To Give Thanks to God for Many Existing Routes to Office of Holy Ministry

Official Workbook overture source text

6-38 
To Give Thanks to God for Many Existing Routes 
to Office of Holy Ministry 
WHEREAS, In 2006, the Atlantic District in convention passed 
resolutions designed to strengthen and expand the scope of mission 
and ministry by resolving to prepare 100 home -grown mission 
leaders for service to Lord and Church; and 
WHEREAS, By God’s grace, well over 100 men and women have 
been developed, trained, and sent to serve in congregations of the 
district as lay deacons, ministers of religion —commissioned, and 
ministers of religion—ordained; and 
WHEREAS, The benefits of this leadership development model 
have been visible signs of God’s grace in more than half of the 
congregations of the district, as they exercise various spiritual gifts 
in service; and 
WHEREAS, Mission opportunity remains at the highest level in 
the district, even as transitions in leadership demand more strong 
Lutheran Christian leaders in its congregations, schools, and 
agencies; and 
WHEREAS, The Specific Ministry Pastor program, Ethnic 
Immigrant Institute of Theology, Center for Hispanic Studies, 
Concordia University Irvine’s Mission Training Center, residential 
M.Div., and General Pastor Certification programs have all 
provided excellent avenues for continuing the development toward 
the service of “home- grown mission leaders” in the district; 
therefore be it 
Resolved, That the district in convention give thanks to God for 
the many existing routes to the Holy Ministry in the Synod by rising 
to sing the first stanza of “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest” ( LSB 
498:1); and be it further 
Resolved, That the district in convention memorialize the 2026 
Synod convention with this resolution. 
Atlantic District 
Ov.