# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1924_S73
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Standing Rules of the Synodical Conference. 73

Appendix.

Standing Rules of the Synodical Conference.

I. On the Sending of Delegates to the Synodical Conference.

1. Every synod belonging to the Synodical Conference [Synodalkonferenz] that numbers 80 or fewer than 80 voting members is entitled to elect 4 representatives. Every 40 voting members above 80 confer the right to elect 2 further representatives, likewise every fraction of 40, yet always pastors and deputies in equal number. (Constitution, 6, a.)

2. The number of delegates to be sent to the Synodical Conference is to be calculated (not according to the number of all those who were present as voting members at the last convention held by a synod or synodical district, but) according to the number of standing voting members, to which are also to be counted the congregations as such, as they have the right to have themselves represented by deputies at the synodical convention. (S.-K. [Synodal-Bericht, Proceedings] 13 [1890], 34.)

3. All delegates must submit a written certification of their election (signed by the president and secretary of their synod, or of their district respectively). (S.-K. 2 [1873], 4. 5 [1876], 5.)

4. The credentials are to be sent to the local pastor and referred to a committee announced in the opening service, which then has to report in the first session. (S.-K. 24 [1912], 64.)

5. Delegates who did not appear are to be called to account by their respective synods, since the Synodical Conference holds that it has no jurisdiction over this. (S.-K. 3 [1874], 4.)

6. For the sake of the services to be held, the synods concerned are requested to send in good time a list of the elected delegates to the pastor loci in whose church the sessions of the Synodical Conference take place. (S.-K. 3 [1874], 46. 5 [1876], 5.)

II. On the Admission of Other Synods.

The admission of an ecclesiastical body into the federation of the Synodical Conference can take place only by a resolution of consent of all the synods united in the Synodical Conference. (Constitution, 4.)

III. On Doctrinal Discussions.

1. The president of the Synodical Conference has to take care that proposals are made for the doctrinal discussions. (S.-K. 1 [1872], 74. 13 [1890], 47.)

2. Every member of the Synodical Conference who wishes to propose the discussion of a subject is to send this wish, stating the subject, to the president at least two months before the beginning of the sessions. (S.-K. 1 [1872], 74.)

3. The subject for the doctrinal discussions is [to be published] at least four weeks before the meeting of the Synodical Conference in its synodical