Resolution 9-17A

To Respectfully Decline Overtures

Current verified published text from Today's Business, Issue 3. Proposed business, not final Synod action unless adopted.

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Resolution 9-17A

Today's Business, Issue 3
Monday, July 20, 2026
Printed p. 349
Proposed business unless official action indicates otherwise

Supersedes the immediately prior published version of Resolution 9-17.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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Today's Business, Issue 3. p. 349. Revised published proposal.

Official Resolution Source Text

Resolution: 9-17

Canonical number: 9-17

Committee: Structure and Administration

Source: Today's Business, Issue 1

Printed pages: pp. 177-180

PDF pages: 177-180

Version: original, superseded

Source reference: Issue 1, pp. 177-180

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  1. To Respectfully Decline Overtures
  2. RESOLUTION 9-17
  3. Overtures 9-17, 23–32, 36–40, 44–45, 48, 52 (CW, 475–76, 480–95)
  4. WHEREAS, The floor committee has considered all overtures assigned to it and has concluded, for various reasons,
  5. that certain overtures should be declined; therefore be it
  6. Resolved, That the following overtures be respectfully declined for the reasons given:

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