# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S403
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SPECIAL AND SUNDRY MATTERS

or near military installations; and patients in Vet-
erans Hospitals;

b. function as a liaison agency between the
chiefs of the Armed Forces and Veterans Admin-
istration and the chaplains representing the Synod;

c. endeavor to keep the Synod well represented
in all branches of the Armed Forces by soliciting
and processing applications and granting ecclesi-
astical endorsements for appointments as chaplains
in the Armed Forces and Veterans Administration;

d. maintain an executive office and appoint an
Executive Secretary with the approval of the Presi-
dent of the Synod;

e. serve as a repository for all records of pastoral
acts performed by chaplains or pastors serving mili-
tary personnel;

f. work in close cooperation with synodical and
District officials and give information to them con-
cerning the service maintained by the commission;

g. advise and report to the Synod on matters
pertaining to military and veterans affairs.

15.25 Military and Veterans Administration
Chaplains

The commission shall —

a. solicit and process applications and grant ec-
clesiastical approval for seminary students in the
chaplaincy program;

b. solicit and process applications and grant ec-
clesiastical endorsements for appointments for
chaplains in the Air Force, Army, Navy, National
Guard, Civil Air Patrol and Veterans Administra-
tion;

c. initiate calls for active duty and request the
President of the District in which the chaplain re-
sides to authorize the installation of such chaplains;

d. give counsel to chaplains;

e. require regular reports to the commission;

f. provide chaplains with appropriate devotional
literature and materials;

g. withdraw ecclesiastical endorsement from
chaplains who depart from the accepted Scriptural
teachings and practices of the Synod;

h. provide financial support for a reasonable
length of time for chaplains who have been honor-
ably discharged from the Armed Forces.

15.27 Active Military Personnel

The commission shall —

a. keep an accurate record of all of Synod’s per-
sonnel serving in the various branches of the Armed
Forces;

b. urge the pastors of the Synod to keep the
commission informed concerning the personnel of
their congregations who enter the Armed Forces;

ce. provide Christian literature for personnel in
the Armed Forces and refer them to the nearest
chaplain or pastor and Communion service;

d, advise the Synod concerning the operation of
Lutheran service centers;

e. undertake other responsibilities relating to the
spiritual ministry to service personnel, also to their
dependents, as well as to civilians overseas con-
nected with or at military installations, as the Synod
may direct.

or near military installations; and patients in Vet-
erans Hospitals;

b. function as a liaison agency between the chiefs
of the Armed Forces and Veterans Administration
and the chaplains representing the Synod;

c. endeavor to keep the Synod well represented
in all branches of the Armed Forces by soliciting
and processing applications and granting ecclesi-
astical endorsements for appointments as chaplains
in the Armed Forces and Veterans Administration
and as directors of religious education for the mili-
tary services;

d. maintain an executive office and appoint an
Executive Secretary with the approval of the Presi-
dent of the Synod;

e. serve as a repositorv for all records of pastoral
acts performed by chaplains or pastors serving mili-
tary personnel;

f. work in close cooperation with synodical and
District officials and give information to them con-
cerning the service maintained by the commission;

g. advise and report to the Synod on matters
pertaining to military and veterans affairs;

h. maintain Haison and operation with the Di-
vision of Service to Military Personnel of the Lu-
theran Council in the U.S, A. in matters pertaining
to the military and with the Department of Insti-
tutional Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education
of the Division of Mission and Ministry of the Lu-
theran Council in the U.S.A. in matters pertaining
to the Veterans Administration.

15.25 Military and Veterans Administration
Chaplains

The commission shall —

a. solicit and process applications and grant ec-
clesiastical approval for seminary students in the
chaplaincy program;

b. solicit and process applications and grant ec-
clesiastical endorsements for appointments for
chaplains in the Air Force, Army, Navy, National
Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and Veterans Administra-
tion;

¢. initiate calls for active duty and request the
President of the District in which the chaplain re-
sides to authorize the installation of such chaplains;

d. give counsel to chaplains;
e. require regular reports to the commission;

f. provide chaplains with appropriate devotional
literature and materials;

g. withdraw ecclesiastical endorsement from
chaplains who depart from the accepted Scriptural
teachings and practices of the Synod;

h. provide financial support for a reasonable
length of time for chaplains who have been honor-
ably discharged from the Armed Forces.

15.27. Active Military Personnel

The commission shall —

a. keep an accurate record of all of the Synod’s
personnel serving in the various branches of the
Armed Forces;

b. urge the pastors of the Synod to keep the
commission informed concerning the personnel of
their congregations who enter the Armed Forces;

c. provide Christian literature for personnel in
the Armed Forces and refer them to the nearest
Lutheran chaplain or military contact pastor and
Communion service;

d. advise the Synod concerning the operation of
Lutheran service centers;

e. undertake other responsibilities relating to
the spiritual ministry to service personnel, also to
their dependents, as well as to civilians overseas
connected with or at military installations, as the
Synod may direct.