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Workbook page 514

Word in our midst at times move to other organizations or church bodies despite their being found unfit according to God’s clear standards, thus further scandalizing the Church and sowing confusion; therefore be it Resolved, That the Council of Presidents (COP) confer and compose a clear process by which the remo...

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Workbook page 351

2026 Convention Workbook 351THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS WHEREAS, Online or virtual worship is not a substitute for corporate worship (Heb. 10:24 –25; 2023 Res. 5 -08A, “To Affirm In-Person Communion”); and WHEREAS, These responses taught God’s flock and the world at- large that public, communal, in -person worship...

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Workbook page 273

2026 Convention Workbook 273 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS CTCR Opinion on Admission to Seminary for Divorced Men The Rev. Dr. Brian Saunders, Chairman of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR), received correspondence dated November 11, 2024 from Mr. Mark O. Ster...

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Workbook page 379

Resolved, That Synod congregations and rostered workers pray with heartfelt fervor and regularity to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His harvest (Matt. 9:38); and be it further Resolved, That Synod congregations and rostered workers turn with renewed vigor to the recruitment of able and apt men for th...

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Workbook page 434

Ov. 7-25 To Appeal for Recognized Ecclesiastical Relationship with Luther Classical College Preamble The classical Lutheran education movement in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) began in the late 1990s with a few schools and the gathering of a small number of educators in what has become the Consortium...

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