# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1958_S108
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108 Proceedings of the Forty-fifth Convention

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Report of Revision Committee

Changes in the constitution have been proposed by a previous
convention. A committee was appointed by the President of the
Synodical Conference, who selected the following to constitute this
committee:

Rev. Andrew Daniel Prof, Armin Schultz
Rev. John Bajus Rev. Martin Piehler
Mr. John A. Eigel Rev. Walter Gullixson
Prof. Carleton Toppe Rev. A. Strand

The undersigned was instructed as secretary to have the consti-
tution and bylaws of the Lutheran Synodical Conference as pro-
posed by the committee brought to the convention in the Book of
Memorials. ALBERT STRAND, Secretary

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
OF THE LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE

ARTICLE I
Name
The name of this organization shall be the Lutheran Synodical

Conference.
ARTICLE II

Doctrinal Basis

The Lutheran Synodical Conference accepts without reserva-
tion the canonical Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament
as the verbally inspired Word of God, and the symbolical books
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, constituting the Book of
Concord of 1580, as its confession of faith.

ARTICLE II
Membership

Membership may be acquired and held in the Lutheran Syn-
odical Conference by such Lutheran bodies only as have accepted
without reservation the doctrinal basis stated in Article II and
uphold the same in practice.

ARTICLE IV
Purpose

The purpose of the Lutheran Synodical Conference shall be:

a) To give outward expression to the unity of spirit existing
among the constituent synods;

b) To encourage and strengthen one another in faith and
confession;

c) To further unity of doctrine and practice and to remove
whatever might threaten to disturb this unity;

d) To strive for true unity in doctrine and practice among
Lutheran church bodies;