# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_September 16 1983_S6
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2. Elected board and commission members -- three years; however, Districts may adopt
bylaws setting such terms at six years instead of three years.
3. Appointed boards and commissions -- three years
b. Limitation of Tenure, if any, may be determined by a District

4.65 - Principles of Division. In the fourth last line the typo “present" should be changed to
"prevent."
5.45 - Suspended Status. New bylaw adopted in Res. 5-24.
5.77 - Eligibility. New bylaw adopted in Res. 6-05. Subparagraph 4 should begin with a lower
case letter.
5.81 - Program of Instruction. New subparagraph c was adopted in Res. 605.
5.101- Colloquy Committee for the Teaching Ministry. Res. 5-26A changed subparagraph a to
read:
a. Membership. The Colloquy Committee for the Teaching Ministry shall
consist of a Vice-President of the Synod and two presidents of synodical colleges
offering a bachelor's degree in teacher education appointed by the synodical
President.
Other changes in this bylaw were also introduced in Res. 5-26A.
5.131- Committee for Lay Ministers. Substitute the new names: "Concordia College, Wisconsin"
and "Board for Professional Education Services" (Also in 5.135)
6.39--6.51 - Evangelical Discipline and the Right of Appeal, and following bylaws. New wording
was adopted in Res. 5-20A.
6.53 - Modified Service and Retirement. New paragraph e (Res. 6-08).
7.01 - General. The following was added in Res. 5-07: "Its work shall be in accordance with the
Biblical principles of stewardship. To assist the board and the department, there shall be a
Council on Stewardship as provided for in Bylaw 2.721.
VIII.- RECONCILIATION, ADJUDICATION., AND APPEAL. A completely new chapter
was adopted by way of Res. 5-20A, which referred back to most of the proposed bylaws
printed in the Workbook, with only a few changes listed separately in Res. 5-20A.
10.13- Appeals Procedure Prior to Publication. Res. 3-18 changed this heading to read "Appeals
Procedure f or Materials Prior to Publication."
10.15- Appeals Procedure for Materials Already Published. An entirely new bylaw was adopted
in Res. 3-18.
11.23- Editors. Res. 2-16 provides that the wording be