# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_May 7 8 2011_S2
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On page 1, the new wording of Section 1 under ARTICLE I regarding voting members should
more closely reflect Synod Bylaw 3.6.5.2.
On page 2, under ARTICLE II, Section 1, the listing of the composition of the Board of Trustees
requires updating, replacing mention of the chairman of the Board for District and Congregational
Services with “the chairman of the Board for National Mission or his representative from that
board”; also deleting “Vice-President-Finance/Treasurer/” from the title for the Chief Financial
Officer of the Synod.
On page 2, under ARTICLE II, Section 2, the mention of members serving “a maximum of four
three-year terms” requires change to comply with Synod Bylaw 3.2.4.2 which calls for “three
successive appointed or elected three-year terms.” In the same paragraph, the second to the last
sentence regarding removal of trustees must now incorporate or reflect newly adopted Synod
Bylaw 1.5.7 governing removal of individual members from boards or commissions.
On page 4, under ARTICLE II, Section 7, the first sentence should include mention of the
“Bylaws of the Synod,” to read “as are granted by statute, by law, by the Bylaws of the Synod,
and by the Articles of Incorporation.” Likewise at the end of paragraph (g) under Section 7,
mention of the Bylaws of the Synod should be added, to read, “pursuant to the provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, and subject to the Bylaws of the Synod.”
On page 6, under ARTICLE V, Section 2 should include mention of Synod Bylaw 1.5.4, the end
of the second sentence therefore to read, “in accordance with the provisions of Synod Bylaw 1.5.4
and with the following provisions.”
On page 7, under ARTICLE VI, the sentence in the middle of the paragraph speaking of “a twothirds (2/3) majority vote of the delegates of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod” should not
include the comment “present at the meeting” as Synod Bylaw 3.6.1.7 speaks of the total number
of such delegates and not just those who are present. In addition, the paragraph should include
mention, when amendments to the Foundation’s Bylaws are being considered, that they must be
reviewed by the Synod’s Board of Directors and Commission on Constitutional Matters (Synod
Bylaw 3.6.1.6 [a]).

37. Review of Commission on Theology and Church Relations “Policy Guidelines” (10-2588)
The commission reviewed the “Policy Guidelines” of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations
as submitted by the commission’s Executive Director, Dr. Joel Lehenbauer, with a May 10, 2010 letter in
which Dr. Lehenbauer noted that the guidelines were approved by his commission at its April 23, 2010
meeting. The commission instructed its secretary to convey its apology to the Commission on Theology
and Church Relations for not providing this review in a more timely manner. Upon its review in light of
the 2010 Handbook of the Synod, the commission called attention to the following recommendations for
changes to be made.
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On page 1, under Section I, “What is the CTCR?” it would be helpful to reference Synod Bylaw
3.9.5 and incorporate its content.
On pages 1–3, the bylaw references should be changed to reflect changes in the 2010 Handbook
of the Synod, i.e., 3.9.6.1ff. having now become 3.9.5.1ff.
On page 3, the new paragraph (c) added by the 2010 convention to Bylaw 3.9.5.2.2 should be
included in the quotation of the bylaw, the existing final paragraph becoming paragraph “(d).”
On page 4, the first sub-heading under Section IV, “CTCR Committee Structure,” might better be
changed from “Basic Proposal” to “Basic Structure” or some such to describe more accurately the
content of the paragraph.
On pages 5ff., under “General Principles,” reference should be made to Synod Bylaws 1.4.5,
1.4.6, 1.5.3ff. and their content noted to assure compliance with the Synod’s expectations.
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