# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_October 30 31 1969_S8
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

By their example arid advice they are to conserve and promote the unity of the true faith and the oneness
of the Synod.
While the above opinion has been prompted by a specific situation, it holds, generally and. addresses
itself to a problem which has troubled the Synod for some time. We are living in an .age in which a great
number of institutions are under. attack and in which lack of confidence is rampant, an age of the
conspiracy syndrome and the power syndrome, after which "the Gentiles" seek. It should not be so among
us. We. need to remember that we are not two or three or more synods; we are one synod, pledged to
share the journey. It is within the context of the Synod - the forums, channels, and procedures which the
Synod itself establishes - that differing viewpoints need to be discussed and an issue finally decided.
Continuing dialog beyond the point of decision must also be carried on within the same synodically
agreed upon framework and in deference to the majority will. We have committed ourselves not to that
which divides but to that which unites. We are one synod.
THE COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
Herbert Mueller, Secretary
October 16, 1969