# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 21
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To Encourage Proper Pastoral Oversight in
Administration of Lord’s Supper through
Visitation of Ecclesiastical Supervisors. .......524
To Address the Election of the Chairman
for the Council of Presidents, The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod. ...........................525
To Align the Voting Practice of the Council of
Presidents with the LCMS Constitution and
Bylaws..........................................................526
To Improve the Transparency of the Council of
Presidents by Making Its Minutes Public.....527
To Make the Policies of the Council of
Presidents Public..........................................527
To Direct the Council of Presidents to Include
Questions concerning Genesis 1–2, the Six-Day
Creation, and the Teaching of Evolutionary
Theory as Fact in the Self-Evaluation
Tool (SET), Used for Pastors and Pastoral
Candidates, and in the Commissioned Minister
Information Form (CMIF)..........................527
To Overrule Board of Directors’ May 2017
Resolution Regarding 2016 Resolution 12-14
and Bylaw 7.1.2............................................528
To Overrule Board of Directors’ May 2017
Resolution Regarding 2016 Resolution 12-14
and Bylaw 7.1.2............................................529
To Overrule Board of Directors’ May 2017
Resolution Regarding 2016 Resolution 12-14
and Bylaw 7.1.2............................................530
To Create an Ecclesiastical Supervision Task
Force to Accomplish the Will and Spirit of
Milwaukee Resolution 12-14........................531
To Reverse the Synod Bylaw Changes Made
by Synod Board of Directors Regarding
Ecclesiastical Supervision.............................531
To Rescind Commission on Constitutional
Matters Opinion 16-2791. ............................532
To Remove Synod Bylaw 2.14.5. .................533
To Remove Synod Bylaw 2.14.5 on
Ecclesiastical Supervision.............................533
To Reestablish the District President
as Supervisor of Individual Members
of Synod.......................................................534
To Reaffirm 2016 Resolution 12-14 and Synod
Bylaw Sections 2.14–2.17. ............................534
To Affirm the Results of 2016 Resolution
12-14 Regarding Ecclesiastical Supervision..535
To Study the Question of Ecclesiastical
Supervision. .................................................535

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To Revise the Synod Dispute Resolution
Process.........................................................535
To Amend Bylaws to Clarify Dispute
Resolution Processes....................................535
To Restore Right of Appeal to Disciplinary
Proceedings..................................................537

11. Church and Culture
Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R1.3, R7, R12, R17, R60, R61, R62

Overtures
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To Give Guidance and Encourage Action on
Beginning-of-Life Issues...............................538
To Condemn the Abortion Rights Ideology
as Heresy......................................................539
To Condemn the Pro-Choice Ideology
as Heresy......................................................539
To Oppose Physician-Assisted Suicide.........540
To Oppose Physician-Assisted Suicide
and to Support Enhanced Palliative Care. ...540
To Combine Synod Efforts to Support
Marriage, Life, and Family into a Unified
Ministry. ......................................................541
To Affirm the Synod’s Position on Marriage
and Family...................................................541
To Uphold the Integrity of the Holy Estate
of Marriage..................................................542
To Give Witness That Same-Sex Unions Are
Not Marriage...............................................544
To Encourage Our Church to Faithfulness
Regarding Marriage.....................................544
To Encourage Synod to Develop Resources
to Aid Congregations and Schools
Regarding Sexual Orientation and Gender
Identity Issues..............................................545
To Engage in Ministry to Transgendered
Persons.........................................................546
To Decry Racism in Church and Society
(Resolution 02-07-18)...................................546
To Condemn the Sin of Racism. ..................547
To Resist the Increasing Influence of the
Gnostic Heresy. ...........................................547
To Address the Global War
on Christianity ............................................548
To Remember the Persecuted Church..........548
To Expand the Mandate of the Lutheran
Center for Religious Liberty. .......................548
2019 Convention Workbook