# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_November 9 1990_S3
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

self-government. Consequently, the congregation has a right to organize itself as it wishes to in carrying
out its mission. The Commission on Constitutional Matters can only rule on whether or not matters in
question are in conformity with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod. That is not the question in the
present circumstance and therefore, as stated, it is the opinion of the Commission on Constitutional
Matters that the issue under discussion is a matter for decision by an autonomous congregation.
54. Adjournment : The meeting was adjourned and was followed by a joint meeting with the
Commission on Appeals in an effort to resolve differences which exist between the two commissions.

Walter L. Rosin, Secretary