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Ecclesiastical Supervision

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Assigned overtures

10-01

To Encourage Visitation by Synod and District

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10-02

To Develop Guidelines for Ecclesiastical Supervision of Internet Accusations

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10-03

To Address Use of Named or Anonymous Social Media Accounts to Create Strife and Division within the Church

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10-04

To Request Theological and Pastoral Statement and Bylaw Review regarding Social Media, Partisan Media, and Eighth Commandment in Ecclesiastical Proceedings

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10-05

To Uphold Eighth Commandment in Digital Communication and Ecclesiastical Proceedings

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10-06

To Safeguard Evangelical Ecclesiastical Supervision and District Judgments

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10-07

To Establish an Independent Appeals Panel in Cases involving the President’s Decisions

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10-08

To Require Greater Transparency When Disciplinary Judgments Are Reversed

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10-09

To Provide Pastoral Care for Congregations Affected by Major Disciplinary Actions

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10-10

To Study Ecclesiastical Supervision in Light of Lutheran Confessions

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10-11

To Amend Bylaw 4.4.6 (c) to Require Reporting All Complaints to Subjects

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10-12

To Amend Bylaw Section 2.14 to Address How Public Sin Is Handled by Dispute Resolution Process

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10-13

To Replace Dispute Resolution Process with Biblical, Workable, and Effective System for Ecclesiastical Supervision

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10-14

To Replace Dispute Resolution Process with Biblical, Workable, and Effective System for Ecclesiastical Supervision

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10-15

To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute Resolution Process

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10-16

To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute Resolution Process

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10-17

To Amend Bylaw 1.10.2 to Render Dispute Resolution Non-Exclusive Remedy

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10-18

To Require No One to Participate in the Dispute Resolution Process

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10-19

To Allow Parties to Delay Hearing to Await Commission Opinion

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10-20

To Amend Bylaw 1.10.18.1 (g) to Allow Parties to Record Proceedings

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10-21

To Direct Revisions to Bylaw Section 1.10 Standard Operating Procedures Manual re Witnesses and Evidence

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10-22

To Amend Bylaw 1.10.7.4 to Allow Advisors to Represent Parties in Dispute Resolution Process

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10-23

To Amend Bylaw 1.10.10.1 to Provide for Reconciler Reviews

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10-24

To Request Council of Presidents to Clarify Circumstances of Called Worker Removal or Resignation

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10-25

To Request Council of Presidents to Clarify Circumstances of Called Worker Removal or Resignation from Roster

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10-26

To Amend Bylaw 2.13.3.2 to Make Restriction Appeals Public Record and to Allow Further Review

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10-27

To Standardize and Strengthen Response to Rostered Worker Sexual Abuse

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10-28

To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations and Strengthen Response to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse

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10-29

To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations and Strengthen Response to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse

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10-30

To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations and Strengthen Response to Sexual Misconduct/Abuse by Rostered Church Workers

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10-31

To Certify Accuracy and Trustworthiness of Call Documents

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10-32

To Allow Pastors to Opt Out of Pre-Call Interviews and/or Contact

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10-33

To Amend Bylaw 2.10.3 to Allow District Presidents to Share Issues prior to Installation

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10-34

To More Directly Oversee Service of Ordained Ministers to Congregations to Which They Have No Formal Call

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10-35

To Encourage Pastors to Honor Their Own Call

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10-36

To Call for Publication of Council of Presidents Manual

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10-37

To Provide Compensation for Circuit Visitors

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10-38

To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) regarding Candidate Reporting

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10-39

To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) regarding Candidate Reporting

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Assigned reports

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