# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_March 5 6 1976_S1
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necessary equipment to Fort Wayne, as -,.,:ell as =a cost of any remodeling that might be
involved.
C. The question of cost was ventilated at length during the extended floor discussion.
D. It is true that a dollar and cents figure was not attached to the resolution. However, the
foregoing should be borne in mind. Furthermore, it has bean pointed out that precise figures
would be an impossibility until the campus would actually be placed on the market and bids
secured from movers. In addition, any publicized estimate of what the sale of the Springfield
campus would produce would place the Synod in an unfavorable bargaining position for
negotiating a sale.
E. It should also be remembered that the proposal of the Task Force called for the elimination of
one entire subsidized college operation, a step which should result in a considerable saving to
the Synod.
III.
In summary, since no net cost to the Synod was anticipated, the Commission on Constitutional
Matters rules that Bylaw 1.27 h does not apply.
THE COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
Herbert Mueller, Secretary

Minutes of the Meeting of the Commission on Constitutional Matters
March 5-6, 1976
The meeting was opened with a prayer by Carl Eberhard. All members were present. The minutes of the
previous meeting were approved as submitted.
1. Voting Rights of ELIM Members and Carrying Out of Springfield-Fort Wayne Resolution (Ag. 910):
In answer to two questions raised by Rev. David L. Anderson of Crookston, Minnesota, the Commission
ruled as follows: A) Only members of the Synod and members of member congregations are eligible to
vote at District conventions. The Synod has not yet declared members of the Lutheran Church in Mission
and ELIM ineligible to serve as voting delegates. They may therefore serve as voting delegates, unless
they are otherwise disqualified. B) The question as to whether an organization of the Synod can refuse to
carry out the resolution of the Synod to move the Springfield seminary to Fort Wayne, Indiana appears to
be moot since the move is indeed taking place.
2. Calling of Seminex Vicars (Ag. 918 & 947): Mt. Calvary of New Orleans and its pastor, Rev. M. H.
Lehnhardt had both inquired whether the calling of a Seminex vicar was a violation of Resolution 6-02.
The Secretary had called attention to the two opinions on pages 482 and 483 of the Anaheim convention
Workbook: "Authority of District Presidents to Place Candidates and Vicars," and "Opinion re Temporary
Placement of Seminex Personnel." The Commission resolved to regard the Secretary's reply as adequate
and to reaffirm its previous opinions.
3. Temporary District (A g. 953): Dr. L. W. Faulstick of Bakersfield, California had inquired whether it
was possible for a faithful minority in a District to organize a temporary District if its District should go
contrary to the resolutions of the Synod. The Commission ruled that according to Article XII, 1 and
Bylaws 3.01, 3.03, 3.05 only the Synod can form, realign, or dissolve a District.