# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S268
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

268 Constitutional Matters

Resolved, That Synod amend Article XIV of its Constitution by .
striking out Sections 2, 3, and 4 and substituting therefor the fol-
lowing new Sections 2, 3, and 4:

2. All amendments must be submitted in writing to Synod as-
sembled in convention, and each amendment shall be voted on
separately. A two-thirds majority of all votes cast shall be neces-
sary for adoption. .

3. After adoption by the convention such amendments shall be
submitted to the congregations of Synod by means of three an-
nouncements in the official synodical organs within three months
after the close of the convention.

4. Unless one third of the congregations in voting membership
in Synod files a vote of dissent with the Secretary of Synod within
a period of six months following the date of the final official publi-
cation, such amendment shall become effective at such time. At
the expiration of this period of time the Secretary of Synod shall
announce in the official organs of Synod whether or not such
amendment is effective.

Discontinuing the Board of Auditors

We suggest that the Board of Auditors be abolished and its
duties transferred to the Board of Directors. It may be stated
that much of the work done by Synod’s Auditor is now done at
the suggestion and often under the direction of Synod’s Board of
Directors. Those matters which require detailed study and re-
search by the Auditor invariably originate with the Board of
Directors. The regular audit reports are of primary interest to
Synod’s Board of Directors because of the very nature of their
work. Finally, it is becoming common practice in organizations
such as ours that the Auditor be placed under the immediate
direction of the Board of Directors.

Transfer of Church Extension Board Activities
to Home Mission Board

The primary purpose of Synod’s Church Extension Fund is to
aid the Districts in financing churches, buildings, schools, and par-
sonages for mission-congregations. These mission~congregations
are under the supervision of the District Home Mission boards.
Hence there must be constant collaboration between mission and
Church Extension boards. For this reason many Districts have
combined the functions of both into one board. This reason would
also suggest combining these two functions — the granting of mis-
sion subsidies and Church Extension loans—in one board of Synod,
as was advocated in memorials addressed to the 1938 convention of
Synod by the Atlantic and the Central District.