# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_September 6 7 1979_S2
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of this action, together with a recommendation that if the employment of a full-time staff person becomes
a reality, that commission should recommend to the next convention the removal of this bylaw from the
Handbook.
225. Colloquies in South America, Bylaws 4.81 and 4.87: Since the Brazil District will now be a partner
church (Res. 1-02), the Commission made the necessary adjustments in these bylaws and also decided to
change the headings to refer only to Argentina.
226. Appointment of Members of the Faculty, Bylaw 6.53b: The convention had adopted a new paragraph
for section b. The Commission approved the editorial decision of CPH (for the sake of consistency) to
change the last words of the paragraph referring to a "section" of the Bylaws to simply "Bylaw 6.54."
227. Executive Committees, Bylaw 8.13 b: The convention had adopted Resolution 4-26, a very
ambiguous resolution regarding the question of boards and commissions having executive committees.
After much discussion the CCM finally decided, in the absence of a clear convention directive to remove
a bylaw, that Bylaw 8.13 b, permitting the Board for Missions to have an executive committee, should be
retained in the Handbook. In doing so, the Commission also ruled that Resolution 4-26A indicates that no
additional standing executive committees should be called into being at this time. (It should be noted that
the Commission has the responsibility to interpret convention resolutions - Bylaw 2.107 e).
228. Church Extension, Bylaw 8.51 c: The Commission decided to change the enumeration to read: "two
pastors, two teachers, and five" (instead of four) "laymen," since the Treasurer who is ex-officio a
member of the Board must be a layman (Res. 4-01).
229. Other Handbook Revisions (Ag. 1377): In addition to the foregoing specific actions the Commission
approved the following revisions of the Handbook to bring it into harmony with the actions of the 1979
St. Louis convention:
Title page and reverse page - Update dates and place of convention
Contents - Under VIII, Missions, insert "E. Black Ministry" (Res. 4-09)
Contents - Under XVI, Section B, delete "sister" (Res. 1-01)
Contents - XVII. Change "Auxiliary Organizations" to "Auxiliary and
Listed Service Organizations," and delete A, B, C (Res. 2-07 and 2-08)
1.61 d - Missionary representatives to convention. New wording (Res. 1-22)
2.05 f -Commissions and Councils. Add "A Commission on Black Ministry" (Res. 4-09)
2.27 -Duties of the President. Substitute "partner" for "sister" in paragraph h (Res. 1-01)
2.38
-Vacancies (Vice-Presidential). New paragraph (Res. 5-07)
2.87 c New paragraph made necessary by the creation of a separate Church Extension Fund
(Res. 4-O1A)
4.71
-Drop paragraph "a" and retain "b" as free standing paragraph (Res. 1-02)
4.71 and
4.87 - Colloquies in South America. These paragraphs were revised in order to reflect
the partner church status now of the Brazil District (Res. 1-02)
4.75 F - Change heading to include Director of Christian Education (Res. 6-17A)
4.84
-Directors of Christian Education. New paragraph (Res. 6-17A)
6.54 - Permanent Tenure. New bylaw (Res. 6-08A)
6.82 Modified Service and Retirement. Eliminate paragraph "h" with reference to the Brazil
District institutions (Res. 1-02)
7.71 - Membership of Board of Youth Ministry. New paragraphs (Res. 7-13)
8.51 to 8.61 - Lutheran Church Extension Fund-Missouri Synod. New Bylaws (Res. 4-01). The
Commission resolved to add the definite article, lower case, in 8.51 b,c,d, and heading
of 8.55.