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2026 Convention Workbook 253 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS /one.lnum/three.lnum The Lutheran Church/emdash.lnumMissouri Synod There is no reason to question the Synod’s time-honored position on this matter. The elements referred to in Scripture are without question bread and wine....
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R62.6 Online Technology in the Church: Study Materials (2024) PAGE PAGE R62.6 2026 Convention Workbook 233 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 5 2. Virtual Multi-Parish Arrangements (“Video Venue”) In part due to the growing pastoral shortage within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Syn...
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R62.6 Online Technology in the Church: Study Materials (2024) PAGE PAGE R62.6 2026 Convention Workbook 233 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 5 2. Virtual Multi-Parish Arrangements (“Video Venue”) In part due to the growing pastoral shortage within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Syn...
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2026 Convention Workbook 255 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS /two.lnum/one.lnum The Lutheran Church/emdash.lnumMissouri Synod of pre-packaged elements invites confusion and can encourage bad practices. As noted above, such usage seems to invite some churches to adopt specific practic...
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R62.3 Mission and Ministry Principles and Practical Observations and Suggestions (2024) R62.3 2026 Convention Workbook 211 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 5 xi. Develop more robust continuing education programs and expectations for all LCMS pastors—general and SMP. c. Strength...
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R62.3 Mission and Ministry Principles and Practical Observations and Suggestions (2024) R62.3 2026 Convention Workbook 211 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 5 xi. Develop more robust continuing education programs and expectations for all LCMS pastors—general and SMP. c. Strength...
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2026 Convention Workbook 212 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 1 Response of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Final Report of the Theological Conversations between the Churches Associated with the International Lutheran Council a...
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2026 Convention Workbook 233 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 5 2. Virtual Multi-Parish Arrangements (“Video Venue”) In part due to the growing pastoral shortage within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, there has been conversation about whether a single pastor could service mu...
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2026 Convention Workbook 254 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS /one.lnum/seven.lnum The Lutheran Church/emdash.lnumMissouri Synod Prior use of individual pre-packaged elements for the Lord’s Supper is even more recent, dating only to the closing years of the twentieth century. 22 Th...
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2026 Convention Workbook 352 THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS administration of the Sacrament and content themselves with the power of the Word of God and the exercise of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ; and be it finally Resolved, That we memorialize Synod to publicly acknowledge the theological and ecclesial errors c...
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2026 Convention Workbook 232 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 1 Online Technology in the Church: Study Materials Preface 2023 Resolution 5-13A asked the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR), in conjunction with the Council of Presidents and the Office of the Pr...
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2026 Convention Workbook 234 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 9 brother, and that before unbelievers?” (1 Cor. 6:4–6).11 In its 2019 report on social media, the CTCR underscored this point: “Even as they attempt to proclaim Christ, believers may undermine the good news of salvati...
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2026 Convention Workbook 312 LIFE TOGETHER WHEREAS, The prophets use the language of “the people/my people” (or “lineage” or “generations”) to reference not races in the modernistic sense, so that the prophets are proclaiming that the chosen lineage includes all those brought into the promise of the Christ—i.e., th...
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