# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_February 23 2013_S45
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

(3) The congregation or congregations served by him shall be removed from
consideration for supplying the remaining lay alternate.
(g) All lay nominees except those who have been disqualified through the procedures listed
above shall be eligible for election as the alternate lay delegate. The election of the alternate
shall follow the same procedure as in paragraph (f) above.
(hf) All four personsDelegates elected shall come from four different member
congregations.
(ig) The circuit counselor(s) selected to chair the caucus shall report the results of the
election to the secretary of the district in writing immediately after said election.
(jh) If neither the delegate nor the alternate (pastoral minister of religion--ordained or lay)
canis able to serve, the vacancy shall be filled by an appointment made by the district
president in consultation with the respective circuit counselor(s).
3.1.2.2 Voting delegatesDelegates shall serve from the time of election until the next district a threeyear term beginning with the convention, shall functioning as advisory members of the circuit
forum, shall serve as resource persons in the circuitto the congregations they represent and to the
district and national Synod, and shall assisting in the dissemination and implementation of
reports and resolutions of the Synod in the circuitnational convention.
(a) Delegates are responsible to the circuitscongregations they represent and shall attempt to
discover the sentiment of the members thereof., but the congregations (b) Congregations
shall not require their delegates them to vote in accordance with specific instructions, but
every delegate shall be permitted to vote according to his or her own conviction.
(cb) Delegates are expected to be faithful in attendance atshall attend all sessions of the
convention. All duly elected voting delegates shall attend all sessions regularly until the
close of the convention. Delegates who arrive late or leave early or who do not attend at all
shall and present a written excuses to their district presidents for all absences, late arrivals,
and early departures.
(d) Delegates shall report the actions of the Synod to their circuits after each convention,
preferably appearing before each of the congregations they represent.
Nonvoting Advisory Delegates
3.1.3

Advisory members of the Synod shall attend district conventions, but they shall not be elected
by any congregation or by any group of congregations as lay delegates to a national convention
of the Synod.

3.1.3.1 Each district shall select one advisory delegate for every 60120 advisory ordained ministers and
specific ministry pastors, and one advisory delegate for every 60120 commissioned ministers on
the roster of the Synod. Fractional groupings shall be disregarded except that each district shall
be entitled to at least one advisory delegate in each category.
(a) Selection of district advisory delegates to conventions of the Synod shall be made by the
respective groups meeting at the call of the district secretary either during the district
convention or at official district conferences of ordained and/or commissioned ministers.
(b) Such selections must be completed at least nine months prior to the opening day of the
convention.
(c) Individuals who are eligible for selection in any category under Bylaw 3.1.4 shall not be
counted in determining the number of advisory delegates from each district, shall not be
eligible to be selected as delegates from the groups defined in this bylaw, and shall not
participate in the election process.
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