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LCMS 2026 Convention Workbook: Reports and Overtures, PDF page 12

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7-28 To Conduct a Project Postmortem Examination

of Concordia University Ann Arbor ....................435

7-29 To Request Transparency from Concordia

University Wisconsin—Ann Arbor .....................436 8. Finance

Reports

R1, R1.2–R1.2.2, R1.2.4–R1.3, R5–R8, R15–R57

Overtures

8-01 To Amend Bylaw Section 3.7 to Clarify Additional

Assigned Responsibilities and Provisions on the Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans / Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services ...............437

8-02 To Amend Bylaw Section 3.7 to Include

Management of Concordia Risk Solutions in Assigned Activity of Concordia Plan Services ....438

8-03 To Affirm Concordia Plans and To Amend

Bylaws to Require Annual ERISA-Comparable

Transparency to Participants ................................438

8-04 To Amend Bylaws to Ensure Sustainability

of Concordia Plan Services by Its Working with Other Church Bodies ....................................439

8-05 To Stabilize the Cost of Benefits Offered

by Concordia Plan Services .................................439

8-06 To Direct Concordia Publishing House

to Eliminate Shipping Charges ............................440

8-07 To Use Only Sustainable Bible Translations .......440

8-08 To Request Additional Resources using New

King James Version .............................................441

8-09 To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions ...........441

8-10 To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions ...........441

8-11 To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions ...........442

8-12 To Study Granting of Book of Concord

Copyright Permissions by Concordia Publishing House ......442

8-13 To Direct Concordia Publishing House

to Prioritize Mission and Distribution ..................443

8-14 To Direct Concordia Publishing House

to Prioritize Mission and Distribution ..................444

8-15 To Commit the Synod to Fully Funding Her

Seminaries as a Primary Responsibility of Corporate Synod ..............................................444

8-16 To Encourage Synod Transparency and Unity

regarding Concluded HotChalk Litigation ...........445

8-17 To Encourage Transparency and Accountability

in Legal Judgments and Settlements ....................445

8-18 To Direct Board of Directors to Review and

Publish Comprehensive Accounting of LCMS Monies Spent on HotChalk, Concordia University Texas, and Hong Kong International School Association Limited Litigation .............................446

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9. Structure and Administration

Reports

R1, R1.2, R1.2.2, R1.2.4–R1.2.5, R2, R3–R11,

R14, R15–R19, R21–R55, R59, R61

Overtures

9-01 To Amend Bylaws 1.5.3.2–4 and Add Bylaw

4.7.6 regarding Regulations for Committees .......449

9-02 To Amend Bylaws 1.5.1.2–1.5.2 to Clarify

Service Expectations and Handling of Conflicts of Interest .........................................450

9-03 To Amend Constitution Article XII 15

as to Call of Special District Conventions ...........451

9-04 To Amend Bylaws regarding Doctrinal

Review .................................................................452

9-05 To Amend Various Bylaws for Purposes

of Clarification or Improvement ..........................454

9-06 To Amend Bylaw Section 1.5, etc., to Unify

in the Bylaws and Revise Corporate Formation Requirements for Instrumental Entities of Corporate Synod and Agencies of the Synod ......458

9-07 To Focus on Things of God .................................466

9-08 To Amend Bylaws Exclusive to Lutheran Church

Extension Fund to Clarify That It May Provide Real Estate Evaluation and Redevelopment Services in Support of Synod Mission and Ministry ..........467

9-09 To Amend the Bylaws to Clarify and Streamline

Responsibilities of Appointed Synod Officers .....468

9-10 To Amend Bylaws to Coordinate

Responsibilities of Chief Mission Officer with Other Synod Officers ...................................470

9-11 To Amend Bylaws to Enhance

Responsibilities of Synod Mission Boards ..........471

9-12 To Restructure Mission Boards ............................473

9-13 To Revisit 2010 Restructuring .............................473

9-14 To Revisit 2010 Restructuring .............................474

9-15 To Amend Bylaw 3.6.4.3 to Increase the

Number of Lutheran Church Extension Fund Directors Elected by the Synod in Convention from Three to Four ...............................................474

9-16 To Amend Bylaws 3.6.1.8 (c) and 3.6.4 (a)

to Clarify that Two-Thirds Approval Requirements for Synodwide Corporate Entity and Lutheran Church Extension Fund Governing Document Amendments are Based on Members Actually Present at Meeting .................................475

9-17 To Initiate Proposal to Realign Districts ..............475

9-18 To Reclaim Beneficial Understanding

of Our Synodical Union .......................................476

9-19 To Amend Constitution and Bylaws to Alter

Selection of Voting Delegates to National Convention ...........................................................476 2026 Convention Workbook

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