# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_December 12 13 1975_S5
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

The Commission holds that the program referred to in Resolution 6-08A refers in broad terms to
the program of preministerial training, details of which may vary from institution to institution and
from year to year, and that the implication of the resolution is not to the effect that Ann Arbor must
take over the specific curriculum and course offerings of Fort Wayne or impose the same
graduation requirements. Or is the Commission misunderstanding the question raised by Prof.
Peters?
524. Members of ELIM and LCM as Delegates and Right to Refuse to Carry Out Resolution of Synod re
Springfield (Ag. 910): Rev. David L. Anderson of Crookston, Minnesota had raised questions about these
matters. The Secretary is to inform him that his letter arrived too late to place on the agenda of the
Commission.
525. Protests of Anaheim (Ag. 911): Rev. Rudolph J. Keyl, Jr. had written an extensive letter to the
CTCR with certain portions of it addressed to the CCM, protesting various attitudes and actions of the
Anaheim convention. He is to be informed that his letter arrived too late to be placed on the agenda of the
present meeting.
526. Central Illinois (875); Wyoming (891); Southern (901) District Commissions of Adjudication: The
Commission ratified the letters which the Secretary had written in answer to a request from these three
Districts for assistance in converting the former District Boards of Appeal to Commissions of
Adjudication. These replies were based on previous actions of the Commission in similar situations.
527. Detailed Implementation of Anaheim Resolution 6-08A (Ag 880): Although individual lay people
are not permitted to request an opinion of the Commission, the Secretary had replied to a Mr. Albert
Fuhrmann, Decatur, Indiana, trying to alleviate his concerns regarding the implementation of Resolution
6-08A. The Commission ratified this reply.
528. Handbook Revisions (Ag. 885 & 895): The Commission now formally ratified changes which had
been made at the last moment in the manuscript of the 1975 Handbook:
Bylaw 1.27, g -

The word "response" on line 8 was changed to a plural to conform to the
plural in the last line of the bylaw paragraph.

Bylaw 6.119 -

Since there now is only one official periodical the Commission decided to
change "issues" to the singular.

Several instances where the galleys had failed to capitalize the definite article in the Synod's name.
Bylaw 9.01, f -

The insertion of a period instead of a semicolon at the end.

Bylaw 2.83, a -

The committee approved the reinsertion of the line "an Executive Secretary
for Medical Missions." This was made necessary because the Commission
became aware of the fact that in a six page resolution (4-24) the New Orleans
convention, contrary to the original recommendation, had decided to reinsert
"an Executive Secretary for Medical Missions" in the bylaw speaking of the
appointments to be made by the Board of Directors. This must now take
precedence over the references in the Board for Missions section of the
Handbook to an Executive Secretary for Medical Missions. The Commission
was of the opinion that this conflict could be adjusted when the Council for