Committee 10

Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute Resolution

Proposed resolutions and related reports for this floor committee.

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Committee description

Floor Committee 10 proposed resolutions from Today's Business, Issue 1.

Assigned proposed resolutions

Assigned reports

Related Workbook Overtures

10-01

To Encourage Visitation by Synod and District

10-02

To Develop Guidelines for Ecclesiastical Supervision of Internet Accusations

10-03

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

10-04

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

10-05

To Uphold Eighth Commandment in Digital Communication and Ecclesiastical Proceedings

10-06

To Safeguard Evangelical Ecclesiastical Supervision and District Judgments

10-07

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

10-08

To Require Greater Transparency When Disciplinary Judgments Are Reversed

10-09

To Provide Pastoral Care for Congregations Affected by Major Disciplinary Actions

10-10

To Study Ecclesiastical Supervision in Light of Lutheran Confessions

10-11

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

10-12

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

10-13

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

10-14

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

10-15

To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute Resolution Process

10-16

To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute Resolution Process

10-17

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

10-18

To Require No One to Participate in the Dispute Resolution Process

10-19

To Allow Parties to Delay Hearing to Await Commission Opinion

10-20

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

10-21

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

10-22

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

10-23

To Amend Bylaw 1.10.10.1 to Provide for Reconciler Reviews

10-24

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

10-25

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

10-26

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

10-27

To Standardize and Strengthen Response to Rostered Worker Sexual Abuse

10-28

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

10-29

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

10-30

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

10-31

To Certify Accuracy and Trustworthiness of Call Documents

10-32

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

10-33

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

10-34

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

10-35

To Encourage Pastors to Honor Their Own Call

10-36

To Call for Publication of Council of Presidents Manual

10-37

To Provide Compensation for Circuit Visitors

10-38

To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) regarding Candidate Reporting

10-39

To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) regarding Candidate Reporting

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