# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S471
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES 471

To Enable More Equitable Representation
at Synod Conventions .......... 0.0.02 ee eee eee 267

To Expand Voting Privileges at District Conventions . 267
To Change Requirements for Delegate Representation 267
To Encourage More Equitable Election

of Women Lay Delegates ................0000 0 ee 268
To Establish More Equitable Representation

at Synod Conventions ........... 000 e eee cece 268
To Provide Voting Privilege to Pastors Emeriti ..... 269
To Amend Bylaws to Provide Voting Rights

to Advisory Members ...........0 0.0 0e cece eeee 269
To Provide Voting Privilege to Commissioned

Ministers 2.0.0... 6c cee cece eee teen eens 269

To Include Commissioned Ministers
as Voting Delegates ........-. 0... cece eee eens 269

To Amend Bylaw 3.13 ¢ re Faculty Selection
of Advisory Delegates ........... 00.002 e renee 269

To Change Frequency and Funding of Conventions .. 270
To Revise Method of Selection

of Convention Floor Committees ..........-...555 270
To Find Fairer Method
for Selecting Convention Committees ..........--. 270

To Charge Praesidium with Appointment
of Floor Committees 22.0.0... 000. e ee ce cece 270

To Nominate and Elect Synod Vice-Presidents
Two through Five by Regions to Serve Synodwide .. 271

To Elect Board for Communication Services ....... 271
To Elect Board for Communication Services ....... 271

To Require Concurrence of Board of Directors

for CCM Appointments ...........-50-. eee eee 27)
To Elect Members of Commission

on Constitutional Matters ......... 0.0.00 eee eee 272
To Amend Bylaws to Elect Members of CCM ...... 272
To Elect Members of CCM ..........-..-0-5005- 272
To Amend Bylaws to Elect Commission

on Constitutional Matters ............-.... 00 ee ee 272
To Affirm Selection, Nature, and Role of CCM ..... 273
To Affirm Selection and Role of CCM ........-... 273
To Revise Bylaws to Clarify Election Process ...... 274
To Amend Bylaw 3.181 a re Membership

of Board of Directors .. 0.0.0.0... eee cece ence eee 274
To Change Restrictions Concerning

Membership on Board of Directors .............-- 274
To Study Way of Improving Synodical Elections .... 275

To Change District Convention Attendance
Expectations for Advisory Members ............-- 275

To Restructure Synod from 35 Districts to 5 Regions . 275

To Revise Constitution re President

and District Presidents ............6 sees teens 275
To Revise Bylaw 4.71 b re District President
Responsibilities .......... 60.02 cee e ee eee eee ee 276
To Emphasize Pastoral Role

of Synod and District Presidents ................. 276
To Retain Present Outline and Wording

of Bylaw 3.101 2.0.0... cece cece eee eee 276

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To Affirm CCM Opinion 02-2282 ..............4- 277
To Affirm CCM Opinions ..........5...-0000 085 277
To Declare CCM Opinion 02-2282 Null and Void ... 277

To Specify Synod President’s Duty to “Call Up
for Review” and Overrule CCM Opinion 02-2282 ... 277

To Review CCM Opinions 02-2282 and 02-2309 .... 278

To Require Parish Experience

for Praesidium and District Presidents............- 278
To Identify “Visitation Circuits” in Bylaws ........ 278
To Require Ratification of Binding Opinions of CCM 279
To Require Ratification of CCM Opinions ......... 279
To Publish All CCM Opinions ..............-... 280
To Affirm Role of Commission

on Constitutional Matters .... 2.6.0... 60. 280
To Refer to Opinions of CCM

as “Opinions,” Not “Rulings” ...........-..-..-. 280

To Exhort All Members and Employees of Synod
to Reaffirm and Recommit Themselves

to Rules of Confidentiality and Due Process ........ 280
To Change Adoption Requirement

for Doctrinal Resolutions ................00.0005 280
To Revise Bylaws re Doctrinal Resolutions

and Statements ............ 2... cece ee eee eee 281
To Clarify Status and Authority

of Doctrinal Resolutions ...........-..0..0 ee eee 281
To Revise Bylaw on Doctrinal Statements ......... 282
To Clarify Terminology When Offering

Documents to Synod ............ 0 eee e cece eens 282
‘To Restore Distinction between Documents

“Adopted” and “Commended” ........ fence ee 283
To Request Clarification of CCM Opinions

re Additional Confessional Statements ............ 283
To Overturn CCM Opinion

re “Additional Confessional Statements” .......... 283

To Reaffirm Primary Use of Scripture
and Lutheran Confessions in Resolving
and Explaining Doctrinal Disputes ............... 284

To Use Holy Scriptures in Dealings with One Another 284
To Reread Scripture Before Dealing with Matters

That Impinge on Doctrine and Practice ............ 284
To Reaffirm Spirit of Matthew 18 ........--....4. 285
To Affirm Right to Dissent ...........----+ 0005: 285
To Encourage Proper Expression

of Disagreement and Dissent ..............-.5-4- 285
To Affirm and Respect Process of Dissent ......... 286
To Consider Duties to Auxiliaries

Subservient to Loyalties to Synod .............--- 286
To Retain Bylaws Chapter VII .........-.-...... 286
To Thank Synod’s Board of Directors ............- 287
To Restate Role of Board of Directors ...........- 287
To Remove Members of Board of Directors

from Office... 2... eee eee ents 287
To Remove Certain Members

of Board of Directors from Office ...............- 287

2004 Convention Workbook