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Handbook page 190
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 190.
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3.12.3.3 One-half of the electing districts shall be designated by the Secretary of the
Synod to elect a professional church worker and the other half a layperson, with roles reversed every six years (e.g., in 2023, Atlantic: lay, California - Nevada-Hawaii: worker, etc.; in 2026, Eastern: lay, English: worker, etc.; in 2029, Atlantic: worker, California-Nevada-Hawaii: lay, etc.; etc.).
3.12.3.4 The Secretary of the Synod shall handle the preliminary work for the
Committee for Convention Nominations.
(a) He shall begin to solicit names of nominees from the agencies and officers of the Synod at least 24 months prior to the convention.
(b) Approximately 24 months before a regular meeting of the Synod in convention, he shall solicit from those agencies with positions to be filled descriptions of criteria for qualified candidates to serve in those positions.
(c) With such criteria in view, the Secretary shall issue the first call for nominations through a publication of the Synod and on the Synod Website 18 months before the convention, soliciting names from the agencies and officers of the Synod and the congregat ional and individual members of the Synod, along with lay persons of the congregations of the Synod.
(d) All incumbents eligible for reelection shall be considered to be nominees.
(e) The qualifications of each nominee shall be submitted together with the names on forms made available on the Synod’s Website.
(f) All suggested names and information for consideration by the Committee for Convention Nominations shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Synod no later than nine months prior to the convention of the Synod.
(g) The Secretary shall present the names and information gathered to the Committee for Convention Nominations at its first meeting.
3.12.3.5 The first meeting of the Committee for Convention Nominations shall be at
the call of the Secretary of the Synod at least six months prior to the convention of the Synod.
(a) The Secretary shall not serve as a member of the committee, but he shall convene the initial meeting of the committee and be available, upon call, for consultation.
(b) The committee shall elect its own chairman, vice -chairman, and secretary and shall organize its work in whatever way it deems necessary. It shall designate two of its members to serve with the chairman on the Standing Committee on Nominations.
(c) The committee shall inform itself as to the duties and requirements of each position to be filled and thereby be guided in its selection of
