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Handbook page 197
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 197.
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(b) All duly elected voting delegates shall attend all sessions of the convention regularly until the close of the convention.
(c) Should a multi -congregation parish involve congregations having membership in different districts, the pastoral delegate shall be accredited in the convention of the district in which he holds membership and lay delegates, voting and advisory, shall be accredited in the convention of the district in which each delegate ’s respective congregation holds membership. No multi -congregation parish is entitled to more than one pastoral and one lay voting delegate because of its inclusion of congregations from different districts.
4.2.3 All nonvoting ordained and commissioned ministers who are members of
the Synod within the district shall, unless they present a valid excuse, serve as advisory delegates.
(a) They are entitled to voice and vote on a floor committee, if appointed, and to voice in the convention.
(b) All advisory delegates are expected to attend all sessions of the convention.
(c) Those advisory delegates whose office in the Synod, district, or other agency imposes professional or service requirements on which full and regular convention attendance makes undue demands, shall nevertheless, in consultation with their supervisory boards, arrange for their own partial or occasional attendance and participation in accordance with policies established by their supervisory boards.
4.2.4 The President of the Synod or his representative shall report on the
condition and affairs of the Synod. He shall also deliver the sermon at the opening or convention service.
4.3 District Officers
4.3.1 A president shall be elected from the clergy roster of the Synod by each
district. Two or more vice -presidents, a secretary, and a circuit visitor for each circuit established by the district shall be elected from the clergy roster of the district. In the case of regional selections, nominees shall be from the clergy roster of the district with membership in a congregation in the designated region. (This shall also be the case for all other regional selections.)
4.3.2 Each district shall have a treasurer who shall be a layperson and shall be
elected or appointed as the bylaws of the district may provide.
4.3.3 All officers and members of boards shall be members of member
congregations of the district and, when appropriate, be members of congregations of designated regions during the course of their tenure.
4.4 District President
4.4.1 The district president is the chief executive of the district.
(a) Upon him is incumbent the responsibility that the resolutions o f the district are implemented.
(b) He shall report to the district convention.
4.4.2 The district president shall represent the Synod in his district.
