# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_September 16 1983_S3
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

189. Handbook (Ag. 1672) : At this point in the meeting, newly elected Secretary of the Synod Dr. Walter
Rosin, who will take office on the last Sunday in September, joined the meeting and was introduced. He
had worked on the revisions of the Handbook required by actions of the convention. He was invited at
this point to stay to the end of the meeting, an invitation which he accepted. The Commission approved
the recommended Foreword, with a few stylistic changes. The Commission then approved the following
Handbook changes which are listed below together with the reason for each change:
Contents - Add "ll. Commission on Worship" after II, G. 10 (Res. 5-06)
Contents - Add "3. Council on Stewardship, 4. Planning Council" after II, 1, 2 (Res. 5-05 and
Res. 5-07)

Contents - Change title to "Nominations, Elections, and Appointments" in III, H (Res. 5-43)
Contents - Change VIII Section to read (Res. 5-07)
VIII. Reconciliation, Adjudication, and Appeal
A. General Principles
B. Structures for Adjudication and Appeal
C. Jurisdiction of Commissions on Adjudication and Appeal
D. Suspension and Expulsion
E. Rules of Procedure
F. Decisions
Contents - "Publications' in XI should be in bold type (typo)
Constitution -

Since the 1981 constitutional amendment had now been approved by the
congregations, the new paragraphs should be inserted as follows:
Article VIII Synodical Meetings.
A. Time and Legality of Meetings
1. The Synod convenes every three years for its regular meeting.
Article XI Rights and Duties of Officers
F. Duties of the Board of Directors
1. The Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer than seven voting members,
to wit: the President, the Secretary, one pastor, and four laymen. The First
Vice-President and the Treasurer shall be non-voting members.
2. The voting members of the Board of Directors are the legal representatives of
the Synod and the custodians of all property of the Synod, and upon them are
incumbent the general management and supervision of all the business affairs
of the Synod.
Article XII Districts of the Synod and Their Regulation
13. The regular sessions of the Districts are held in the year immediately preceding the general
convention of the Synod. Only the Synod has the right to make an exception to the rule.
1.19 - Add a new paragraph f from Res. 5-24.
1.20 - New paragraphs a and b from Res. 5-24, but change number to 1.21, (Reviewing
Continued Eligibility of Individual Members). (Agenda 1656)