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6-67 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Expand Pastoral
Formation Committee ..........................................405
6-68 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Revise Composition
of Pastoral Formation Committee ........................406
6-69 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Expand Pastoral
Formation Committee ..........................................406
6-70 To Retain Current Structure of Pastoral
Formation Committee ..........................................407
6-71 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Reform
Membership of Pastoral Formation Committee ...407
6-72 To Study the Feasibility of Intentional Seminary
Professor Turnover and Parish Sabbatical ...........408
6-73 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.5.7.2 to Provide
Flexibility to Seminary Boards of Regents in Faculty Matters in Their Contexts ...................408
6-74 To Direct Seminaries to Publish Annual
Enrollment Numbers Every Fall ..........................408
6-75 To Encourage the Council of Presidents
to Prioritize Assignment of Seminary Candidates to Sole Vacancies over Associate Positions .........409
6-76 To Participate in Building Culture of Church
Work Formation and Recruitment .......................409
6-77 To Encourage Recruitment of Commissioned
Workers ................................................................410
6-78 To Encourage Young People to Enter Church
Worker Vocations ................................................411
6-79 To Support Bi- and Co-vocational Pastors
and Their Congregations ......................................411
6-80 To Encourage Secular Vocational Training
for Current and Potential Ordained and Commissioned Ministers ......................................411
6-81 To Mandate Continuing Education for Parish
Pastors ..................................................................412
6-82 To Encourage Congregations to Establish
Sabbatical Policy for Church Workers .................412
6-83 To Encourage Ministry Sabbaticals
for Church Workers .............................................413
6-84 To Establish Commissioned Male Diaconate ......413
6-85 To Standardize Vacancy Pastor Remuneration
Guidelines ............................................................413
6-86 To Celebrate and Encourage Lay Service ............414
6-87 To Celebrate and Encourage Lay Service ............414
6-88 To Affirm That Functions of Pastoral Office
Belong to That Office ..........................................415 7. University Education
Reports
R1, R2.2, R5, R5.2, R14–R14.5, R55, R62.7
Overtures
7-01 To Amend Bylaws to Convert Concordia University
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System, the Synodwide Corporate Entity, into Commission for University Education .........417
7-02 To Affirm and Sustain Concordia University
System as Synodwide Corporate Entity ...............421
7-03 To Affirm and Sustain Concordia University
System as Synodwide Corporate Entity ...............421
7-04 To Define and Affirm Lutheran Identity ..............422
7-05 To Define and Affirm Lutheran Identity ..............422
7-06 To Encourage University Worship Practices
Faithful to Scriptures and Confessions and Reflecting Breadth of Worship in the Synod .......423
7-07 To Pause and Correct Deficiencies in Lutheran
Identity and Mission Outcomes Standards ...........424
7-08 To Encourage Congregations to Include in
Annual Mission Budgets Support for Regional University of Concordia University System ........424
7-09 To Amend Bylaw 3.6.6.1 .....................................425
7-10 To Amend Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2 ................................425
7-11 To Strengthen Our Process for Supporting
Our Concordias ....................................................426
7-12 To Encourage Licensed Counselors Serving
Recognized Service Organizations to Complete Director of Family Life Ministry Colloquy Program ................................................................427
7-13 To Ask That Concordia University Nebraska
Local Regents Be Appointed ...............................427
7-14 To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process ..428
7-15 To Clarify Prior Approval Process and Provide
Appropriate Transparency ....................................428
7-16 To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process ..429
7-17 To Amend Bylaws to Support and Clarify
Prior Approval Process ........................................429
7-18 To Reexamine Prior Approval Process ................430
7-19 To Review and Clarify Prior Approval ................431
7-20 To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process
for Theological Faculty and Presidential Candidates for Concordia University System ......431
7-21 To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process ..432
7-22 To Clarify Prior Approval Process for Theological
Faculties and Concordia University Presidents and Selection Process for Seminary Presidents ...433
7-23 To Support and Clarify Prior Approval
Process Rationale .................................................433
7-24 To Encourage Greater Transparency in Prior
Approval Process .................................................433
7-25 To Appeal for Recognized Ecclesiastical
Relationship with Luther Classical College .........434
7-26 To Give Thanks for Board of Regents
of Concordia College—New York ......................435
7-27 To Give Thanks for Leaders Who Developed
Concordia University Wisconsin / Ann Arbor Partnership ...........................................................435 2026 Convention Workbook
