Version History
Current published version
Today's Business, Issue 3. pp. 347-348. Revised published proposal.
Official Resolution Source Text
Resolution: 9-10A
Canonical number: 9-10
Committee: Structure and Administration
Source: Today's Business, Issue 3
Printed pages: pp. 347-348
PDF pages: 39-40
Version: revised, current-published-proposal
Source reference: Issue 3, pp. 347-348
Line numbers follow Today's Business, Issue 3, with numbering reset on each printed page, so delegates can compare this page with the official PDF.
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- To Revise the Membership of the Pastoral Formation Committee
- RESOLUTION 9-10A
- Overtures 6-64–71, 9-10 (CW, 403–8, 470–71)
- WHEREAS, One of the objectives of the Synod is to “recruit and train pastors, teachers, and other professional church
- workers and provide opportunity for their continuing growth” (Const. Art. III 3); and
- WHEREAS, The 2013 Resolution 5- 14A Task Force (2013 Res. 5-14A, “To Conduct Study of Alternate Routes to
- Pastoral Ministry,” [ Proceedings, 155]) recognized “the need to provide for greater coordination and collaboration
- between our two seminaries” (Report R64, 2016 Workbook, 279); and
- WHEREAS, The t ask force recommended “that there be an entity ensuring that the seminaries do coordinate and
- collaborate with respect to these various programs” (Report R64, 2016 Workbook, 279); and
- WHEREAS, In 2016, the Synod resolved that Bylaw section 3.10 be amended, creating the Pastoral Formation
- Committee (PFC) (2016 Res. 6-01, “To Create Pastoral Formation Committee,” [Proceedings, 165–6]); and
- WHEREAS, The need for coordination and collaboration between our two seminaries has not ceased; and
- WHEREAS, Current Bylaw 3.10.4.6 provides that the Chief Mission Officer (CMO) is a member of the PFC. The
- CMO’s responsibilities have been amended by Res. 9- 09, “To Amend Bylaws to Coordinate Responsibilities of Chief
- Mission Officer with Other Synod Officers”; therefore be it
- Resolved, That Bylaw section 3.10 be amended as follows:
- PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
- D. Pastoral Formation Committee
- …
- 3.10.4.6 The Pastoral Formation Committee shall comprise the following five members:
- Voting Members:
- 1. The Chief Mission Officer of the Synod, chairmanA n ordained minister who is a parish pastor
- appointed by the Synod President
- 2. The presidents of the seminariesA district president (not serving on a seminary Board of Regents),
- appointed by the Council of Presidents
- 3. The presidents of the two seminaries (neither shall serve as chair)
- 4. The executive director of the Office of Pastoral Education, as a non-voting advisory member
- Nonvoting Advisory Member:
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- The Executive Director of the Office of Pastoral Education
- 3.10.4.7 Th e executive director of the Office of Pastoral Education shall assist the P resident of the Synod in
- overseeing the pre -seminary education programs, seminary education, and post -seminary continuing
- education.
- 3.10.4.78 The Pastoral Formation Committee shall meet at least once per year, and shall report on its work at the
- annual joint meeting of the two seminary boards of regents. Additional meetings shall be determined by
- the chairman in consultation with the committee members.
Published Proposed Amendments
This amendment is printed as a proposal and is not incorporated into the current resolution text unless official convention action confirms adoption. The printed amendment may reference an earlier version of the resolution.
Published Proposed Amendment to Resolution 9-10
Issue 5, p. 413, Issue 5, p. 413, lines 13-22, status: Proposed
Submitted by Jonathan Burkee, Pastoral Delegate, Pacific Southwest District
9. STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION To Revise the Membership of the Pastoral Formation Committee AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION 9-10A Resolution 9-10A (TB, 3:347–48) To insert, at TB 3:347, line 44, before the closing parenthesis, the words “nor a first-term district president” so as to make lines 44–45 read: 2. The presidents of the seminariesA district president (not serving on a seminary Board of Regents nor a first-term district president), appointed by the Council of Presidents Jonathan Burkee Pastoral Delegate, Pacific Southwest District
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