Fort Wayne—one pastor for five years, one laypersoB
for five years (in 1983 one is to be elected to 4
three-year term)