LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2019, Page 206

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10. ECCLESIASTICAL SUPERVISION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
applied in an orderly and gradual way, at the time of a call
to new service (proposed Bylaw 2.12.1.9).
With Bylaw sections 2.11 and 2.12 delivering conclusive
answers about district membership and ecclesiastical
supervision, Bylaws 2.10.3 and 4.4.3 can be simplified and
generalized.
In one substantive change (Bylaw 2.12.1.4), missionaries
called to foreign service will retain membership in, and
ecclesiastical supervision by, the district in which they were
located before such calls, meaning that the Missouri
District will no longer be required to oversee all
installations into foreign fields. (Procedures have been
improved since 2016, to ensure that the Office of
International Mission will be able to work with every
district office to see that the appropriate installations are
carried out.)
In another substantive change (Bylaw 2.12.1.6, proposed
numbering), an emeritus or candidate member exercising
his or her ministry within a given district may be
transferred to that district upon request of that district
president, with approval of the member’s present district
president.
In each instance where the proposed bylaws will change
the district membership and/or ecclesiastical supervision
of the members, the design is intended to improve the
practical ability of the district presidents to carry out their
evangelical supervision, counsel, and care of the individual
members of the Synod.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 2.11.1 and Bylaw section 2.12 be
amended as follows, to clarify matters of district
membership and ecclesiastical supervision:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
2.11.1
To remain on the roster of the Synod as an active
member, an ordained or commissioned minister of religion
must be a communicant member of a congregation which
is a member of the Synod (except as provided in paragraph
[c] below) and be regularly performing the duties of one of
the following:
(a) An ordained minister serving a congregation of the
Synod.
(b) A or commissioned minister serving a congregation
of the Synod.
(b) An ordained or commissioned minister serving an
educational institution (an “association school”) solely
governed by congregations of the Synod and recognized
by a district of the Synod.
(c) An minister of religion, ordained or commissioned,
minister serving a congregation whichthat is not a
member of the Synod, provided that such isas approved
(on the basis of policies adopted by the Council of
Presidents) by the president of the district in which the
congregation is located.

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(d) An officer, executive, or professional staff member of
the Synod, including a district, or other agency of the
Synod.
(e) An executive or professional staff member serving
the Synod, including a district or other agency of the
Synod.
(fe) An executive or professional staff member serving a
national inter-Lutheran entity of which the Synod is a
member referred to in Bylaw 1.3.8.
(gf) A missionary serving under a call by the Synod,
including a call by a district.
(hg) A person serving on the faculty or professional staff
of an educational institution of the Synod.
(ih) A military or institutional chaplain endorsed by the
Synod.
(i) A person serving in a or other specialized ministry
endorsed by the Synod , including endorsementor by one
of its districts.
(j) An executive or professional staff member called or
appointed by a national inter-Lutheran entity referred to
in Bylaw 1.3.8.
(kj) An executive or professional staff member called or
appointed by an auxiliary (Bylaw section 6.1) or other
recognized service organization (Bylaw section 6.2), or a
person serving an educational institution solely
governed by congregations of the Synod and recognized
by a district of the Synod.
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2.12 District Membership and Ecclesiastical Supervision
2.12.1
Except as otherwise provided in this section,
aExcept for those members under the ecclesiastical
supervision of the President of the Synod (Const. Art. XI B 1
and Bylaw section 2.15), a member shall be under the
ecclesiastical supervision of the president of the district
through which membership in the Synod is held.
2.12.1.1
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 congregation
to which the individual belongs.A member may serve
multiple concurrent assignments that would, if held
individually, be under the supervision of different districts.
Prior to any such installation, the involved district
presidents shall, by mutual agreement, assign such a
member to one of the involved districts.
2.12.1.2
An individual member of the Synod who is serving
a member congregation shall hold membership in the
Synod through the district of which the congregation is a
member, whether the congregation is domestic or foreign.
2.12.1.3
An individual member of the Synod who is serving
a district shall hold membership in the Synod through that
district.
2.12.1.4
A missionary or chaplainAn individual member
serving under a call by the Synodin a foreign location or as
an active-duty military chaplain shall hold membership in
the Synod through the district designated by the
missionary or chaplain the district in which membership
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