# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_January 19 20 1996_S2
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Bylaw 4.105, the number of the bylaw is changed from 3.803 to 3.951

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1992 Bylaw 4.131 is deleted

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Bylaw 5.11, delete the comma after the word "one"

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Bylaw 5.13, g, change the word "section" to "chapter"

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Bylaw 6.12, e, delete the word "services'

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Bylaw 7.03, delete the word "services'

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Bylaw 8.09, c, 1, substitute the words "the hearing" for the initial word "it"

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Bylaw 8.15, b, 3, insert a comma after the word "party"

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Bylaw 8.16, substitute a semicolon for the comma after the phrase "three district presidents." Also
change "synodical secretary" to "Secretary of the Synod" for purposes of consistency.

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Bylaw 9.01, add the word "ministry" after "Department of Stewardship," substitute "Board for
Congregational Services" for "board," and delete the final sentence

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Bylaw 9.03, b, change "Parish Services" to "Congregational Services"

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Bylaw 11.03, d, add in parenthesis Bylaw 12.01 a

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Bylaw 11.13, g, make the word "reviewers" singular

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Bylaw 14.01, b, delete the words "the following organizations are the only ones recognized as
synodical auxiliaries" and items 1 and 2

23. Conflict of Interest (Ag. 2020) : In a communication dated October 30, 1995, the Board of Regents of
Concordia Seminary had asked the Commission on Constitutional Matters to render a clarification of The
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's "conflict of interest" policy as expressed in 1995 Resolution 4-05A.
Specifically they asked the Commission to pay particular attention to the following two concerns:
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Is there any special definition for "conflict of interest" as it pertains to The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod?

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Please clarify "Synod or its entities or agencies" as mentioned in No. 2 and 6 of the policy.

Responding to the questions, the Commission noted fit of all that there is no particular definition for
"conflict of interest" other than that stated in Resolution 4-05A of the 1995 convention.
In response to the second question, reference was made to Bylaw 3.51, where the seminary is identified as
an agency and to 3.55, where the Board of Regents of the seminary is identified as an entity. Other entities
of the Synod are identified in Bylaws 3.55 and 3.57. It was also noted that a further definition of entity may
be derived from Bylaw 3.69, especially sections b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, and k.