# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S375
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES 373

To Reject the Title of “Bishop” for District Presidents

Of LCMS 22... 0c ccc cc ccc ete eee ee eee eens 248
To Seek Advice of District President in Names for

Call List 0.0.06. ccc cece eee eee eee eens 249
To Eliminate Council of Presidents ..........-.--- 249
To Return COP to Its Original Purpose ...........- 249
To Restructure the Council of Presidents .......... 249
To Require Council of Presidents to Align Its Practice

with Scripture ....... 2... e eee ence tence eee 249°
To Abolish the Council of Presidents and Reassign Its
Duties 0.0... cece eee ee eee eee eeee 250
To Limit the COP to Activities Mandated in the LCMS
Constitution ........ 06. cece eee ree eens 250
To Remind District Presidents of Duties and

Limitations Incumbent on Office ............--+-- 251
To Return All District Presidents and Ordained Staff to
Parish Ministry ............ 000 ee cere eee ee eens 251
To Reinstitute Triennial “Every Congregation Visits”

by District Presidents ..........-. 6000 sees eerie 25)
To Appoint Task Force to Study Role of District

Presidents ........ 0. cee ee cece eee eee eens 252
To Regain Erring Pastors and Congregations or

Remove Them from Roster ...........--+00- 0-25 252

To Abolish Practice of Forcing Pastors and Seminary
Students into Psychological Assessment and/or

Treatment ......... 0. cece eee eee erent 253
To Correct Abuses by Amending Process Commencing

an Action to Terminate Congregational or Individual

Membership ........... 00s e eee e rece eens 253
To Make Clear the Reasons a Pastor May Be Validly
Dismissed from His Call ...........-- cece errors 254
To Respond to Unjustified Reproaches against

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To Establish and Maintain Synodwide Program to

Evaluate Pastors Who Have Left Their Calls ....... 254

To Prohibit Forced Resignations from Pastoral Office 255
To Place Congregations in English and SELC Districts

into Geographic Districts of Synod ..........++++- 255
To Begin Study Toward Restructuring Synod ....... 255
To Implement Downsizing of All District Offices ... 255
To Propose Redefinition and Realignment of Districts 256
To Implement Nongeographical Black Ministry

District Study Recommendations ...........++-++ 257
To Reject Concept of Nongeographic Ethnic District . 257
To Prohibit Any Action of Establishing Black District 257

To Create New Nongeographical District .......... 257
To Create New Nongeographical Walther District ... 258
To Revise Bylaws Relating to Conflict Resolution ... 258
To Change Election Process for Reconcilers ........ 258 -
To Return to Former Structure of Adjudication ..... 259
To Return to 1986 Bylaws on Adjudication ........ 259
To Restore Former Adjudication Process .........- 259,
To Repeal Resolutions Adopted Establishing

Synodical Dispute Resolution ..........+--.++++- 259

To Return to Previous Structure for Adjudication and
Reaffirm Absolute Authority of Commission on

Appeals ...... 6. cece cece eee een eee nes 260
To Return to Former System of Adjudication ....... 260
To Return to Former Structure of Adjudication for

Dispute Resolution .........-- 60-2 sees eee eeeeee 260

To Return to Former Adjudication Process ........ 261

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To Attend to Conflicts of Interest in Dispute

Resolution ....... 2... c cece eee eee tees 261
To Provide for Disqualification of a District President
When Party to Dispute and Has Conflict of Interest .. 261
To Place Burden of Proof on Accuser Rather Than

Accused 0... 06... cece eee cee ens 261
To Bind Officials to Judgments of Adjudication

Process 0.0... cece ce eee eee ee ene enee 262
To Return to System of Adjudication ..........--- 262
To Return to Former Process of Adjudication ....... 262
To Return to Former Adjudication Process ........- 263
To Bring Bylaw Chapter VIII into Harmony with

Lutheran Confessions ...........0005 essere eres 263
To Retum to Old Adjudication Process ...........- 263
To Deal with One Another in Love ..........----- 264
To Establish Study of Delegate Representation ...... 264
To Appoint Task Force to Review Voting

Representation ........--. 00 eee e eee eres 264
To Amend System for Synodical Delegate

Representation ... 4... 600.2 cece eee eee ees 265
To Consider Changes to Bylaw 3.03 in Regard to

Electoral Circuits .. 0.0.0.0... 0c cece eee eee ees 265
To Memorialize Synod to Make Circuit Convocations
Voluntary... 1. eee teen eens 265
To Make Circuit Forums Optional ............--++ 265
To Restore District Conventions ...........-+++55 265
To Deal with Status of Candidates for Ministry ..... 266
To Clarify Membership on Candidate Status ........ 266
To Promote Clarity Concerning Synodical

Membership ......... 000s eee cece ee eer eeee 266
To Review and Reform Candidate Status Proceedings 266
To Certify Pastor Herman Otten ........--.05 0005 267
To Place Herman Otten on Roster and Provide
Compensation ........6 06 cee eee eee eee ees 267
To Accept Herman Otten into Ministry of LCMS . ... 267
To Certify Herman J. Otten and Amend Bylaw 2.09 267
To Order Faculty to Certify Herman Otten ........- 268
To Seek to Restore Robert Rahn to Ministerium ..... 269

To Reinstate Robert Rahn to Clergy Roster of Synod 269
To Restore Dr. Ted Jungkuntz’s Candidate Status ... 269
To Remove Pastors Involved in Renewal in

Missouri (RIM) .........0-2 secre creer etree 269
To Direct President to Exercise Ecclesiastical

Oversight re Charismatic Movement ............-- 270
To Consider Voting Status of Campus Pastors ...... 270
To Clarify Voting Status of Campus Pastors and Other
Pastors and Chaplains Serving Congregations ...... 270
To Approve Retired Pastor’s Eligibility to Vote ..... 271
To Make Assistant Pastors Voting Members of Synod 271
To Place Parish Assistants on Roster ........-.-+-> 272
To Delay Elections ..........00. eee ee eee 2. 272
To Change Procedure for Election of Officers ...... 272
To Revise Election Procedure for Commission on
Constitutional Matters ..........0 000 cere eee eee 272
To Revise Election Procedure for Commission on
Constitutional Matters ...........000022e cece eee 272
To Change Election Process of Commission on
Constitutional Matters .......... 66. - see e eee eee 272
To Revise Election Procedure for Commission on
Constitutional Matters .......... 0.000 eee ee eee 273
To Limit Synodical President and First Vice-President

to Four Terms .. 0.20... 00. e eee reer ee eens 273