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STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

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.
(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 military or institutional chaplain or otherA person serving
in a 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. XIII 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.

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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 was held prior to installation as such, or in the case of
an initial call to foreign service, the Missouri District. if approved by
the president of that district after consultation with the president of
the district through which membership is currently held and the
Office of National Mission or the Office of International Mission, as
appropriate.
2.12.1.5
An individual member of the Synod who isserving in any
other position servingan agency other than a district and other than
a missionary or chaplain serving under call by the Synod shall hold
membership through the district designated by that person if
approved by both the president of that district and the president of
the district in which the agency is located, but shall be subject to the
ecclesiastical supervision of the president of the geographical district
in which the agencyplace of service is located. When all voting
members of the agency are members of, unless serving an agency or
mission of a non-geographical district, in which case membership
shall be held through that district.
2.12.1.6
An individual member of the Synod who is an executive or
professional staff member called or appointed by an auxiliary or
other recognized service organization shall hold Synod membership
in the geographical district in which the member resides or the nongeographical district in which he/she holds membership.
2.12.1.76 An emeritus member having candidate or emeritus status
shall continue to hold membership in the Synod through the district
through which membership was held at the inception of emeritusthat
status unless the president of the district through which membership
is held approves a transfer:
(a) requested by the member and is approved by both the
president of that district and the president of the district to which
membership would be transferred. ; or
(b) requested by the president of a district within which the
member has come to reside or is involved in his or her ministry.
2.12.1.8
An inactive member having candidate status shall continue
to hold membership in the Synod through the district through which
membership was held at the inception of candidate status except
when a transfer is approved by both the president of that district and
the president of the district to which membership would be
transferred.
2.12.1.9
A member having restricted status while not serving a
congregation or other eligible calling body shall continue to hold
membership through the district through which membership was
held at the inception of restricted status unless a transfer is approved
by both the president of that district and the president of the district
to which membership would be transferred.
2.12.1.107 A member having suspended status shall continue to hold
membership through the district through which membership was
held at the time of the suspension.
2.12.1.8
Service performed within the boundaries of any
geographical district is domestic. Service performed outside the
boundaries of every geographical district is foreign.
2.12.1.9
Amendments to Bylaw section 2.12 are to be applied to
members at the time of their next installation (whether full- or parttime) or request for transfer.

and be it finally
Resolved, That Bylaws 2.10.3, 4.4.3, and 4.4.7 be amended as
follows, to further clarify matters of district membership and
ecclesiastical supervision:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
2.10.3
The president of the district of which the calling
congregation is a member or in which the eligible calling agency or