Committee description
Floor Committee 5 proposed resolutions from Today's Business, Issue 1.
Assigned proposed resolutions
5-01 · pp. 95-97
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church of Bolivia
Open resolution
5-02 · pp. 97-98
To Support and Encourage Recognition of Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with Lutheran Mission—Australia
Open resolution
5-03 · pp. 98-99
To Give Thanks for the Mission Province in Sweden
Related reports: R1.1, R12
Open resolution
5-04 · pp. 99-101
To Address Concerns with Partner Churches
Open resolution
5-05 · pp. 101-102
To Address Open Communion and Pastoral Exceptions in Extraordinary Circumstances
Open resolution
5-06 · pp. 102-103
To Amend Bylaw 3.9.5.2.2 (b)
Open resolution
5-07 · p. 103
To Refer “Sister Church” Nomenclature Change to Commission on Handbook
Open resolution
5-08 · p. 104
To Reaffirm the Synod’s Positions on Men and Women in the Church
Open resolution
5-09 · pp. 105-106
To Address the Public Reading of Scripture
Related reports: R62.11
Open resolution
5-10 · p. 106
To Request Commission on Theology and Church Relations Report on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
Open resolution
5-11 · pp. 106-107
To Reaffirm Sanctity of Human Life Regarding Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
Open resolution
5-12 · pp. 107-108
To Conclude Created Male and Female Task Force and Receive Its Recommendations
Open resolution
5-13 · pp. 108-109
To Give Thanks to God for 1700th Anniversary of First Council of Nicaea
Open resolution
5-14 · pp. 109-110
To Respectfully Decline Overtures
Open resolution
Assigned reports
R1 President
R1.1 Church Relations
R10 Commission on Doctrinal Review
R12 Commission on Theology and Church Relations
R62 Theological Documents—Commission on Theology and Church Relations CTCR Reports
R62.1 Christian Decision-Making and the End of Life: An Update and Supplement to 1993’s Christian Care at Life’s End (2023)
R62.2 Response to Wyoming District Request Regarding Immortality of the Soul (2024)
R62.3 Mission and Ministry Principles and Practical Observations and Suggestions (2024)
R62.4 Response to the 2021 Final Report of the Theological Conversations between the ILC and the Roman Catholic Church (2024)
R62.5 Response to the Lutheran Church of Australia’s “Way Forward” Proposal (2024)
R62.6 Online Technology in the Church: Study Materials (2024) PAGE PAGE
R62.7 A Theology and Philosophy of Lutheran Education (2025)
R62.8 Unity in Doctrine, Uniformity and Variety in Practice: A Study Document (2025)
R62.9 Proper Administration of the Lord’s Supper: Applying Scripture and the Confessions to Contemporary Issues (2025)
R62.10 Deacons, Evangelists and the Office of the Holy Ministry in the New Testament (2025) CTCR Opinions and Other Documents
R62.11 President of Synod Request for Opinion on Lay Reading of Sermons and Conduct of Worship in the Absence of a Pastor (2023)
R62.12 President of Synod Request for Opinion on Lawsuits between Christians or Members and Institutions of Synod (2025)
R62.13 Joint Seminary Boards of Regents Request for Opinion on Admission to Seminary for Divorced Men (2025)
Related Workbook Overtures
5-01
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church of Bolivia
5-02
To Support and Encourage Recognition of Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with Lutheran Mission— Australia
5-03
To Address Concerns with Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church
5-04
To Admonish and Review Fellowship with Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church
5-05
To Admonish and Converse with Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church
5-06
To Address Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya Membership in Lutheran World Federation
5-07
To Declare State of “Fellowship in Protest” with Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
5-08
To Recognize That the Synod Is Not in Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche
5-09
To Reconsider Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with The American Association of Lutheran Churches
5-10
To Encourage and Promote Biblical Teaching of Creation
5-11
To Restore Apostles’ Creed to Historical Form regarding Christ’s “Descent into Hell”
5-12
To Review Practice of Divine Call in Synod Constitution and Bylaws
5-13
To Request Comprehensive Review When Call Is Terminated or Self-Terminated
5-14
To Study How to Amend Practice of Issuing “Divine Calls” to Positions Not in Direct Service of Proclamation of Gospel and Administration of Sacraments
5-15
To Encourage and Promote Sound Teaching on Eschatology or Last Things
5-16
To Reaffirm and Encourage Teaching and Practice of Closed Communion
5-17
To Reaffirm, Enforce, and Restore Faithful Eucharistic Practice and Synodical Discipline concerning Unionism and Open Communion
5-18
To Request Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Produce Study Document to Further Understanding and Conversations on Pastoral Exceptions to Closed Communion
5-19
To Reaffirm Sanctity of Human Life in Regard to Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
5-20
To Oppose Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
5-21
To Address the Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
5-22
To Believe, Teach, and Confess Missio Dei
5-23
To Rescind 1981 Resolution 8-05 and Request Commission on Theology and Church Relations Report on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
5-24
To Urge Church of Christ to Stay and Do Her Duty
5-25
To Publicly Acknowledge Theological and Ecclesial Errors in Church’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
5-26
To Rejoice in Proclamation of God’s Word by His Called and Ordained Servants
5-27
To Condemn Use of Women as Lectors
5-28
To Affirm That God Does Indeed Prohibit Females from Public Reading of Scriptures, for Reading Is Preaching/Heralding the Word
5-29
To Correct Erroneous Practice of Women Lectors
5-30
To Reaffirm Doctrine of Men Serving in Office of Holy Ministry
5-31
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage in the Church
5-32
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage in the Church
5-33
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage in the Church
5-34
To Direct that the Synod and Its Commission on Theology and Church Relations Study and Reexamine Woman Suffrage in Light of Synod’s Historic Practice and Holy Scripture, so as to Address and Resolve Confusion and Disunity
5-35
To Affirm Role of Women in the Church
5-36
To Affirm Inspiration and Authority of Mark 16:9–20
5-37
To Clarify Doctrine of Holy Trinity over against Eternal Functional Subordination of the Son
5-38
To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission Society
5-39
To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission Society
5-40
To Address Release and Use of Luther’s Large Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications
5-41
To Conclude Created Male and Female Task Force and Receive Its Recommendations
5-42
To Amend Bylaw 3.3.1.1.2 (c) to Designate President’s Director of Church Relations as His Primary Representative for Ecclesiastical Relations with Other Church Bodies
5-43
To Refer Some Assignments from Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Seminaries
5-44
