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2026 Convention Workbook 150 OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS 7 than 10%, with some districts having half or more of their circuits in this range.12 At the same time, there are 1 districts reporting as many as a quarter of their circuits having net gains in the past three years.In this sense, 2 the vertical l...
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2026 Convention Workbook 350 THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS Resolved, That we as a Synod reject every understanding of mission that reduces it to programs, strategies, or institutional survival; separates the baptismal identity of God’s people from their sending; replaces the Gospel with moralism, activism, or coer...
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independent programs of pastoral preparation or direct men to pastoral preparation programs outside of our Synod’s seminaries” (Proc., 160–61); therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod in convention acknowledge and affirm Bylaw 2.5.2 regarding calls and proper service, which states: Congregations that are members...
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Ov. 10-22 To Amend Bylaw 1.10.7.4 to Allow Advisors to Represent Parties in Dispute Resolution Process Preamble Bylaw 1.10.7.4 (a) states that “The hearing shall be private, attended only by the parties to the dispute and one advisor of each party’s choice, should any party desire one. This advisor shall not addr...
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