# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S 20
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12-10 To amend Synod Bylaw 2.11.2.2 re Candidate
Status...................................................................418
12-11 To Appoint Task Force to Review and Evaluate
Dispute Resolution Process.................................419
12-12 To Revise Dispute Resolution Process................419
12-13 To Restore Pre-1992 Adjudication, Expulsion, and
Appeal Processes. ...............................................419
12-14 To Assist and Encourage Resolution of Disputes
Where Facts Are Unclear and Evidence Is
Possessed by the Synod. .....................................419
12-15 To Form New Dispute Reconciliation Process....420
12-16 To Restore to Synod Praesidium Authority to Act in
Discipline Case If District President Fails to
Act.......................................................................420
12-17 To Revise Dispute Resolution Bylaws to Involve
Synod President. .................................................421
12-18 To Restore Procedure for Appeals to Expulsion
Process. ...............................................................421
12-19 To Restore Appeal Procedure to Expulsion
Processes.............................................................421
12-20 To Retain Current Expulsion Procedure without
Opportunity for Appeal of District President or
Appeal Panel Decision........................................421
12-21 To Reaffirm Commitment to Current System of
Ecclesiastical Supervision...................................422
12-22 To Clarify Proper Use of Social Media and Internet
Postings by Church Leadership during Expulsion
Process. ...............................................................423
12-23 To Support Proper Ecclesiastical Supervision in
Synod Districts....................................................423
12-24 To Restore Right of Appeal to Disciplinary
Proceedings.........................................................424
12-25 To Provide Bylaw Provisions for Appeals by
Accusers in Expulsion Processes........................424
12-26 To Form Task Force to Study Expulsion Process for
Public Teaching of False Doctrine......................424
12-27 To Allow for Review of Acquittals......................425
12-28 To Create a Commission on Doctrinal Fidelity...425
12-29 To Expand Training of Peacemakers...................426
12-30 To Provide Assistance to Lay Reconcilers Serving
on Dispute Resolution, Hearing, and Final Hearing
Panels. .................................................................426
12-31 To Clarify Ecclesiastical Supervision of Rostered
Workers Serving Outside Home District. ...........427
12-32 To Address Unbiblical Removal of Pastors from
Office. .................................................................427
12-33 To Require District Presidents to Provide Church
Worker Information When Requested. ...............428
12-34 To Improve Transparency of Council of Presidents
Procedures and Meetings....................................428
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12-35 To Permit Access by Rostered Workers to Own
Personnel Records...............................................429
12-36 To Prioritize District Presidents’ Work to within
Their Districts. ....................................................429
12-37 To Require District President Visitation of
Congregations.. ...................................................429
12-38 To Call to Faithful Confession. ...........................430
12-39 To Address Concerns re Ecclesiastical Supervision
in Constitution and Bylaws.................................430
12-40 To Adopt New Method for Dealing with Charges
of Heresy Apart from Existing Expulsion
Process. ...............................................................431
12-41 To Establish Procedure for Removal of Officers of
Synod or District from Office... ..........................431
12-42 Omnibus Overture #1 (Dispute Resolution)........432
12-43 To Amend Synod Bylaw 2.11.2.2 to Allow
Candidates to Remain on Candidate Roster Beyond
Four Years. ..........................................................436

13. Routes to Ministry
Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R2, R2.1, R2.2, R11, R56, R59,
R61, R62, R64

Overtures
13-01 To Address Licensed Lay Administration of Word
and Sacrament.....................................................437
13-02 To Assure That All Men Who Serve as Pastors Are
Pastors.................................................................437
13-03 To Support the Resolution 4-06A Task Force
Recommendations...............................................437
13-04 To Implement Res. 4-06A Task Force
Recommendations...............................................438
13-05 To Direct the Council of Presidents to Enact a Plan
to Return to Faithful Practice..............................439
13-06 To Accept and Act on Recommendations of 2013
Res. 4-06A Task Force Report............................440
13-07 To Accept and Implement 4-06A Task Force
Report..................................................................440
13-08 To Address Lay Ministry According to Confessions
and Constitution of LCMS..................................440
13-09 To Create New Task Forces to Study Licensing of
Lay Deacons........................................................441
13-10 To Affirm Council of Presidents Implementation
and Oversight of 1989 Res. 3-05B Licensed Lay
Deacons...............................................................442
13-11 To Encourage Continued Training and Licensing of
Lay Deacons........................................................442
13-12 To Support Licensed Deacons.............................442
13-13 To Affirm, Encourage, and Continue Ministry of
Licensed Lay Deacons........................................443