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roster, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 103, 117, 141, 165, 167, 171, 184, 199, 209 specific ministry pastor status and limitations, 64– 65, 101, 103 standards for, 24, 54– 55 status, 61– 63, See also Membership status suspension, 67 voting, 12 Membership status, 61–63 active, 61–62 and district transfer, 57–64 inactive, 62–63 candidate, 12, 63 annual report, 63 emeritus, 12, 62 annual report, 62 pastor colloquy as, 59 restricted, 65–66 suspended, 67 Ministers of religion— commissioned, 12 as advisory members, 17 as Ministers of the Gospel, 57 assignment of first calls, 60 calling by congregations, 56– 57 candidates for commissioning, 60–61 colloquy. See under Colloquy commissioning and installation, 17, 58, 60–61 conferences of, 202 district membership and ecclesiastical supervision, 63–64 ecclesiastical supervision of. See Ecclesiastical supervision eligibility for membership, 58– 59 initial membership, 57– 58 meetings of, 202 membership in the Synod. See Membership in the Synod membership status. See Membership status official conferences of, 201–2 programs of study and certification for, 134 qualification for first calls, 59– 60, 195 termination of active service, 62 types of deaconess, 58 director of Christian education, 58 director of Christian outreach, 58 director of church ministries (formerly, certified lay minister), 58 director of family life ministry, 58 director of parish music, 58 parish assistant, 58 teacher, 58 Ministers of religion— ordained as Ministers of the Gospel, 57 assignment of first calls, 60 assisting capacity call, 57 pastoral delegate restriction, 101 President of the Synod, 112 voting restriction, 101 calling by congregations, 56– 57 candidates for ordination, 60–61 colloquy. See under Colloquy conferences of, 202 district membership and ecclesiastical supervision, 63–64 ecclesiastical supervision of. See Ecclesiastical supervision eligibility for membership, 58– 59 individual members of the Synod. See Membership in the Synod initial membership, 57– 58 meetings of, 202 membership status. See Membership status non-parish service, 12 official conferences of, 201–2 ordination and installation, 17, 58, 60– 61 parish service, 12 qualification for first calls, 59– 60, 195 routes to ordination, 157– 58 specific ministry pastors, 64– 65, 101, 103 termination of active service, 62 Ministers of the Gospel, 57 Minutes of agencies, mission boards, and commissions, 29 Mission, 213 Mission and ministry emphases. See Triennial mission and ministry emphases Mission Boards of the Synod, 23, 142 as agencies of the Synod. See Agency of the Synod as boards of the Synod. See Boards of the Synod for International Mission, 104, 123, 144– 45, 145– 46 for National Mission, 104, 123, 142– 43, 143– 44 Mission Offices of the Synod Chief Mission Officer. See Chief Mission Officer of International Mission, 64, 104, 145– 46 of National Mission, 64, 104, 143– 44 strategic plan, 143, 145 Missionaries