# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_June 20 2016_S7
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

undertake the task. Such officer is not granted the authority of the President to see to it that the
resolutions of the Synod are carried out. Rather, his authority has as its source Bylaw 2.27.
The responsibility of the officer who carries out the provisions of Bylaw 2.27 c is to determine
whether the accused member of the Synod has engaged in conduct which Article XIII of the
Constitution states to be the basis for expulsion from the Synod: “Members who act contrary to
the confession laid down in Article II and to the conditions of membership laid down in Article VI
or persist in an offensive conduct shall, after previous futile admonition, be expelled from the
Synod.”

175. Adjournment
Following its extensive discussion of the matter, the meeting was adjourned. Chairman Gude asked
Commission Member Larry Peters to close the meeting with words of benediction.
Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary

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