LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — October 30-31, 1969, Page 4

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therefore be a violation of the Constitution. Since this matter seems to have become a dead issue at the
moment, Streufert temporarily withdrew his request for a ruling.
38. Students Serving on Faculty Committees: The President had asked for a constitutional ruling on
whether students could serve on faculty committees. The commission held that this was permissible in
view of the adoption of new By-Law 6.59c by the Denver convention.
39. Committee Structure -- Board of Directors, Exhibit 11-E: The 'Board of Directors had asked whether
the new type of committee structure proposed for the Board of Directors would be in harmony with the
Constitution and By-Laws. The commission decided to inform the board that it was unable to find
anything per se contrary to the Constitution and By-Laws in the document submitted.
40. Division of Finance and Controllership: The Board of Directors had also inquired whether the
consolidation of the divisions of finance and controllership by the Denver convention was
"constitutionally sound." The commission ruled that the action of the convention was not
unconstitutional, that the convention had placed the controller's office, upon recommendation of the
Board of Directors, into the division of finance, that the division of controllership therefore no longer
exists, and that the By-Laws state plainly that the Treasurer is the chairman of the division of finance.
41. Handbook Galleys: In addition to the changes already approved for the Handbook, the folloFring
changes were made on the galleys themselves:
a.

Paragraph 1.27e was changed to read: "A copy of the convention
manual shall be sent not later than six weeks. prior to the
opening date of the convention to each pastor and teacher on the
official rosters of the Synod . . . ."

b.

Paragraph 2.03. It was decided not to include the committee on convention nominations
since this is now a convention ad hoc committee.

c.

Paragraph 2.05. For the sake of consistent usage, the commission retained the title "A
Commission on Church Literature" instead of the convention-adopted word "Board."

d.

Paragraph 2.05b. The word "Lutheran" was omitted from "Lay Higher Education" as a
self-evident designation.

e.

Paragraph 2.138. The final words "other than boards of control" were omitted since there
is no longer any electoral college.

f.
Paragraph 2.173. As a result of resolution 4-25 which
placed the division of
controllership into the division of finance as:a department, the statement was omitted: "The
Controller of the Synod shall ex officio be the chairman of the division of controllership." Also
a new name "Division of Theology and Church Relations."
g.

Paragraph 4.01, Advisory Member Congregations, and 4.02, Eligible Pastors and
Teachers. These two paragraphs were reversed for the sake of logical sequence.

h.

Paragraph 6.27. The reference to the electoral college was also omitted since this is now
out of existence.