# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S 21
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11-21 To Amend Bylaws re District Convention
Attendance as Prerequisite for Voting for President
of Synod..............................................................392
11-22 To Change Election of Regional
Vice-Presidents. ..................................................393
11-23 To Change Nominations Process for Elected
District Offices....................................................393
11-24 To Change Formation of Electoral Circuits.........393
11-25 To Establish Board for International Mission
Representation at Synod Conventions. ...............394
11-26 To Make Incumbent Members of Board for
International Mission Eligible for Floor
Nominations........................................................394
11-27 To Revise and Enhance Nomination and Election
Process for Regional Board Members. ...............395
11-28 To Establish Board for National Mission
Representation at Synod Conventions. ...............396
11-29 To Make Incumbent Members of Board for National
Mission Eligible for Floor Nominations. ............. 397
11-30 To Declare CCM Opinion 13-2694 re Doctrinal
Resolutions Null and Void. .................................398
11-31 To Complete Study of Constitution Article VII...398
11-32 To Overrule CCM Opinion 13-2694. ..................398
11-33 To Affirm Article II as Only Required
Confession...........................................................399
11-34 To Honor and Reaffirm Advisory Nature of
Synod. .................................................................399
11-35 To Affirm Advisory Nature of Synod..................399
11-36 To Have Equal Lay and Ordained Representation
on Convention Floor Committees.......................400
11-37 To Discuss Enabling Advisory Delegates to Become
Voting Delegates at Future Conventions.... .......... 400
11-38 To Make Uniform the Process for Restructuring
Circuits for Synod Convention Delegate
Representation.....................................................400
11-39 To Make Uniform the Process for Restructuring
Circuits for Synod Convention Delegate
Determination. ....................................................400
11-40 To Provide Alternative Method for Certifying
Congregational Voters in Synod President
Elections..............................................................401
11-41 To Affirm Past Policy re Display of Literature at
Synod Conventions. ............................................401
11-42 To Permit Electronic Means for Official
Dissemination of Convention Workbooks. .........401
11-43 To Adopt Four-Year Convention and Terms-ofOffice Cycle. .......................................................402
11-44 To Amend Constitution to Grant Lay Vote to Every
Congregation.......................................................402

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11-45 To Allow All Congregations in a MultiCongregation Parish a Voting Delegate at District
Conventions. .......................................................403
11-46 To Move to Four-Year Convention Cycle............404
11-47 To Hold National and District Conventions Every
Four Years. ..........................................................404
11-48 To Grant Voting Privilege to Assistant Pastors....404
11-49 To Amend Bylaws to Affirm that Conscience Is
Bound by the Word of God.................................404
11-50 Omnibus Overture #3 (Conventions). .................405
11-51 Omnibus Overture #4 (District Administration). 405
11-52 Omnibus Overture #5 (Regional Elections). .......407
11-53 Omnibus Overture #2 (Synod Administration). ..408
11-54 To Amend Bylaw Process for Filling Regional
Vice-President Vacancies. ...................................411
11-55 To Amend Bylaw Process for Election of Synod
Regional Vice-Presidents. ...................................411
11-56 To Clarify and Confirm the Distinction between
Synod and Corporate Synod and to Provide
Consistency for the Meaning of “Property of the
Synod”.................................................................412
11-57 To Require LCMS Foundation to Use Biblical
Dispute Resolution to Settle Disputes with
Donors.................................................................413

12. Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute
Resolution
Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R10, R56, R57, R58, R60, R65

Overtures
12-01 To Amend Bylaws to Provide Opportunity for
Presidential Doctrinal Supervision. ....................415
12-02 To Return to Pastoral-Based Model of
Governance.. .......................................................415
12-03 To Allow Placement of Pastoral Candidates Who
Have Previously Served. .....................................416
12-04 To Facilitate Call Process for Ordained
Candidates...........................................................416
12-05 To Specify Inactive Members in Official
Publications.........................................................417
12-06 To Work to Resolve the Issue of Qualified
Ordained Candidates Remaining without
Calls. ...................................................................417
12-07 To Remove Time Restriction on Candidate Status
(Bylaw 2.11.2.2). ................................................418
12-08 To Amend Synod Bylaw 2.11.2.2 re Time
Restriction for Candidate Status. ........................418
12-09 To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 to Provide for Placement
of Candidates. .....................................................418

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