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5-24 To Urge Church of Christ to Stay
and Do Her Duty ..................................................350
5-25 To Publicly Acknowledge Theological
and Ecclesial Errors in Church’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic .......................................351
5-26 To Rejoice in Proclamation of God’s Word
by His Called and Ordained Servants ..................352
5-27 To Condemn Use of Women as Lectors ..............352
5-28 To Affirm That God Does Indeed Prohibit
Females from Public Reading of Scriptures, for Reading Is Preaching/Heralding the Word .....353
5-29 To Correct Erroneous Practice of Women
Lectors ..................................................................354
5-30 To Reaffirm Doctrine of Men Serving
in Office of Holy Ministry ...................................354
5-31 To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage
in the Church ........................................................355
5-32 To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage
in the Church ........................................................355
5-33 To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage
in the Church ........................................................356
5-34 To Direct that the Synod and Its Commission
on Theology and Church Relations Study and Reexamine Woman Suffrage in Light of Synod’s Historic Practice and Holy Scripture, so as to Address and Resolve Confusion and Disunity .....356
5-35 To Affirm Role of Women in the Church ............357
5-36 To Affirm Inspiration and Authority
of Mark 16:9–20 ...................................................357
5-37 To Clarify Doctrine of Holy Trinity over against
Eternal Functional Subordination of the Son .......358
5-38 To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral
Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission Society ..................................................................359
5-39 To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral
Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission Society ..................................................................359
5-40 To Address Release and Use of Luther’s Large
Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications .........................................................360
5-41 To Conclude Created Male and Female
Task Force and Receive Its Recommendations ............360
5-42 To Amend Bylaw 3.3.1.1.2 (c) to Designate
President’s Director of Church Relations as His Primary Representative for Ecclesiastical Relations with Other Church Bodies ...................361
5-43 To Refer Some Assignments from Commission on
Theology and Church Relations to Seminaries ....362
5-44 To Give Thanks to God for 1700th Anniversary
of First Council of Nicaea ....................................362
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6. Pastoral Ministry and Seminaries
Reports
R1, R1.2, R1.2.2–R1.2.3, R2.1, R5, R5.2,
R13–R13.6, R62.3, R62.10, R62.13
Overtures
6-01 To Uphold Seminary Formation That Faithfully
Teaches All Doctrines of Scripture and Lutheran Confessions and Practices That Accord with Them ............................................................363
6-02 To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Holy
Scripture in Synod Seminaries .............................363
6-03 To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Holy
Scripture in Synod Seminaries .............................363
6-04 To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Holy
Scripture in Synod Seminaries .............................363
6-05 To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Book
of Concord in Synod Seminaries .........................364
6-06 To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Book
of Concord in Synod Seminaries .........................364
6-07 To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Book
of Concord in Synod Seminaries .........................365
6-08 To Require Theological Competency Standards
for Eligibility to Exercise Ecclesiastical Oversight De Iure Humano ..................................365
6-09 To Amend Bylaw 2.13.1 to Clarify
Terminology for Specific Ministry Pastor Mentorship and Oversight ....................................366
6-10 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.5.7 to Address
Seminary Adjunct Faculty ...................................367
6-11 To Amend Bylaws to Reinsert 2007 Pastoral
Colloquy Bylaws from Policy Manual .................367
6-12 To Encourage Transparency and Clarity
in Pastoral Colloquy Process ................................369
6-13 To Encourage Transparency and Clarity
in Pastoral Colloquy Process ................................369
6-14 To Affirm Exclusive Seminary Path and
In-Person Formation for Pastoral Ministry ..........370
6-15 To Reaffirm the Synod’s Routes to Ministry .......370
6-16 To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry ........371
6-17 To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry ........372
6-18 To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry ........373
6-19 To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry ........374
6-20 To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry ........375
6-21 To Strengthen Pastoral Formation
in the Synod .........................................................376 2026 Convention Workbook
