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Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Constitution

The Constitution of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) — Memorandum of Association, Rules of Association, By-Laws, and the Constitutions and By-Laws for the Synods and Parishes · Reprinted in 1990

ఆంధ్ర ఎవాంజెలికల్ లూథరన్ చర్చి రాజ్యాంగము

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Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Constitution · ఆంధ్ర ఎవాంజెలికల్ లూథరన్ చర్చి రాజ్యాంగము

The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, registered under the Societies Registration Act on 21 April 1932 with its headquarters at Guntur, grew out of the Lutheran mission work begun at Guntur and Rajahmundry in the nineteenth century. This web book presents the Church's governing documents as reprinted in 1990: the Memorandum of Association (Part I), the Rules of Association (Constitution) with its Preamble and sixteen Articles (Part II), the By-Laws of the A.E.L. Church (Part III), and the Constitution and By-Laws for the Synods and for Parishes. Errata and later approved amendments were incorporated in the 1990 reprint, as the printed Contents page notes.

The text was read from the scanned 1990 reprint and is shown page by page with the original page numbers; every page can be compared with its original scan. The wording, numbering and headings follow the printed source without modernisation.

Language: English — the 1990 reprint is printed in English; the Church's Telugu name, ఆంధ్ర ఎవాంజెలికల్ లూథరన్ చర్చి రాజ్యాంగము, is given for identification.

  • 39 sections
  • 67 Articles
  • 249 numbered Sec. clauses
  • 191 scanned pages
  • 49,062 words
  • ≈ 245 min read
  • Reprinted 1990 · Guntur

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    Table of Contents

    The structure below follows the printed Contents page: Part I Memorandum of Association (p. 1) · Part II Rules of Association (Constitution) (pp. 3–34) · Part III By-Laws (pp. 35–101) · Constitution for Synods (pp. 102–124) · By-Laws for Synods (pp. 125–162) · Constitution for Parishes (pp. 163–169) · By-Laws for Parishes (pp. 170–188).

    Front Matter

    1Title Page & Contents
    front matter · ≈ 1 min

    Part I — Memorandum of Association

    2Memorandum of Association
    pp. 1–2 · ≈ 1 min

    Part II — Rules of Association (Constitution)

    3Preamble & Article I. Name and Area
    p. 3 · ≈ 1 min    4Article II. Confession of Faith
    p. 4 · ≈ 1 min    5Article III. Objects and Duties
    pp. 4–6 · ≈ 2 min    6Article IV. Membership
    pp. 6–10 · ≈ 5 min    7Article V. Conventions
    pp. 10–13 · ≈ 5 min    8Articles VI–VII. Property and Trustees; Officers
    pp. 13–17 · Art. VI, Art. VII · ≈ 7 min    9Article VIII. Duties of Officers
    pp. 17–20 · ≈ 5 min    10Articles IX–X. Support of the Full-time Officers; Relationships
    pp. 20–22 · Art. IX, Art. X · ≈ 2 min    11Article XI. Executive Council
    pp. 22–29 · ≈ 10 min    12Article XII. Boards
    pp. 29–32a · ≈ 5 min    13Article XIII. Commission of Adjudication
    pp. 32a–33 · ≈ 6 min    14Article XIV. Committees
    pp. 33–34 · ≈ 1 min    15Articles XV–XVI. Amendments and By-Laws; Review of Operation
    p. 34 · Art. XV, Art. XVI · ≈ 2 min

    Part III — By-Laws of the A.E.L. Church

    16Article I. Conventions
    pp. 35–40 · ≈ 8 min    17Article II. Ministers
    pp. 40–51 · ≈ 16 min    18Articles III–IV. Officers; Procedure for Nomination and Election
    pp. 51–55 · Art. III, Art. IV · ≈ 4 min    19Article V. Elected and Appointed Representatives
    pp. 55–61 · ≈ 8 min    20Article VI. Boards
    pp. 61–76 · ≈ 19 min    21Article VII. Composition and Duties of Standing Committees
    pp. 76–95 · ≈ 22 min    22Articles VIII–X. Appeals; Headquarters; Administrative Charges of Work
    pp. 95–98 · Art. VIII, Art. IX, Art. X · ≈ 4 min    23Articles XI–XII. Order of Business; Rules of Order
    pp. 98–101 · Art. XI, Art. XII · ≈ 4 min

    Synods — Constitution for the Synods

    24Articles I–IV. Names and Areas; Confession of Faith; Status; Objects and Duties
    pp. 102–105 · Art. I, Art. II, Art. III, Art. IV · ≈ 4 min    25Articles V–VI. Membership; Conventions
    pp. 105–106 · Art. V, Art. VI · ≈ 2 min    26Article VII. Officers
    pp. 106–114 · ≈ 11 min    27Article VIII. Ministers
    pp. 114–119 · ≈ 6 min    28Article IX. The Lay-Ministry of the Church
    pp. 119–122 · ≈ 4 min    29Articles X–XI. Committees; By-Laws and Amendments
    pp. 122–124 · Art. X, Art. XI · ≈ 3 min

    Synods — By-Laws for the Synods

    30Articles I–II. Areas of Synods; Conventions
    pp. 125–133 · Art. I, Art. II · ≈ 12 min    31Articles III–IV. Support of the President; Elected, Appointed and Ex-Officio Representatives
    pp. 133–137 · Art. III, Art. IV · ≈ 5 min    32Articles V–VI. Clergy Roll of the Synod; Duties of the Executive Committee of Synods
    pp. 137–143 · Art. V, Art. VI · ≈ 8 min    33Article VII. Composition and Duties of Standing Committees
    pp. 143–152 · ≈ 10 min    34Articles VIII–X. Appeals; Order of Business; Rules of Order
    pp. 152–156 · Art. VIII, Art. IX, Art. X · ≈ 4 min    35Articles XI–XII. Fields in the Synods; Field Church Council
    pp. 156–162 · Art. XI, Art. XII · ≈ 3 min

    Parishes — Constitution for Parishes

    36Constitution for Parishes (Articles I–XII)
    pp. 163–169 · Art. I, Art. II, Art. III, Art. IV, Art. V, Art. VI, Art. VII, Art. VIII, Art. IX, Art. X, Art. XI, Art. XII · ≈ 8 min

    Parishes — By-Laws for Parishes

    37Article I. Congregations and Membership
    pp. 170–175 · ≈ 7 min    38Articles II–III. Congregational Panchayat; Parishes
    pp. 175–182 · Art. II, Art. III · ≈ 9 min    39Article IV. Parish Church Councils
    pp. 182–188 · ≈ 8 min

    About the source

    • The source PDF is a 191-page black-and-white scan with no text layer; the text was machine-read (OCR) from the scan and lightly cleaned. Every page carries a ‘View original scan’ control so the reader can check the authoritative page image.
    • Printed pages 52 and 53 are missing from the scan (By-Laws of the A.E.L. Church, Article III/IV).
    • Printed page 117 is missing from the scan (Constitution for the Synods, Article VIII).
    • Printed page 168 is missing from the scan (Constitution for Parishes, Article X/XI); printed page 167 was scanned twice (PDF pages 170 and 171).
    • Printed pages 32a–32d (Article XIII, Commission of Adjudication) are supplementary pages bound after page 32.
    • The printed book is in English; no Telugu edition is included in this scan.
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