# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_JANUARY 26 1955_S1
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MINUTES OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF

THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS S
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The meeting was @ned with prayer by the chairman, President W. H. Meyer.

All members were present.

The minutes of the last meeting were submitted by the secretary and
adopted.

1, The question had been raised (in the Northern Illinois District)

"whether a stor of a non-voting congregation is eligible to serve as a Visitor

in the District", Section 3.61 of the Handbook has been interpreted to mean that
also advisory pastors may serve as Circuit Visitors. The Committee agreed that

the Visitor shall be a voting pastor of Synod and that Section 3.61 should read
"from among the voting pastors thereof". (Tass Be be Meer did Bye) v

The Committee also made Dr. Grumm!s distinction between "pastors" and
"ministers" its own, namely that a "pastor" is a minister of a certain congrega-
tion by virtue of his call, while a "minister" may be any one who has the training
and qualifications of servant of the Word but is not called by a congregation as
its pastor. |

2. Superintendent A. H. Kramer came in behalf of the Superintendents!
Conference to submit and discuss the following resolution of the Conference:

"We resolve that the Constitution QBwinittee of Synod be requested to
clarify directives of District Boards of Education so that they cover a wider
concept of Christian education and to remove the divided responsibilities and
seeming or existing contradictions in the directives (Cf. Synodical Handbook
3077, 3079, and 7.45); and we furthermore

"Resolve that this matter be referred to the Executive Committee with
power to act and/or to make apppintments."

The suggestion of the Superintendents! Conference was to delete 3.77
and add it to Section 7.45 and to delete 3.79 completely, since in the one case
the Superintendent of Schools is responsible to the Visitor, as his assistant or

representative, and on the other hand he is responsible to the Board for Parish