LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2019, Page 182

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9. STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION
3.10.6.7 The faculty of each college or university of the
Synod shall consist of the president, the full-time faculty
and the part-time faculty.
…
2.8.2
It shall be the responsibility of colloquy committees
or the faculties of educational institutions of the Synod to
declare colloquy candidates qualified for first calls. For
purposes of declaring candidates qualified for placement
and recommending them for membership in the Synod, the
Synod considers the “faculty” of an educational institution
to be defined as follows: (a) Seminaries: all full-time faculty
members who are in good standing on the Synod’s roster of
ordained ministers. (b) Colleges and universities: all fulltime faculty members who are in good standing as
individual members of the Synod or are members in good
standing of a member congregation of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod.

To alleviate significant confusion, the commission
proposes clarifications to the following two bylaws.
therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.1.4.2 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.1.4.2
Each educational institution of the Synod shall be
represented at conventions of the Synod.
(a) Educational institutions of the Synod shall be
represented by one board member in addition to the
district president, by their presidents, and by one faculty
member for every 30 full-time faculty members who are
members of the Synod.
(b) Fractional groupings shall be disregarded except
that each institution having any full-time faculty
members on the roster of the Synod shall be entitled to at
least one faculty representative.

and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.10.6.7 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.10.6.7 The faculty of each college or university of the
Synod shall consist of the president, the full-time faculty
and the part-time faculty.
(a) Part-time or temporary faculty members are
distinguished by an appropriate title.
(b) Part-time or temporary faculty members shall hold
nonvoting membership on the faculty.

C. SCOPE OF DOCTRINAL REVIEW STATUS APPEAL
Rationale
Synod’s Commission on Doctrinal Review (CDR) received
an appeal to the doctrinal review certification of an item
published under Bylaw 1.9.1.1 (d). Since the current bylaws
do not deal specifically with this situation, a member of
CDR requested an opinion from the Commission on
Constitutional Matters (CCM). The resultant opinion (CCM
Op. 17-2869) stated that all material referenced in Bylaw
1.9.1.1 is subject to the appeal processes noted in Bylaw
3.9.3.2.1 (Appeals prior to publication) and Bylaw 3.9.3.2.2
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(Appeals after publication). Since pre-publication appeal is
explicitly mentioned in Bylaw 1.9.2 (l), the commission has
recommended that the bylaws make explicit that postpublication appeals are also to be directed to CDR.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 1.9.3 be added as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
1.9.3
After publication any challenge to material that is
subject to doctrinal review, no matter which process is used
as listed in Bylaw 1.9.2, shall be handled according to the
procedure and criteria specified in Bylaw 3.9.3.2.2.

D. PARTNER CHURCH BODY TRANSFER
Rationale
Bylaws do not mention any procedure for transfer of
individual members to or from partner churches (they do
mention transfer of congregations in Bylaw 4.1.1.5). The
practice has been not to require members who have
transferred to a partner church, remained in good standing,
and desire to transfer back, to go through reinstatement, so
long as there is a procedure for transfer from the partner
church body. That this is possible is not evident from
existing bylaws.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 2.6.4 be added as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
2.6.4
Transfers of an individual member to or from the
roster of a partner church shall be conducted according to
the operating agreement established between the Synod
and that partner church, and as further implemented in
policies of the Council of Presidents. A former member of
the Synod who applies for re-rostering with the Synod after
transferring to a partner church shall, provided the member
remained continuously in good standing on the roster of a
partner church, and insofar as agreements and policies
allow, be handled by transfer and shall not require
reinstatement (Bylaw section 2.18).

E. INTERIM PLACEMENT
BY THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS
Rationale
The Council of Presidents of necessity conducts interim
placements of church workers (placements between its
regular meetings). Placement is a bylaw-assigned duty of
the Council, so the delegation of such a responsibility to a
committee is questionable. On this account, the practice
has been for the full council to ratify the placements that
occurred in the interim prior to the meeting. This raises the
question of what would happen if ratification failed of
being granted. It would be best to allow explicitly in the
bylaws regarding placement for interim placement
authority to be delegated.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.10.1.3 be amended as follows:
Resolutions