# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_May 20 2002_S2
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

member from the Synod and thus commenced under Chapter VIII of the Bylaws, the parties involved in a
dispute must meet together, face to face, as set forth in Matthew 18, before a reconciler is appointed to
assist in reconciliation efforts. In either procedure, Matthew 18 is central for it is the methodology our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ mandated for brothers to reconcile their differences.
35. Adjournment
The meeting was closed with a prayer by Norman Sincebaugh.

Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary

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