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Handbook page 34
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 34.
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(1) Incapacity
(2) Breach of fiduciary responsibilities to the Synod or a district
(3) Neglect or refusal to perform duties of office
(4) Conviction of a felony
1.5.8.1 Unless otherwise specified in these Bylaws, the procedure for removal of an
officer of the Synod or a district from office shall be as follows:
(a) Action for removal of an officer of a district other than a district president shall require written notice to each member of that district’s board of directors at least 30 days prior to a special meeting of the board called for that purpose. A copy of such notice shall be sent to the President and the Secretary of the Synod and to the ecclesiastical supervisor, if applicable.
(b) Other than in the prior subsection (a), action for removal of an officer of the Synod other than the President of the Synod shall require written notice to each member of the Synod’s Board of Directors at least 30 days prior to a special meeting of the Boa rd called for that purpose.
A copy of such notice shall be sent to the President and the Secretary of the Synod and to the ecclesiastical supervisor, if applicable.
(c) The special meeting provided for herein shall be held no later than 60 days after the provision of the written notice, unless extended by the mutual agreement of the parties.
(d) Removal from office of an officer of a district, other than a district president, shall be effected by a vote in favor of removal by at least three-fourths of all current members of the district board of directors (excluding the officer in question if a member of the board); and
(e) Removal from office of an officer of the Synod, other than the Synod President, shall be effected by a vote in favor of the recommendation of removal by at least three-fourths of all current members (excluding the officer in question if a member of the board) of the Board of Directors of the Synod.
(f) Removal pursuant to this Bylaw may be appealed by the officer who has been removed from office through the use of the Synod’s dispute resolution process as provided in Bylaw section 1.10.
1.6 Confessional Position of the Synod
1.6.1 The confessional position of the Synod is set forth in Article II of its
Constitution, to which all who wish to be and remain members of the Synod shall subscribe.
Doctrinal Resolutions and Statements
1.6.2 The Synod, in seeking to clarify its witness or to settle doctrinal
controversy, so that all who seek to participate in the relationships that exist within and through the Synod may benefit and may act to benefit others, shall have the right to adopt doctrinal resolutions and statements which are in harmony with Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
(a) Doctrinal resolutions may be adopted for the information, counsel, and guidance of the membership. They shall conform to the confessional position of the Synod as set forth in Article II of its
