LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — MAY 14 AND 15, 1962, Page 4

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18. Generally the proposals were found not to be in conflict with any
existing resolutions, even though in some instances the members of the
Committee were not convinced that the proposed changes constituted an
improvement over the present procedure or wording, It was noted -

a) That the Board for Young People's Work should
formulate more precisely the wording to be incor-
porated into the HANDBOOK dealing with Administration
of Youth Work in the Church, page 222, ff., REPORTS
AND MEMORIALS;

b) That it might be advisable to draw the attention

of the Presidents of the four terminal schools to
Memorial 632: 'To Clarify Paragraph 6.65, 6. 163d,

and 6.163f of the Synodical HANDBOOK";

: c) That in connection with Memorial 633 (Report and
Submissions of Lutheran Church - Canada) it might
be well to involve Floor Committee 2 on Missions;
d) That Memorial 634 (To Restudy Resolutions Per-
taining to District Mission Boards) should also be
referred to Floor Committee 2;

e) That Mr. Herbert Kuenne would check Memorial

638B (Constitution of the Council of Lutheran Ministries),

19, The opinion was expressed quite generally that too many of our Boards
and Committees are yielding to the temptation to use the pages of the Synodical
HANDBOOK for the purpose of detailing matters that would more appropriately
be incorporated in a "Manual". It was the consensus of the Committee that this

Situation should be corrected,

20. It was understood that Mr. Kuenne would represent the Committee at