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Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 150.
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Lutheran Confessions, and withdraw the publication until such agreement is reached.
(g) The panel will appoint one of its members to be the doctrinal reviewer for the recycling of the revised material to assure the item ’s agreement with Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions if republished.
Commission on Handbook
3.9.4 The Commission on Handbook provides for the ongoing maintenance and
management of the Handbook , that is, the Constitution, Bylaws, and Articles of Incorporation of the Synod. The commission shall meet as it deems necessary but at least two times per year to carry out its assigned responsibilities.
3.9.4.1 The Commission on Handbook shall consist of eight members, five voting
and three nonvoting:
1. Of the five voting members, three shall be individual members of the Synod and two shall be attorneys. Terms of voting members shall be for six years, renewable once.
2. The Chief Administrative Officer of the Synod, the Secretary of the Synod, and an additional member of the Commission on Constitutional Matters shall serve as advisory members.
3.9.4.1.1 The five voting members of the Commission on Handbook shall be
appointed in the following manner:
(a) Candidates shall be nominated only by district boards of directors and presented to the Council of Presidents through the office of the Secretary of the Synod.
(b) The Council of Presidents shall select five candidates for each vacant position and present them through the office of the Secretary of the Synod to the President of the Synod.
(c) The President of the Synod, in consultation with the vice - presidents of the Synod, shall appoint the members of the commission from the list presented by the Council of Presidents.
(d) Thereafter the appointments shall become effective upon ratification by a majority vote of the members of the Council of Presidents.
(e) Vacancies shall be filled by following the same procedure set forth above.
3.9.4.2 The Commission on Handbook shall maintain the Handbook of the Synod.
(a) It shall assist convention floor committees when developing bylaw proposals asking for amendments to the Constitution, Bylaws, and Articles of Incorporation of the Synod or which in any manner affect the Constitution, Bylaws, and Articles of Incorporation to determine their agreement in language (terminology) with the current Handbook, thereby to maintain Handbook integrity and good order.
(b) In consultation with the Commission on Constitutional Matters, it shall revise the Handbook of the Synod immediately after each convention to bring it into harmony with the resolutions and changes adopted by the convention.
