# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1920_S31
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

x synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1920.

Article II. — Doctrinal Basis.
and every member of the Synod, accepts without

tures of the Old and the New Testament as the

Beri poaed and the only rule and norm of faith and of

d of

Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
correct statement and exposition of the Word of God,
nree Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene
thanasian Creed), the Unaltered Augsburg Confession,

hism of Luther, the Small Catechism of Luther, and the

Concord. .
Article III. — Object.

Fects of the Synod are: —

F eonservation and continuance of the unity of the true
3—16; 1 Cor. 1,10), and a united effort to resist every
sm and sectarianism (Rom. 16, 17) ;

extension of the kingdom of God;

Lutheran Church;
publication and distribution of Bibles, church-books,
religious periodicals, and other books and papers;

endeavor to bring about the largest possible uniformity
ractise, church-customs, and, in general, in congrega-

furtherance of Christian parochial schools, and of a thor-
tical instruction preparatory to admission to the Sac-

supervision of the ministers and the teachers of the
gard to the performance of their official duties;

protection of pastors, teachers, and congregations in the
their duties, and the maintenance of their rights.

Article IV. — Powers.

mod shall have legal powers: — :

urchase, hold, administer, and sell property of every de-
the interests of Synod;

pt, hold, administer, and, if deemed advisable, dispose
mations, commercial papers, and legal documents of
on in the interest of its work, as aforesaid.

Article V. — Membership.

ip in the Synod is held and may be acquired by con-
misters of the Gospel, and teachers of the Evangelical
urch, who accept the doctrinal basis of Art. II.

A. Voting Members.

nized congregations that have joined the Synod hold
tship. At the meetings of the various Districts of the
congregation or parish is entitled to two votes, one of
e cast by the clerical and the other by the lay delegate.
8 of the Synod proper a group of congregations shall
Hed by two delegates, one clerical and one lay delegate,
entitled to one vote.

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of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the:

training of ministers and teachers for service in the