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LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — February 23, 2013, Page 9
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Source: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (files.lcms.org)
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(b) One district president shall be selected by the ecclesiastical supervisor who imposed the
suspended status (a district president may not choose himself).
(c) One reconciler who is a layperson shall be chosen by blind draw from the Synod’s
roster of reconcilers, with the blind draw administered by the Secretary of the Synod and
audited by witnesses.
(d) Each Hearing Panel shall be assisted by a nonvoting hearing facilitator selected
according to Bylaw 2.14.2 (j).
(e) No two members of the panel nor the hearing facilitator shall be from the same district.
(ef) The hearing facilitator shall administrate the hearing, shall serve as chairman of the
panel, and may draw upon persons and resources asthat he/she deems necessary for
conducting a hearing in a fair and equitable manner.
(fg) The hearing facilitator shall serve as an advisor to the panel on the form but not the
substance of the decision.
2.15.7.2 A Hearing Panel selected as follows, consisting of two district presidents (excluding the
involved district president[s]) and one reconciler who is a layperson, selected as follows, shall
conduct the hearing:
(a) One district president shall be selected by the accused (a district president, if he is the
accused, may not choose himself).
(b) One district president shall be selected by the President of the Synod.
(c) One reconciler who is a layperson shall be chosen by blind draw from the Synod’s
roster of reconcilers, with the blind draw administered by the Secretary of the Synod and
audited by witnesses.
(d) Each Hearing Panel shall be assisted by a nonvoting hearing facilitator selected
according to Bylaw 2.14.2 (j).
(e) No two members of the panel nor the hearing facilitator shall be from the same district.
(ef) The hearing facilitator shall administrate the hearing and may draw upon persons and
resources that he/she deems necessary for conducting a hearing in a fair and equitable
manner.
(fg) The hearing facilitator shall serve as an advisor to the panel on the form but not the
substance of the decision.
(gh) If a Referral Panel was formed, the three district presidents that served in that capacity
are not eligible to serve on a Hearing Panel.
2.17.7.2 A Hearing Panel consisting of two district presidents (excluding the involved district
president[s]) and one reconciler who is a layperson, selected as follows, shall conduct the
hearing:
(a) One district president shall be selected by the accused.
(b) One district president shall be selected by the ecclesiastical supervisor who imposed the
suspended status (a district president may not choose himself).
(c) One reconciler who is a layperson shall be chosen by blind draw from the Synod’s
roster of reconcilers, with the blind draw administered by the Secretary of the Synod and
audited by witnesses.
(d) Each Hearing Panel shall be assisted by a nonvoting hearing facilitator selected
according to Bylaw 2.14.2 (j).
(e) No two members of the panel nor the hearing facilitator shall be from the same district.
(ef) The hearing facilitator shall administrate the hearing, shall serve as chairman of the
panel, and may draw upon persons and resources that he deems necessary for conducting a
hearing in a fair and equitable manner.
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