Lutheran Ecclesiastical Court Part 2

Some were surprised to learn that the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has its own Ecclesiastical system for resolving disputes. It's existence is not common knowledge, but its there.  And it appears to be designed for disputes of all kinds, whether  they be disputes between individuals who are both M.S. Lutherans or disagreements within a congregation or between different congregations    The sum and substance of the process is found in the  Bylaws, (1.10) of the LCMS Handbook, found here                     http://www.lcms.org/page.aspx?pid=400