# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S114
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SEMINARY ISSUES

2. incapacity for the performance of duty be-
cause of physical, mental, or emotional disabilities;

3. refusal to cooperate;
4. neglect or refusal to perform duties of office;
5. conduct unbecoming a Christian;

6. advocacy of false doctrine (Constitution, Ar-
ticle II).

6.78 Board Supervision

The Board of Control shall have the sole pre-
rogative, subject only to the action of the conven-
tion, to investigate through procedures herein after
set forth charges of professional incompetency, in-
capacity for the performance of duty because of
physical, mental, or emotional disabilities, refusal
to cooperate, or neglect of or refusal to perform
duties of office; in these cases the president of the
institution shall normally present the charges.
Through procedures herein after set forth, the
Board of Control shall also have responsibility to
investigate charges of false doctrine or conduct un-
becoming a Christian.

6.79 Procedures for Exercising Board Supervision

a. When the Board of Control receives a charge
against any member of the faculty of an educational
institution of the Synod in the spirit of Christian
love, it shall first call upon the complainant to
communicate directly with the person against whom
he has a complaint and attempt to find a peaceful
and amicable resolution of the matter.

b. If subsequently the complainant desires to
pursue the matter, he shall so notify the Board of
Control and present the charge in writing, form-
ulated with reasonable definiteness, and the evi-
dence. The Board of Control shall then direct the
president of the institution to attempt to deal with
it to the satisfaction of all concerned. Charges
against the president of the institution shall be
dealt with by the chairman of the Board of Con-
trol.

If the complainant does not notify the Board of
Control and present his charge in writing within
60 days, the Board of Control may rule that the
matter has been resolved to the complainant’s satis-
faction.

c. If the board decides not to proceed, or if the
board has not acted within 90 days after the com-
plainant has notified the Board of Control in writ-
ing that he wishes to pursue the matter, and if the
complainant is dissatisfied and the charge involves
conduct unbecoming a Christian or advocacy of
false doctrine (Constitution, Article II) the com-
plainant may take his complaint to the District
President. If he finds the action of the District
President unacceptable, he may take his complaint
to the Synodical President under the pertinent pro-
visions of Bylaw 6.80.

d. If the Board should decide to proceed, and
if the charge is of a theological nature, the board
shall submit the theological question at issue to
the Commission on Theology and Church Relations
for an advisory theological opinion. If in such a
case the board decides that the charge is serious
enough to threaten immediate harm to the accused
or others by his continuance as a member of the
faculty, the board may suspend the faculty mem-
ber from his teaching duties: contractual obliga-
tions of the institution, however, shall continue
until the charge is resolved.

e. Furthermore if the Board of Control has de-
cided to proceed it shall also direct the faculty
hearings committee to hold a hearing with respect
to the validity of the charge that has been made.
The notification of the hearing, approved and issued
by the board through the president of the institu-
tion at least 2 weeks in advance and sent to the
chairman of the committee, to the complainant
and the accused. It shall contain (a) a statement