# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 23
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To Resolve the Issues at Concordia University,
Portland.......................................................474
To Close Concordia University, Portland....474
To Recognize and Give Thanks for Work at
Selma. ..........................................................475
To Get a Full Report Regarding the Closure of
Concordia College Alabama........................475
To Get a Full Report Regarding the Closure of
Concordia College Alabama........................475
To Get a Full Report Regarding the Closure of
Concordia College Alabama........................476
To Get a Full Report Regarding the Closure of
Concordia College Alabama........................476
To Request a Full Report on the Closure of
Concordia College Alabama........................476
To Obtain a Full Report Regarding the
Closure of Concordia College Alabama.......476
To Celebrate and Give Thanks to God for the
125th Anniversary of Concordia University,
Nebraska. ....................................................477

Reporting in the Synod................................483
To Ensure Timely and Transparent Financial
Reporting in the Synod................................484
To Exercise Financial Restraint in Salaries of
Synod and District Executives and Staff......485
To Change Congregational Assessments for
District Conventions....................................485
To Commend the Work of the LCMS
Foundation to the Church. ..........................485

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9. Structure and Administration
Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R5, R6–6.2, R9, R11, R13, R58,
R61, R62, R64

Overtures
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8. Finance

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R1, R1.1, R1.2, R4, R4.1–2, R6–6.2, R14, R16,
R16.1–8, R18, R19, R20, R62, R66

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Reports

Overtures
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To Encourage the Synod to Establish a Synodwide 1.1.1 Funding Model for Specifically
Designated Mission Endeavors....................478
To Plan Wisely for the Future Use of Our
Earthly Resources, Trusting in the Lord
(Jeremiah 29:11)...........................................478
To Acknowledge God’s Gift of Pastors and to
Memorialize The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod to Increase Its Budgeted Support of
Both Seminaries...........................................479
To Encourage Congregations to Receive
Special Offerings to Support the LCMS
Joint Seminary Fund on the Occasions of the
Ordination/Installation of Pastor or Pastors’
Ordination Anniversaries.............................479
To Optimize the Stewardship of Gifts to Our
Seminaries....................................................480
To Ensure Timely and Transparent Financial
Reporting in the Synod................................480
To Ensure Timely and Transparent Financial
Reporting in the Synod................................480
To Ensure Timely and Transparent Financial
Reporting in the Synod................................482
To Ensure Timely and Transparent Financial

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To Recommend Moving to a Four-Year
Convention Cycle.........................................487
To Recommend Moving to a Four-Year
Convention Cycle.........................................487
To Recommend Moving to a Four-Year
Convention Cycle of the Synod and Districts....
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To Move to a Four-Year Convention Cycle.487
To Hold National and District Conventions
Every Four Years.........................................488
To Change the Way Electoral Circuits Are
Formed........................................................488
To Change the Way Electoral Circuits Are
Formed........................................................489
To Change the Requirements for Electoral
Circuits. .......................................................489
To Eliminate the Distinction Between Electoral
and Visitation Circuits and the Communicant
Membership Requirements of Same. ...........489
To Amend Bylaws to Clarify Multicongregation Parish Representation at the
Circuit Forum..............................................489
To Elect Delegates to the Synod and District
Conventions.................................................490
To Clarify the Meaning of Parish as it
Relates to Congregational Representation
at District Conventions and Election of the
Synod President, and to Distinguish Assisting
Capacity Pastoral Calls................................493
To Retain the Current Delegate
Representation to District Convention of
Pastor-Congregation-Parish.........................495
To Amend Synod’s Constitution to Allow All
Member Congregations Voice and Vote. .....495
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