To Give Commissioned Ministers the Franchise and To Study Equal Lay and Clergy Representation on Boards and Other Bodies

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9-31 
To Give Commissioned Ministers the Franchise 
and To Study Equal Lay and Clergy 
Representation on Boards and Other Bodies 
WHEREAS, Commissioned ministers are laity  and not clergy; 
therefore be it 
Resolved, That Synod Bylaw changes be prepared for 
consideration at the next Synod convention by a task force 
appointed for the purpose of making commissioned ministers 
eligible to represent the congregations which hold their membership 
as lay delegates to circuit forums, district conventions, and Synod 
conventions, in such instances where the congregations and/or 
circuits in question deem the individual commissioned minister 
capable of representing the congregation and/or circuit fully in its 
interests due to their congregational involvement apart from their 
official commissioned church work; and be it further 
Resolved, That the same task force study and make proposals at 
the next Synod convention concerning bringing the balance of all 
Synod and district boards and other bodies to 50 percent laity and 
50 percent clergy. 
Circuit 14 (Austin) 
Minnesota South District 
Ov.