# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 22
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To Amend the Synod Constitution to Grant a
Lay Vote to Every Congregation. ................497
To Study Allowing All Congregations in a
Multi-Congregation Parish to Have a Lay
Voting Delegate at District Conventions. ....497
To Recognize Vacancy Pastors as “In Charge
of Congregations” for the Purposes of Voting
Representation.............................................497
To Amend the Constitution to Address District
Convention Representation. ........................497
To Amend Methods for Selection of
Nonvoting and Advisory Delegates. ............500
To Enable Commissioned Ministers to Serve
As Voting Lay Delegates..............................501
To Enable Commissioned Ministers to Serve as
Voting Lay Delegates...................................501
To Consider Voting Privilege for
Commissioned Ministers..............................501
To Propose Commissioned Ministers as
Voting Members at LCMS District and Synod
Conventions.................................................502
To Amend Synod Bylaws 3.12.2.1 and 3.12.2.2.
.....................................................................502
To Amend Bylaw 3.12.2.6 Revising the Process
of Election for the Office of the First VicePresident. ..........................................................
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To Amend the Procedures for the Election of
First Vice-President......................................503
To Amend Bylaw 3.12.2.7 (d) to Permit Floor
Nominations in Election of Regional VicePresidents.....................................................503
To Address Residency Requirements for
District Regional Positions. .........................503
To Amend Bylaw 3.1.8 To No Longer Require
Publication of Delegate Mailing Addresses..504
To Adopt Data Privacy Best Practices for
Delegate Information...................................505
To Cease the Selling or Distribution of
Convention Delegate Personal Information.505
To Adopt Data Privacy Best Practices.........505
To Amend Bylaw 3.1.7 regarding the
Formation of Floor Committees..................506
To Implement Term Limits for the Synod
President and First Vice-President. ..............506
To Amend Synod Bylaw 3.2.4.1 regarding
Term Limits. ................................................506
To Amend Bylaw 3.2.4.1 To Limit Terms
of Office for Synod President, First VicePresident, Regional Vice-Presidents, and
Secretary of Synod.......................................506

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To Set Term Limits for All Synod and District
Offices..........................................................507
To Amend Bylaws to Clarify Call and Roster
Matters. .......................................................507
To Amend the Constitution to Simplify
Handling of Commissioned Categories........511
To Amend Various Bylaws to Address
Practical Considerations. .............................512
To Amend Various Bylaws for Purposes of
Clarification.................................................514
To Add Bylaw 3.3.4.10 to Clarify Access by the
Board of Directors to Information of Synod
Agencies.......................................................516
To Amend Synod Bylaw 3.4.1.3 (e)..............516
To Amend Bylaws to Change the Board
of Directors’ Means of Representation on
Synodwide Corporate Entities Boards of
Directors......................................................516
To Amend Bylaw 3.7.1 to Clarify the
Commencement Date for Members of the
Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans/Board
of Directors—Concordia Plan Services and
Eliminate Obsolete Provisions. ....................517
To Raise the Number of Official Conferences...
.....................................................................519

10. Ecclesiastical Supervision
and Dispute Resolution
Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R5, R6–6.2, R9, R58, R61, R62

Overtures
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To Clarify the Relationship of the Synod to its
Members Affirming Article VII. ..................520
To Amend LCMS Constitution Article XI. .520
To Address Ecclesiastical Supervision..........522
To Strengthen the Pastoral Relationship
between District Presidents and Those under
Their Ecclesiastical Supervision. ..................522
To Reorganize The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod into Smaller Districts. ........523
To Permit Access by Rostered Workers and
Formerly Rostered Workers to Own Personnel
Records........................................................523
To Affirm the Advisory Role of District
Presidents in Their Service of Calling
Congregations of the LCMS........................523
To Allow the Use of the Term Bishop in The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.............524
To Memorialize Synod to Revise Eligibility to
Serve as Circuit Visitor. ...............................524