# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_February 23 2013_S39
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individual member of the Synod shall hold membership through a district. 2.12.1.1 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 district membership
of the congregation to which the individual belongs.
2.12.2 2.12.1.2 An individual member of the Synod who is serving a congregation shall hold
membership in the Synod through the district ofin which his/her calling body is located or
headquartered, except the following:the congregation is a member.
(a) 2.12.1.3 An individual member of the Synod who is serving a district shall hold
membership in the Synod through that district.2.12.1.4A missionary or chaplain serving
under a call by a mission board of the Synod shall hold membership in the Synod through the
district designated by the missionary or chaplain if approved by the president of that district
after consultation with the Office of International Mission and the president of the district
through which membership is currently held.
(b) 2.12.1.5 An individual member of the Synod other than a missionary or chaplain serving
under call by a mission board of the Synod and who is serving an agency other than a
congregation or district and other than a missionary or chaplain serving under call by the
Synod shall hold membership through the district designated by that person if approved by
both the president of that district and the president of the district in which the agency is
located, but shall be subject to the ecclesiastical supervision of the president of the
geographical district in which the agency is located. When all voting members of the agency
are members of a non-geographical district, membership shall be held through that district.
(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
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