# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_NOVEMBER 1 1961_S7
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

"WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

RESOLVED,

RESOLVED,

Suggested Wording of Overture

The responsibilities of the Committee on
Constitutional Matters have been increasing

as the membership of The Lutheran Church -
Missouri Synod increases and as an ever-larger
number of congregations address communications
more frequently to this Committee; and

A recommendation of the Survey Commission
provides that this Committee be charged with the
responsibility of interpreting also the resol-
utions of Synod in cases of controversy; and

The Survey Commission recommends that the size
of this Committee be enlarged from four to five
members; therefore be it

That we endorse the recommendation of the Survey
Commission to increase the membership of the
Committee on Constitutional Matters from four to
five members; and be it further

That the Committee on Constitutional Matters
consist of two pastors, two laymen and the Secretary
of the Synod, "'