# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_OCTOBER 8 9 1964_S9
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234, The Commission expressed its disagreement with Section |, -
“Jurisdiction of the Board", paragraph E-1 which stated that the Juris-
diction of the Board of Appeals did not include the determination of the

qualification of an individual to become a pastor or a teacher,

235, It was felt that paragraph E-2 needed further consideration and
perhaps clarification, although it was agreed that boards do have the

right to appeal to Synodical Conventions,

236. Section Il, -''To Eliminate the District Boards of Appeal" was
not favorably received by the Commission and it was suggested that, before
a definite decision is made, an inquiry should be addressed to every District
to determine the number of appeal cases that have been brought before the

District Board of Appeals within the last ten years,

237. The suggestion contained in Section II, -''To appoint the Board
of Appeals instead of electing this Board'' met with the disproval of the
Commission as did also the suggestion that the College of Presidents
should have the right to remove any members of the Board of Appeals by a
two-thirds or three-fourths vote. The same reaction was registered to the
suggestion that vacancies on the Board of Appeals would be filled by the
College of Presidents upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, It
was pointed out that the careful work of the Committee on Convention Nomina.
tions would result in presenting slates of capable nominees for the Board of
Appeals; the records of the Secretary of the Synod showed that nominees not
elected to the Board of Appeals, thereby becoming alternates, had received

a substantial number of votes,