# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_front and back matter_S6
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

2.15.7.4–2.15.7.5
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2.15.7.6 Within 15 days after the Hearing Panel is constituted, the hearing facilitator shall, after conferring
with the panel, the accused, and the President of the Synodsuspending ecclesiastical supervisor,
select a date and location within 45 days after the panel was constituted for the panel to hear and
consider the matter, unless there is unanimous consent by the panel members for a short delay
beyond such 45 days for reasons the panel deems appropriate.
2.15.7.7–2.15.7.8
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2.15.7.9 Upon completion of the hearing, the Hearing Panel shall deliberate and then issue its written
decision within 30 days.
(a) Copies of the decision shall be mailed to the accused, the accuser and the accuser’s district
president, the Secretary of the Synod, and the President of the Synod, and the suspending
ecclesiastical supervisor, if other than the President of the Synod.
(b)–(d)
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Appeal Panel
2.15.8 The decision of the Hearing Panel may be appealed by the accused (if an active participant in the
hearing before the Hearing Panel), or by the President of the Synod if a question of doctrine or
practice is involved (Constitution Art. XI B 1−3) within 15 days after receiving the decision. Such
request for an appeal shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Synod with copies provided to the
district president(s) of the accuser and the accused, the chairman of the Hearing Panel, the accuser,
and the President of the Synod, and shall be accompanied by a written memorandum stating the
basis for the request.
(a)
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(1) One district president shall be selected by the accused, one by the ecclesiastical
supervisor of the accusedsuspending ecclesiastical supervisor, and the third by the two
Appeal Panel members so selected.
(2)
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(b)–(f)
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Final Hearing Panel
2.15.9–2.15.9.1

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General Regulations
2.15.10–2.15.10.3

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2.16 Expulsion of a President of the Synod
from Membership in the Synod

2.16.1

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Definition of Terms
2.16.2 For a definition of terms used in this bylaw, see the “Definition of Terms” under Bylaw 2.14.2.
Consultation
2.16.3

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Commencing an Action
2.16.4–2.16.4.1
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2.16.5 The chairman of the Council of Presidents shall make his recommendation whether or not to
suspend the President of the Synod within 120 days of receipt of a formal written complaint or
accusation, unless the majority of uninvolved district presidents concur in his desire to extend an
investigation.

CCM Minutes (Protocol Supplement) – May 5–6, 2017 – Page 27f