LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1920, Page 43

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. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1920. 48

B. Conferences.
District of the Synod shall arrange for its pastors
ral conferences, and shall decide how often these shall
course of @ year. The minutes of the pastoral confer-
ent four weeks prior to the meeting of the District
e District President, who shall appoint a committee to
and to make its report to the District Synod.
the District Synod shall, if possible, arrange District
for its teachers. The minutes of these conferences shall
manner just mentioned, be submitted to the District
od, furthermore, recommends that, in addition to the
above-mentioned, the pastors and teachers, if possible,
aller conferences and meet for the purpose of discussing
d necessary doctrinal and practical matters.
1] conferences such matters as conduct in office, private
itions of congregations and schools, shall be diligently
and the members shali frankly, in the spirit of Chris-
Bty and humility, exercise supervision and discipline among

C. Visitations.

Districts of the Synod shall elect a sufficient number of
itors for their respective District, so that each parish can
at least once in three years.

D. Rights and Duties of the District Presidents.

smuch as the District Presidents shall, in accordance with
‘tution of the Synod, supervise the doctrine, the life, and the
Snduct of the pastors and the teachers of their District, and
ire into the prevailing religious conditions, they shall, as
sible, attend the conferences of pastors and teachers held
istrict, advise the congregations of their District as to the
pastors and teachers, give counsel when requested, and
ngquiries. They may call upon their visitors to assist them.
any controversy arises in a congregation or among several
mtions, the District President shall have the right to arrange
Mitation wherever, in his estimation, this may be necessary,
e has not been invited to do so by any congregation or
s. If the District President authorizes any one to repre-
in such matters, then his representative shall be accorded
he rights which the District President has. The District Synod
then take up matters of controversy when any congregation
gations have made a formal request that this be done. If
rict Synod refers such matters to a committee for the purpose
tigation, then the District Synod thereby transfers to such
mee the rights given to the District President.
PWhenever a congregation of one District enters complaint
congregation of another District, then the District Presi-
investigate the case, and report his findings to the Dis-
resident of the other District, in order that he alsd may in-
§ the case in the congregation in his District. If the District
tite, together with the respective congregations, cannot settle
fe, then the District President of the congregation’ which
fred complaint shall turn the case over to the President of
E. Suspension. .
RHasmuch as the suspension of.any members of the Synod —
pteacher, professor, or congregation — is a matter of far-
f. importance, the District President shall not suspend any
F unless the two Vice-Presidents and the respective visitor,
Belorough investigation of the case, and after having granted