# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_August 9 11 2013_S13
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The precise wording of suggested Articles VIII a and IX a-e in the template are required by 2004
Synod Res. 4-11 to be included in the Articles of Incorporation of all agencies of the Synod. This
required wording cannot be changed or omitted without specific action by a convention of the Synod
or by the Synod’s Board of Directors.
Template
Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation
of
The (insert name) District of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
A
Article I Name, Duration, Registered Office, and Agent
a. The name of this corporation shall be “The (insert name) District of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.”
b. The period of duration of the corporation is perpetual.
c. The address of the registered office of this corporation as of (insert date) is (insert location).
d. The registered agent of this corporation is (insert name and address).
Article II Objectives
The objectives of this corporation shall be to carry out within the (insert name) District the
objectives of The Lutheran Church―Missouri Synod.
Article III Membership
The membership of this corporation is the congregations, and the ordained and commissioned
ministers of religion of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod who have affiliated with this district.
The voting power of this corporation resides in the congregations which are members of the
corporation. These congregations exercise this voting power through the accredited pastoral and lay
delegates of those same congregations of the Synod that have affiliated with this district.
Article IV Meetings
This corporation shall have general meetings of its members in the years prescribed by the
Constitution and Bylaws of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Special meetings may be called
in such manner as may be provided by the Synod.
Article V Officers and Board of Directors
a. The officers of this corporation shall consist of a president, vice-presidents as specified by the
bylaws of this corporation, a secretary, a treasurer and such others as bylaws may identify.
b. The board of directors of this corporation shall be of the size and composition as shall be
determined in the bylaws of this corporation.
c. The officers and members of the board of directors shall be elected at the general meetings of
this corporation for such terms as shall be specified by the bylaws of this corporation and
shall serve until their successors are duly elected and have qualified.
Article VI Property
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