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2026 Convention Workbook 287NATIONAL WITNESS Ov. 1-18 To Give Thanks for Lutheran Educators and Administrators WHEREAS, The Synod has long cherished the role of Lutheran education in forming faith, developing intellect, and preparing young people for lives of Christian service in church and society; and WHERE...
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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 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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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 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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R3 Praesidium R3 Praesidium The Presidium consists of the Synod President, the (full-time) First Vice-President, and five regional vice-presidents, each of whom represents the geographical region in which he lives. The five regional vice-presidents serve in a part-time capacity and, to- gether with the First Vice-Pr...
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R3 Praesidium R3 Praesidium The Presidium consists of the Synod President, the (full-time) First Vice-President, and five regional vice-presidents, each of whom represents the geographical region in which he lives. The five regional vice-presidents serve in a part-time capacity and, to- gether with the First Vice-Pr...
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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 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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pathways of pastoral formation to fulfill the need for laborers for the Lord’s harvest; and be it finally Resolved, That the Synod retain all currently approved routes of pastoral formation (residential and non-residential), encourage recruitment to all currently approved educational pathways for ordination, and b...
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