# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S217
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10. ECCLESIASTICAL SUPERVISION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 1.5.5.2 be added as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Agency Operations
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1.5.5.2
When calling ordained or commissioned ministers,
agencies shall seek the counsel of the district president who
would, by virtue of the call, assume supervision of the
minister (Bylaw section 2.12). If the call is such that the
district president to assume supervision is not known, the
counsel of the president of the district within which the
agency is located or with which it is associated shall be
sought.
and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 6.1.2.1 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
6.1 Auxiliaries
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6.1.2.1
An organization desiring to be recognized as an
auxiliary of the Synod shall satisfy the following
requirements:
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(g) Seek, when calling an ordained or commissioned
minister, the counsel of the district president who
would, by virtue of the call, assume supervision of the
minister (Bylaw section 2.12).
(1) If the call is such that the district president to
assume supervision is not known, the counsel of the
president of the district within which the entity is
located or with which it is associated shall be sought.
(2) If such a call involves multiple districts (such as
by entity location or connection and/or position
locale), the presidents of all such districts shall be
consulted and mutually agree on which one of them
will counsel the entity regarding the call and assume
supervision of the worker called.
(h) Call and, in any sense involving distinctive
function(s) of the pastoral office, be served by only those
ordained ministers or candidates designated by Bylaw
2.5.2.
(i) Call only those commissioned ministers or
candidates designated by Bylaw 2.5.3.
6.1.2.2
Auxiliaries shall continue to meet the above
requirements for continued recognition.
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and be it finally
Resolved, That Bylaws 6.2.1 and 6.2.2.2 be amended as
follows:

Resolutions

PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
6.2 Recognized Service Organizations
6.2.1
The granting of recognized service organization
status by the Synod signifies that a service organization,
while independent of the Synod, fosters the mission and
ministry of the church, engages in program activity that
extends the mission and ministry of the Synod, is in
harmony with the programs of the Synod, and respects and
does not act contrary to the doctrine and practice of the
Synod.
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(d) A recognized service organization shall call and, in
any sense involving distinctive function(s) of the
pastoral office, be served by only those ordained
ministers or candidates designated by Bylaw 2.5.2.
(e) A recognized service organization shall call only
those commissioned ministers or candidates designated
by Bylaw 2.5.3.
(df) … (subsequent subparagraphs re-lettered similarly)
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6.2.2.2
The right to extend a Synod-recognized, regular
call to a rostered worker is afforded to the board of directors
of a recognized service organization, provided that:
(a) theThe board’s composition contains at least the
proportion of members of Synod member congregations
required by recognized service organization program
policies; and.
(b) theThe appropriate district president who would,
by virtue of the call, assume supervision of the minister
(Bylaw section 2.12) is properly consulted in the call
process; and.
(1) If the call is such that the district president to
assume supervision is not known, the counsel of the
president of the district within which the entity is
located or with which it is associated shall be sought.
(2) If such a call involves multiple districts (such as
by entity location or connection and/or position
locale), the presidents of all such districts shall be
consulted and mutually agree on which one of them
will counsel the entity regarding the call and assume
supervision of the worker called.
(c) theThe call document is approved by the district
president who would assume ecclesiastical supervision
of the member as clearly stating that the organization:
(1) expects that the worker will, without compromise
or constraint, carry out the ministry for which
ordained or commissioned, and to which called,
according to the doctrine and practice of the Synod.
(2) agrees to accommodate and encourage the
ecclesiastical supervision of the worker by the
appropriate district president.
(3) submits, as an exclusive remedy, to the dispute
resolution process of the Synod for the resolution of
any issues arising under the divine call.
(d) theThe organization demonstrates to the district
president its ability to provide for the reasonable needs

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