LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1986, Page 173

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LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION 173

9. The words except to the extent otherwise provided in
these Bylaws will be added to the end of present section
2.71.

10. The words subject to the provisions of new chapter
14 of these Bylaws are to be added at the beginning of
section 2.423 b.

11. Each reference to districts of the Synod in section
2.533 f is to be changed to “synodical entity.”

12. The word The at the beginning of subsections 2, 3,
and 4 of section 2.563 is to be changed to “Each.” The word
ecclesiastical in subparagraph 2 of that section is to be
deleted, and the words a c.r.m. or leave of absence status
at the end of paragraph 4 of that section are to be changed
to “candidate status, grant a leave of absence, or place the
worker on restricted status.”

13. The term entities related to the Synod as used in
present section 2.607 is to be changed to “synodical enti-
ties.” Paragraph e of section 2.701 e should be changed to
read: “To serve as the Board of Assignments for first calls
to candidates for the offices of ordained and commissioned
ministers and to handle or assist with assignment of other
church workers.”

14. The words in accord with relationships referred to
in new chapter 1 of these Bylaws, especially section 1.07 e,
are to be inserted after the word Staff at the beginning of
present section 2.807.

15. Change “Research and Statistics” to “Planning and
Research” in present 3.03 c 2.

16. Reference to “qualification, ordination, and instal-
lation of clergymen and teachers who apply for member-
ship in the Synod” in present section 3.07 e shall be
changed to “qualification for ordination, commissioning,
and installation of ordained and commissioned ministers,
and requirements for individual as well as congregational
membership in the Synod...”

17. Present section 3.71 shall be amended to read as
follows:

3.71 Role of District President

a. The district president is the chief executive officer
of the district. Upon him is incumbent the responsibility
that the resolutions of the district are implemented. He
shall report to each district convention.

b. Each district president shall represent the Synod
in his respective territory. He shall therefore cause the
resolutions of the Synod to be implemented in the dis-
trict and shall therefore regularly report to the Presi-
dent of the Synod. He shall serve the congregations of
the district as liaison between the congregations, dis-
trict, and Synod.

c. The district president shall represent the Synod
in connection with all ordinations, commissionings, and
installations as follows:

1. First Calls. Ordinations, commissionings, and in-
itial installations shall be conducted by or at the direc-
tion of the district president when the requirements of
Bylaw 2.13 have been satisfied.

2. Missionaries. The authorization for the ordination
or commissioning, and the installation, of a missionary
called into the foreign fields, whether as a first or sub-
sequent call, shall be issued upon the request of the
Board for Mission Services by the president of the dis-
trict in which the missionary resides. The authorization
with respect to ordination or commissioning, and in-
stallation, for service within a district of the Synod,

whether as a first or subsequent call, shall be issued by
the president of that district.

3. Synodical Staff Members. Ordained and commis-
sioned ministers who are members of the Synod called
or appointed to serve the Synod shall be installed, in
accordance with forms and practices developed by the
Synod for that purpose, by the president of the Missouri
District, or by his representative.

4. Professors and Instructional Staff Members. Or-
dained and commissioned ministers who are members
of the Synod called or appointed to serve at the Synod’s
educational institutions as professors and instructional
staff members shall be installed, in accordance with
forms and practices developed by the Synod for that
purpose, by the president of the district in which the
institution is located, or by his representative.

5. Second and Subsequent Installations of Ministers.
Except as provided in the foregoing paragraphs, or-
dained ministers and commissioned ministers who have
been duly called to a position of full-time service shall
be installed upon authorization by the appropriate dis-
trict president. Each installation shall be conducted, in
accordance with forms and practices developed by the
Synod for that purpose, by the district president or by
an ordained minister designated by the district presi-

ent.

18. Reference to “the pastors and the teachers of his
district” in the first sentence of present section 3.73 shall
be changed to “ordained and commissioned ministers who
are members of the Synod through his district or are sub-
ject to his ecclesiastical supervision, ...”

19. Present section 3.77 shall be amended to read as
follows:

3.77 Official Rosters

The district president shall revise annually the of-
ficial rosters of ordained ministers and of commissioned
ministers, for publication in The Lutheran Annual, and
remove the names of those who have died or have re-
signed their membership or have had their membership
in the Synod duly terminated. He shall regularly for-
ward roster reports to the Secretary of the Synod.

20. The title of present chapter 4 will be changed to
“Circuits and Conferences” and a new paragraph added to
Bylaw 4.03 as section d as follows: “Conferences, whether
official or other provide a means for ordained and com-
missioned ministers to relate together on a regular basis.”

21. Present Bylaw 4.23 will be deleted from the Hand-
book.

22. Present sections 5.151—5.157 will be deleted, and for
4,614.69 the following substituted in their place:

E. CONFERENCES
4.61 Official Pastoral and Teacher Conferences

a. In each district of the Synod there shall be an
official conference for ordained ministers and an official
conference for commissioned ministers. Each official
conference shall consist respectively of all ordained and
commissioned ministers on the respective rosters. Con-
ferences shall meet, if possible, in plenary sessions at
least once each year and may meet more frequently in
major sections (not more than four sections) whose geo-
graphical boundaries shall be established by the district
in convention. Such major sectional meetings shall be
regarded as sessions of the official conference.

b. All ordained and commissioned ministers on the
district rosters are expected to attend meetings of their
official conference or present a valid excuse.

c. The plenary and any sectional conferences may
adopt and submit overtures to conventions of the Synod,
including those of districts.