LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — May 12, 2017, Page 13

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effectively all articles and provisions of all of an entity’s governing documents. Nonetheless, the
commission has been assured by LCMS legal counsel that the Synod’s interests are adequately
protected by these documents.
LCMS Belize, as an agency of the Synod, will need to submit policies of its board of directors for
review by the commission, when such are developed.
The commission expects that those responsible for operation of the new entity will do so fully
aware of all the otherwise unstated requirements imposed by the simple but comprehensive
sentences rendering “all provisions,” “all directors, officers, employees and agents of the
corporation, as well as the activities of the corporation,” “subject to the [Constitution and] Bylaws
and resolutions adopted by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in convention.”
John W. Sias, Secretary

CCM Minutes – May 12, 2017 – Page 52