Resolution 10-08

To Amend Bylaw 4.2.4 regarding Installation of District Presidents

Current verified published text from Today's Business, Issue 6. Proposed business, not final Synod action unless adopted.

Current published version

Resolution 10-08

Today's Business, Issue 6
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Printed p. 435
Proposed business unless official action indicates otherwise

Original floor committee resolution. No earlier published version exists.

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Convention Minutes, Sessions 7 and 8

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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Requires ratification. The Issue 6 Action Report states that Resolution 10-08 requires ratification. The July 22 minutes explain that the amendment to Bylaw 4.2.4 was adopted and that ratification is required in Session 9 under Bylaw 7.1.1(a). Final ratification status awaits the Session 9 official minutes.

Source: Convention Minutes, Sessions 7 and 8, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. The convention minutes and published Proceedings remain the controlling official record.

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Current published version

Today's Business, Issue 6. p. 435. Original floor committee resolution.

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Official Resolution Source Text

Resolution: 10-08

Canonical number: 10-08

Committee: Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute Resolution

Source: Today's Business, Issue 6

Printed pages: p. 435

PDF pages: 7

Version: original, current-published-proposal

Source reference: Issue 6, p. 435

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  1. To Amend Bylaw 4.2.4 regarding Installation of District Presidents
  2. RESOLUTION 10-08
  3. President’s Report, Part 2 (TB, 1:35)
  4. Therefore be it
  5. Resolved, That Bylaw 4.2.4 be amended as follows:
  6. PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
  7. 4.2 District Conventions
  8. 4.2.4 The President of the Synod or his representative shall report on the condition and affairs of the Synod. He
  9. shall also deliver the sermon at the opening or convention service. Except in the case of extenuating
  10. circumstance(s), as determined by the Synod President, he shall also install or reinstall the elected or re -
  11. elected district president prior to the conclusion of the district convention in which he is elected. The
  12. district president shall assume office upon a date certain in accordance with the bylaws of the district or
  13. practices of the district.

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