# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_March 5 6 1976_S3
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

1.27 g, line 8 - "response" was changed to the plural to coincide with the plural in the last line.
6.119 -

The plural "issues" was changed to the singular since we now have only one official
periodical.

9.01 f - Should be concluded with a period and not with a semicoln.
Attention was called to the fact that in several places the galleys had failed to capitalize the
definite article in the Synod's name (The).
12. Missing Items (Ag. 957): The Secretary asked the members to supply him if possible with copies of
the items missing from his files: 761-S, 786-A, 804, 810.
13. Rudolph J. Keyl, Jr. Letter (Ag. 911): The Commission took note of this letter criticizing the actions
of the Anaheim convention.
14. Charismatic (Ag. 923): The Commission resolved to endorse the position of Faith Lutheran
Congregation of Surrey, B.C., that a charismatic could not use the preamble of Synod's Constitution to
compel the congregation to give him specific work assignments.
15. District President on Springfield Board (Ag. 946): In answer to a request from Dr. Robert Preus the
Commission resolved that the Indiana District president becomes a member of the Springfield Board of
Control when that institution is formally moved to Fort Wayne.
16. Revision in Previous Opinion (Ag. 906-A): The Commission approved the editorial change from
"depose" to "vacate" in an opinion issued regarding Anaheim Res. 5-02A.
17. Elsberry Document (Ag. 912): The Commission ratified the Secretary's reply that the Commission
was not in the habit of reviewing position statements such as that prepared by Donald E. Elsberry for the
Southeastern District Board of Directors.
18. Theodore Gerken Letter (Ag. 914): The Commission also ratified the Secretary's reply to Theodore
Gerken, giving answers to questions concerning the Oscar Gerken -Tietjen matter.
18a. Suspension, Expulsion, Censure (Ag. 915): It also endorsed the Secretary's reply to Pastor Carl
Heckmann who had asked for a distinction between these three terms.
19. Parish in Two Circuits (Ag. 917): Circuit Counselor Walter Schindehette had asked whether it was
possible for a parish with two congregations to be members of two different circuits at one and the same
time. Who then advises in the calling process? The Secretary had replied that the parish should be
attached to one circuit. The Commission endorsed this reply.
20. Seminex Pastors (A g. 919): It also endorsed his reply to the chairman of the Northwest District
concerning the eligibility of Seminex pastors for serving as voting or advisory delegates to District
conventions by quoting a previous opinion of the Commission.
21. Seminex Pastors (Ag. 929): It ratified a reply to a similar letter from Rev. Mervin Kellermann of
Richland, Washington.