# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2001_S466
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

To Investigate Teaching of Evolution ............. 214
To Provide Leadership and Healthy Family Training . 214
To Develop Plan for Education, Training,

and Certification of Lutheran Counselors .......... 215
To Encourage Congregation/Synodical Schools

Sabbatical Consortia ©... 0.06... e eee eee eee 215
To Expand Colloquy Opportunities and Participation. 215
To Implement a CUENet Delivered

Colloquy Program ..... 20.0.0... ce eee eee eee 215
To Amend Bylaws re Teacher Colloquy ........... 216
To Equalize Colloquy/Certification Costs .......... 217
To Amend Bylaws re Deaconess Colloquy ......... 217

To Establish Deaconess Programs at Both Seminaries 218
To Establish Deaconess Program

at Fort Wayne Seminary ............2.02.20.008 218
To Commend DELTO Program................-. 218
To Support and Refine DELTO Program .......... 219
To Make Changes to DELTO Program ............ 219
To Expand DELTO to Include Candidates

from Multi-Staff Congregations ............5.... 220
To Support DELTO and Other Programs .......... 220
To Abandon DELTO Program..............-.... 220
To Encourage Recognized Service Organization Status

for Pastoral Leadership Institute ................. 220
To Grant RSO Status toPLI ..................0. 221
To Urge Recognition of PLT .................... 221
To Encourage RSO or Equivalent Status for PLY .... 221
To Affirm Intentions and Work of PLI ............ 221
To Affirm PLI Effort to Build Healthy Churches .... 222
To Require Actionre PLI ...................0.. 222
To Decline RSO Status for Pastoral Leadership

Institute (PLT)... ees 222
To Deny PLI RSO Status ......-.0.......2..0.00. 223
To Not Recognize PLI and Require Refund ........ 223
To Work Collaboratively re Issues

of Pastoral Leadership ............-....2..000.. 223

To Commend and Include PLI in Pastoral Training .. 223
To Include PLI Components in Doctor

of Ministry Program ........... 000.20 224
To Increase Synodical Financial Support

for Seminaries 2.0.0.0... . 00220 cee ee eee 224
To More Fully Support Seminaries ............... 224
To Specify Increased Funding for Seminaries ....... 225
To Return Seminary Subsidy to 1970 Level ........ 225
To Encourage Recruitment and Increased

Seminary Funding ...............00 200000000005 225
To Reduce District and Synod Positions

to Better Fund Seminaries ..............0. 00000 225
To Support $105 Million Fort Wayne

Seminary Initiative... 00.0.0. 00. 0. cee eee eee 226
To Increase Support for Full-Time

Church Work Students ............. 000000000005 226
To Provide Tuition-Free Education

to Children of Church Workers ...............6.- 227
To Foster Conformity in District Financial Aid ..... 227
To Amend Bylaws re Tenure ..............-.004. 227

To Require That College and University
Presidents Be Male ........ 00-0... ce cece eee eee 230
To Include Faculties in President Evaluation Process . 230

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6. Human Care

To Commend President’s Commission

on Sanctity of Life... 00.6... ee ee eee ee
To Reiterate Synod’s Stance on Abortion

in Light of RU-486. 0.0.00... 000... eee eee eee
To Require Acceptance of LCMS Position

on Abortion 2.0.6... eee eee
To Remove Pro-Abortion Pastors

from LCMS Roster ........... 2.000020 cee eens
To Avoid Use of Term ‘‘Sanctity of Life” ..........
To Study and Support Marriage and Family Statement
To Oppose Marriage Penalty Taxes ...............
To Assure Reasonable Retirement Benefits ........
To Provide Health Care Coverage

for Retired Workers ... 2.2.2... .0.-00000 02200200
To Provide Unemployment Insurance for Pastors ....
To Establish Guidelines for Care of Spouses

of Church Workers 0.0.00. 00000 00000002 e eee
To Require District Salary Guidelines .............
To Encourage Participation in International Day

of Prayer for Persecuted Church ............-,.64
To Reevaluate in Light of 1975 Convention Action ..
To Denounce Violence and Racism in Palestine .... .
To Encourage LCMS Participation

in Worship Services ..........6.0000020 ee eee
To Assist Trinity Congregation of Dresden, Germany

To Establish Synodwide Compensation Guidelines . .

7, Structure, Planning, and Administration

To Adopt Handbook Revision .............-..045
To Move Property Ownership Bylaw to Constitution .
To Add New Bylaw to Govern the Dissolution

otf Synodwide Corporate Entities .................
To Include Policy and Procedure Bylaw

Sections in Policy Manuals ..................05-
To Change Bylaw re Relationship

of Congregations to Synod... ............0.2206.
To Separate Calling and Service of Clergy

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To Clarify Authority for Amendment

of Worker Benefit Plans ..................2.005.
To Clarify Responsibilities of Officers and Agencies .
To Clarify What Is Included in the Doctrinal

Position of Synod ..... 0.0.2. e cece eee
To Change Process for Adoption

of Doctrinal Resolutions .................0.000.
To Change Membership of Commission

on Doctrinal Review .........-.. 002.0202 e eee
To Phase Out Consecrated Lay Workers Category ...
To Establish a Permanent Commission on Structure . .
To Distinguish Bylaws from Policy and Procedure . . .

To Require Convention Action for Amendments

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To Not Use Policy-Based Management

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To Reject Governance by Policy

and Overall Changes to Handbook ............++.
To Reject Proposed Handbook

of Commission on Structure ........-.........6.
To Reject Proposed Changes to Handbook .........
To Reject Major Revisions of Bylaws ....,........

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