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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 82

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Bylaw 13.02-13.09

5.47 Membership

a. Each District Commission of Adjudication
shall be elected by its District, and the synodical
Commission of Adjudicaton shall be elected by the
Synod and shall consist of four clergymen and three
laymen, at least two of whom shall be lawyers. The
synodical Board of Appeals shall be elected by the
Synod and shall consist of five clergymen and four
laymen, at least two of whom shall be lawyers. Terms
of office shall be in accordance with Section 2.06 of
these Bylaws, but without limitation as to reelection.

b. Teachers on the synodical roster may be elected
as clergymen, provided that not more than one such
teacher shal] serve on any commission or board.

c. With the exeption of members of the faculties of
the educational institutions of the Synod, no indi-
vidual holding any position in the Synod, in any ofits
Districts, orin any organization owned and controlled
by the Synod shall be eligible for membership on a
Commission of Adjudication or the Board of Appeals.

5.01 General Purposes and Objectives

The provisions of this article are established in
order to provide a means consistent with the Word of
God to find the truth, provide for justice, safeguard
the welfare of the Synod and, wherever possible,
effect reconciliation (i) in all cases of excommunica-
tion and (ii) in all cases of disagreement, accusation,
or controversy in which all the parties are within the
following: the Synod, District of the Synod, organiza-
tions owned and controlled by the Synod, persons
holding positions with any of the foregoing, or mem-
bers of the Synod.

(See Bylaw 5.47)

2.423 Functions

The board shall—

a. assist Districts in their institutional chaplain-
cy, pastoral counselor, and social ministry programs,
and participate in social education and endeavors to
remove or alleviate human suffering;

b. grant church-affiliated status to health, chap-
laincy, and social ministry agencies and institutions
to validate their merit for use and support with
assurance that they meet acceptable standards;

c. recommend to the Board for Missions the grant-
ing of assistance to congregations, or through them
to their members or others, in dire emergencies or
disaster situations;

d. provide advisory services to the Board for
Congregational Services in order that its materials
and programs will cultivate congregation members
in their concern for human care;

e. maintain liaison and cooperation with the ap-
propriate units of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.
and with assigned auxiliary and listed service
organizations.

G. COMMISSIONS
1. Commission on Adjudication
2.501 Membership

The Commission on Adjudication shall consist of
five members who shall be elected by the general
convention of the Synod: three clergymen and two
laymen, both of whom shall be lawyers. Teachers on
the synodical roster may be elected as clergymen,
provided that not more than one such teacher shall
serve on the commisison. With the exception of
members of the faculties of the educational institu-
tions of the Synod, no individual holding any position
in the Synod, in any of its Districts, or in any other
agency of the Synod shall be eligible for membership.

2.503 Functions

The commission shall seek to find the truth,
provide for justice, safeguard the welfare of the
Synod, and wherever possible effect reconciliation in
all cases of excommunication and in all cases of
disagreement, accusation, or controversy in which all
parties are within the following:

the Synod;

Districts of the Synod;

organizations owned and controlled by the Synod;

persons holding positions with any of the fore-

going; or

members of the Synod.

The commission shall be governed by adjudication
and appeals procedures detailed elsewhere in the
Bylaws.

2. Commission on Appeals
2.511 Membership

The Commission on Appeals shall consist of five
members who shall be elected by the general conven-
tion of the Synod: three clergymen and two lay-
persons, both of whom shall be lawyers. The same
stipulations regarding membership on the Commis-
sion on Adjudication apply to membership on the
Commission on Appeals.