Resolution 9-16A

To Amend Bylaws to Enhance Responsibilities of Synod Mission Boards and To Direct Board of Directors, Board for National Mission, Board for International Mission, and Chief Mission Officer to Review Overture 9-11

Current verified published text from Today's Business, Issue 2B. Proposed business, not final Synod action unless adopted.

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Resolution 9-16A

Today's Business, Issue 2B
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Printed pp. 295-296
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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Today's Business, Issue 2B. pp. 295-296. Revised published proposal.

Official Resolution Source Text

Resolution: 9-16

Canonical number: 9-16

Committee: Structure and Administration

Source: Today's Business, Issue 1

Printed pages: p. 177

PDF pages: 177

Version: original, superseded

Source reference: Issue 1, p. 177

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  1. To Direct Board of Directors, Board for National Mission, Board for International Mission,
  2. and Chief Mission Officer to Review Overture 9-11
  3. RESOLUTION 9-16
  4. Overture 9-11 (CW, 471–73)
  5. WHEREAS, the Board of Directors (BOD) desires to enhance the coordination and efficiency of the Synod’s mission
  6. operations to better align the responsibility of the Board for National Mission (BNM) and Board for International Mission
  7. (BIM) with the authority given to the BNM and BIM, and enhance the ability of the BNM and BIM to better advance the
  8. Synod’s operations both within the United States and worldwide; therefore be it
  9. Resolved, That the BOD, BNM, BIM, and the Chief Mission Officer together review Overture 9-11 and recommend
  10. structural changes to the Synod convention to accomplish those goals; and be it further
  11. Resolved, That they bring these recommendations to the 2029 Synod convention.

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