# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 26
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To Urge Church of Christ to Stay
and Do Her Duty................................................... 350
To Publicly Acknowledge Theological
and Ecclesial Errors in Church’s Response
to COVID-19 Pandemic. ...................................... 351
To Rejoice in Proclamation of God’s Word
by His Called and Ordained Servants................... 352
To Condemn Use of Women as Lectors............... 352
To Affirm That God Does Indeed Prohibit
Females from Public Reading of Scriptures,
for Reading Is Preaching/Heralding the Word. .... 353
To Correct Erroneous Practice of Women
Lectors. ................................................................. 354
To Reaffirm Doctrine of Men Serving
in Office of Holy Ministry.................................... 354
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage
in the Church......................................................... 355
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage
in the Church......................................................... 355
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage
in the Church......................................................... 356
To Direct that the Synod and Its Commission
on Theology and Church Relations Study and
Reexamine Woman Suffrage in Light of Synod’s
Historic Practice and Holy Scripture, so as to
Address and Resolve Confusion and Disunity. .... 356
To Affirm Role of Women in the Church. ........... 357
To Affirm Inspiration and Authority
of Mark 16:9–20. .................................................. 357
To Clarify Doctrine of Holy Trinity over against
Eternal Functional Subordination of the Son. ...... 358
To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral
Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission
Society. ................................................................. 359
To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral
Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission
Society. ................................................................. 359
To Address Release and Use of Luther’s Large
Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary
Applications.......................................................... 360
To Conclude Created Male and Female Task
Force and Receive Its Recommendations............. 360
To Amend Bylaw 3.3.1.1.2 (c) to Designate
President’s Director of Church Relations
as His Primary Representative for Ecclesiastical
Relations with Other Church Bodies.................... 361
To Refer Some Assignments from Commission on
Theology and Church Relations to Seminaries..... 362
To Give Thanks to God for 1700th Anniversary
of First Council of Nicaea. ................................... 362

2026 Convention Workbook

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Reports
R1, R1.2, R1.2.2–R1.2.3, R2.1, R5, R5.2,
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To Uphold Seminary Formation That Faithfully
Teaches All Doctrines of Scripture and Lutheran
Confessions and Practices That Accord
with Them............................................................. 363
To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Holy
Scripture in Synod Seminaries. ............................ 363
To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Holy
Scripture in Synod Seminaries. ............................ 363
To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Holy
Scripture in Synod Seminaries. ............................ 363
To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Book
of Concord in Synod Seminaries.......................... 364
To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Book
of Concord in Synod Seminaries.......................... 364
To Uphold Deep and Broad Study of Book
of Concord in Synod Seminaries.......................... 365
To Require Theological Competency Standards
for Eligibility to Exercise Ecclesiastical
Oversight De Iure Humano. ................................. 365
To Amend Bylaw 2.13.1 to Clarify
Terminology for Specific Ministry Pastor
Mentorship and Oversight. ................................... 366
To Amend Bylaw 3.10.5.7 to Address
Seminary Adjunct Faculty.................................... 367
To Amend Bylaws to Reinsert 2007 Pastoral
Colloquy Bylaws from Policy Manual. ................ 367
To Encourage Transparency and Clarity
in Pastoral Colloquy Process. ............................... 369
To Encourage Transparency and Clarity
in Pastoral Colloquy Process. ............................... 369
To Affirm Exclusive Seminary Path and
In-Person Formation for Pastoral Ministry........... 370
To Reaffirm the Synod’s Routes to Ministry. ...... 370
To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry......... 371
To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry......... 372
To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry......... 373
To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry......... 374
To Affirm Exclusive Use of Synod Seminaries
to Prepare Men for Office of Holy Ministry......... 375
To Strengthen Pastoral Formation
in the Synod.......................................................... 376