# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 25 26 2013_S31
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(c) 2.12.1.6 An individual member of the Synod who is an executive or professional staff
member called or appointed by an auxiliary or other recognized service organization shall
hold membership in the geographical district in which the member resides is employed or the
non-geographical district in which he or she holds membership. 2.12.1.7 An emeritus
member shall continue to hold membership through the district through which membership
was held at the inception of emeritus status unless a transfer is approved by both the president
of that district and the president of the district to which membership would be transferred.
(d) 2.12.1.8 An inactive member having emeritus, candidate, or non-candidate status shall
continue to hold membership in the Synod through the district through which membership
was held at the inception of the emeritus, candidate, or non-candidate status except when a
transfer is approved by both the president of that district and the president of the district to
which membership would be transferred.
(e) 2.12.1.9 A member having restricted status while not serving a congregation or other
eligible agency shall continue to hold membership through the district through which
membership was held at the inception of restricted status unless a transfer is approved by both
the president of that district and the president of the district to which membership would be
transferred. 2.12.1.10 A member having suspended status shall continue to hold membership
through the district through which membership was held at the time of the suspension.
2.12.3 A member shall be under the ecclesiastical supervision of the president of the district through
which membership in the Synod is held. The district through which an individual holds
membership and the district through which a member is ecclesiastically supervised will not be
determined in any case on the basis of the district membership of the congregation to which that
individual belongs.
And be it further
Resolved, That in order to accomplish the objectives described above regarding district membership
and ecclesiastical supervision of congregations that are members of the Synod, the 2013 LCMS
convention adopt the following bylaw changes:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Rites of Ordination or Commissioning
2.10.3 The president of the district of which the calling congregation is a member or in which the
eligible calling agency is located or with which it is otherwise identified shall be responsible for
the rites of ordination and commissioning of candidates for the ministry called to that
congregation or agency.
(a) The rite of ordination or commissioning should normally take place in the presence of the
congregation or other agency to which the candidate has been called.
(b) In the case of missionaries called by the Synod, ordained or commissioned ministers
called by international congregations, members of a faculty of an institution of the Synod, or
institutional chaplains, the rite shall take place in a setting approved by the district president
of the calling body.
(c) If an unusual circumstance warrants it, the appropriate district president may authorize
that the rite take place in the home congregation of the candidate, or other appropriate
congregation, with the permission of the calling congregation or other agency.
(d) A service of celebration on the part of the candidate’s home congregation is encouraged.
(e) The district president shall issue a diploma of ordination or commissioning.
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