# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S81
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Fourth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1884.   81

it is likewise the duty of the presidents to announce in the *Lutheraner*
any suspension, or exclusion from the Synod, imposed by them on
pastors who until then had been bound to us as members.

                        The "Lutheraner."

    Resolved, that the motion that the Synod undertake a reorganization
of the "Lutheraner" be rejected.
    Resolved, that the editorial staff of the "Lutheraner" restrict, as
much as possible, the space given to receipts, conference notices, and
other announcements.
    Resolved, that henceforth receipts from private charitable
institutions be excluded from the columns of the "Lutheraner."
    Resolved, that private charitable institutions within our Synod be
permitted to publish their receipts, about once a month, by means of a
supplement to the "Lutheraner," against reimbursement of paper and
typesetting costs.

                Synodical Reports of the Individual District Synods.

    Resolved, that while no change be made regarding the publication
and distribution of the synodical reports, they should nevertheless be
shortened where this can be done without loss of clarity, and that, for
the purpose of distribution in our congregations, they be sold more
cheaply than heretofore.

                        Parish Reports.

    Resolved, that the column "contributing members" be struck out and
a column with the heading "communicants" [*Communicirende*] be set up
in its place.
    Resolved, that after the report on the number of schools, a separate
column also state how many teachers are active at the congregational
schools.
    Resolved, that the designations "native" and "foreign," wherever they
occur in the parish reports, be struck out.
    Resolved, that at the beginning of each calendar year a separate
pamphlet be issued containing the annual reports of the district
presidents, the parish reports of the pastors for the past year — arranged
by district — the catalog of our various educational institutions, and
whatever else belongs to the statistics. Those reports will then, of
course, no longer appear in the synodical reports proper.