LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — undated, Page 9

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He shall be responsible to the board, performing such duties as are assigned to him by the board and
serving the board in an advisory capacity."
288. Paragraph 13.09 Institutional Chaplaincies: First line changed to read: ~e board shall cooperate with
the Districts and other agencies which administer.
289. Old Paragraph 13.13 Term of Office: Dropped.
290. New Paragraph 13.13 Responsibilities: The word "responsibilities" was retained.
291. Paragraph 13.25: "Executive Director" was changed to "Executive Secretary."
292. Paragraph 13.31 and Heading: "Board" changed to "Commission." Also "in" changed to "after" in
last full line.
293. Paragraph 13.35: Dropped m.
294. Paragraph 14.03: New wording for b: "seek to explain the synodical lodge policy to fraternal
organizations which have objectionable features with a view to having these organizations discard such
features."
295. Paragraph 14.05: "Director of Activities" was changed to "Executive Secretary."
296. Paragraph 14.07: Paragraph g was given the heading "Exceptional Cases."
297. XV. SPECIAL MINISTRIES: New sub-heading: "C. ARCHIVES AND HISTORY," followed by
15.01 number now changed) Concordia Historical Institute.
298. Old Paragraph 15.03 The Board of Governors: "triennial" was changed to "biennial" and "six" to
"four."
299. Old Paragraph 15.05: A period was placed after "value" in a 3, and the remainder of the sentence
deleted.
300. XVI. INTERCHURCH RELATIONS: A. LUTHERAN COUNCIL IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, followed by 16.01 Representation.
301. Paragraph 16.01 Representation: In line 3 of a and line 4 of b CPH changed "upon" to "on."
302. Paragraph 16.01 Representation: In middle of c order of words was changed as follows: "...according
to the constitution and bylaws of the Lutheran Council in the United States of America and in keeping
with the theological..."
303. Paragraph 18.01 How Made: point b was changed to read "presented in writing to a convention of
the Synod" and point a to: "adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the delegates present and
voting." Wording of d was approved: "submitted to the Commission on Constitutional Matters for
clearance prior to presentation to the convention."
304. General Provisions: Secretary Mueller was also asked to determine frown CPH whether more space
could not be provided between paragraphs, whether it was necessary to italicize certain sub-headings, and
whether it would not be wise to be consistent in regard to hyphenating fractions.