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LCMS 2026 Convention Workbook: Reports and Overtures, PDF page 9
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 PAGE PAGE 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