To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Expand Pastoral Formation Committee

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To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Expand  
Pastoral Formation Committee 
WHEREAS, The 2016 Synod convention created the Pastoral 
Formation Committee (PFC) (Res. 6 -01), in order to facilitate 
greater coordination and collaboration between the two seminaries; 
and 
W
HEREAS, The PFC consists of the presidents of the two 
seminaries, the Chief Mission Officer  (CMO) as its chair, and the 
Executive Director of the Office of Pastoral Education as non -
voting advisory member; and 
WHEREAS, In recent years changes to pastoral colloquy 
requirements and Specific Ministry Pastor admissions, and tensions 
over competing online seminaries ha ve 
raised further questions 
about not only coordination and collaboration between the two 
seminaries, but with the Synod as a whole, including its districts, 
congregations, workers, and other agencies; and 
WHEREAS, The districts, congregations, workers, and other 
agencies of the Synod have a vested interest in the formation of 
pastors and their voices should be heard; therefore be it 
Resolved, That Synod in convention expands the PFC from its 
current three voting members to five; and be it further 
Resolved, That the five -member PFC include the presidents of 
the two seminaries, the CMO as its chair , a district president 
appointed by the Council of Presidents, a faculty representative  
responsible for overseeing a pre -seminary program and appointed 
by the Institutional Advisory Council of the Concordia University 
2026 Convention Workbook
405PASTORAL MINISTRY AND SEMINARIES