LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1986, Page 169

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LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION 169

siastical supervision of the president of the geographical
district in which the entity is located. However, if all
voting members of the entity are members of a nongeo-
graphical district, the membership shall be held
through that district.

e. An emeritus member not regularly serving any
congregation or other entity shall continue to hold mem-
bership through the district through which membership
was held at the inception of the emeritus status unless
a transfer is approved by both the president of that dis-
trict and the president of the district to which mem-
bership would be transferred.

f. A member having candidate status shall continue
to hold membership through the district through which
membership was held at the inception of candidate sta-
tus unless a transfer is approved by both the president
of that district and the president of the district to which
membership would be transferred.

g. Amember having restricted status while not serv-
ing a congregation or other eligible entity shall continue
to hold membership through the district through which
membership was held at the inception of restricted sta-
tus unless a transfer is approved by both the president
of that district and the president of the district to which
membership would be transferred.

h. Amember having suspended status shall continue
to hold membership through the district through which
membership was held at the time of the suspension.

i. Except as is expressly otherwise provided in this
section, a member shall be under the ecclesiastical su-
pervision of the president of the district through which
synodical membership is held.

j. The district through which an individual holds
membership and the district through which a member
is ecclesiastically supervised, will not be determined in
any case on the basis of district membership of the con-
gregation to which the individual belongs.

2.43 Clergy and Teacher Rosters
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and By-

ing out only changes from the copy appearing in Today’s Business
section B. Later in the session the assembly agreed to the pro-
cedure of reading sections by title only and clarifying the differ-
ences. Before presenting the resolution the committee had deleted
a portion of 2.11 which would have limited the matter of conditions
or restrictions in assignment of first calls.)

* * *
C. To Renumber Present Chapter 2, “Synodical
Organization,” as Chapter 3
Action: Approved by adoption of Section 0, 28.
* * *
D. To Renumber Present Chapter 3, “District
Organization,” as Chapter 4
Action: Approved by adoption of Section 0, 28.
* * *
E. To Renumber Present Chapter 4, “Circuit
Organization,” as Chapter 5
Action: Approved by adoption of Section 0, 28.
* * *

F. To Retain Present Chapter 6, “Colleges and

Seminaries,” and Incorporate Colloquy Bylaws

Action: Approved by adoption of Res. 6-25A and 6-26A.
* * *

G. To Provide New Chapter 7, Bylaws for
“Certified Professional Church Workers, Lay”

VIL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL |

laws, the district presidents shall be responsible for the CHURCH WORKERS, LAY
initial placement of the names of all ministers of religion ae . .

on the clergy and teachers roster respectively of the A. Eligibility and Classification
Synod and also for their removal. An ordained or com- 7.01 General

missioned minister accepting a call to a congregation in
a sister district, or to an institution which relates to
such district, shall immediately report such decision to
his district president and ask for a transfer of mem-
bership. The district president shall forward such trans-
fer to the president of the sister district. Upon receipt
of the transfer and of a request for installation from the
minister of religion, the district president of the sister
district shall install or authorize installation of such
minister. The district president shall be responsible for
maintaining records of transfers into and out of his dis-
trict.

2.45 Calling Ministers of Religion

a. Congregations shall seek the advice of the re-
spective district president when calling ordained or
commissioned ministers.

b. Congregations which are members of the Synod,
in conformity with Article VI, 3, of the Constitution of
the Synod, shall call and be served only by ordained or
commissioned ministers who have been admitted to
these respective ministries in accordance with the rules
and regulations set forth in this Handbook and have
thereby become members of the Synod.

c. Congregations which violate this requirement and
persist in such violation shall after due admonition for-

Congregations which are members of the Synod, and i
other eligible entities, in addition to calling ordained i
and commissioned ministers of religion, may also wish
to appoint one or more certified professional church
workers, lay (hereafter referred to as “consecrated lay
workers”), with the knowledge that the Synod seeks to
help the congregations and other entities as they utilize j
these consecrated lay workers. For purposes of these i
Bylaws, “other eligible entities” shall be districts, sem- :
inaries, colleges, and other agencies of the Synod (Hand-
book 2.15), church-affiliated social-ministry
organizations, recognized educational institutions, and
other recognized service organizations.

7.03 Eligibility

Men and women who have completed courses of
study prescribed or approved by the Board for Profes-
sional Education Services and offered by one of the Syn-
od’s colleges are eligible for receiving appointments from
congregations or other eligible entities as consecrated
lay workers.

7.05 Classification

The classification of consecrated lay workers applies
to the following positions or titles currently in use in

feit their membership in the Synod. the church:
1. Deaconess
Action: Adopted as amended (11). ; bay Worker
(In session 10 a motion to dispense with the reading of section 4. Parish Assistant
B was declined. In session 11 a motion to move from section B to 5. Director of Evangelism
section N was held in abeyance. In addition a motion, not sec- 6. Lay Teachers (teachers opting not to join the

onded, was made to dispense with the reading of section B, point- Synod)