# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 24
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To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Expand Pastoral
Formation Committee........................................... 405
To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Revise Composition
of Pastoral Formation Committee......................... 406
To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Expand Pastoral
Formation Committee........................................... 406
To Retain Current Structure of Pastoral
Formation Committee........................................... 407
To Amend Bylaw 3.10.4.6 to Reform
Membership of Pastoral Formation Committee. .. 407
To Study the Feasibility of Intentional Seminary
Professor Turnover and Parish Sabbatical............ 408
To Amend Bylaw 3.10.5.7.2 to Provide
Flexibility to Seminary Boards of Regents
in Faculty Matters in Their Contexts.................... 408
To Direct Seminaries to Publish Annual
Enrollment Numbers Every Fall........................... 408
To Encourage the Council of Presidents
to Prioritize Assignment of Seminary Candidates
to Sole Vacancies over Associate Positions.......... 409
To Participate in Building Culture of Church
Work Formation and Recruitment........................ 409
To Encourage Recruitment of Commissioned
Workers. ............................................................... 410
To Encourage Young People to Enter Church
Worker Vocations................................................. 411
To Support Bi- and Co-vocational Pastors
and Their Congregations....................................... 411
To Encourage Secular Vocational Training
for Current and Potential Ordained and
Commissioned Ministers. ..................................... 411
To Mandate Continuing Education for Parish
Pastors................................................................... 412
To Encourage Congregations to Establish
Sabbatical Policy for Church Workers. ................ 412
To Encourage Ministry Sabbaticals
for Church Workers.............................................. 413
To Establish Commissioned Male Diaconate....... 413
To Standardize Vacancy Pastor Remuneration
Guidelines............................................................. 413
To Celebrate and Encourage Lay Service. ........... 414
To Celebrate and Encourage Lay Service. ........... 414
To Affirm That Functions of Pastoral Office
Belong to That Office........................................... 415

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7. University Education
Reports
R1, R2.2, R5, R5.2, R14–R14.5, R55, R62.7
Overtures
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To Amend Bylaws to Convert Concordia University

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System, the Synodwide Corporate Entity,
into Commission for University Education.......... 417
To Affirm and Sustain Concordia University
System as Synodwide Corporate Entity. .............. 421
To Affirm and Sustain Concordia University
System as Synodwide Corporate Entity. .............. 421
To Define and Affirm Lutheran Identity. ............. 422
To Define and Affirm Lutheran Identity. ............. 422
To Encourage University Worship Practices
Faithful to Scriptures and Confessions and
Reflecting Breadth of Worship in the Synod........ 423
To Pause and Correct Deficiencies in Lutheran
Identity and Mission Outcomes Standards. .......... 424
To Encourage Congregations to Include in
Annual Mission Budgets Support for Regional
University of Concordia University System......... 424
To Amend Bylaw 3.6.6.1...................................... 425
To Amend Bylaw 3.10.6.2.2................................. 425
To Strengthen Our Process for Supporting
Our Concordias..................................................... 426
To Encourage Licensed Counselors Serving
Recognized Service Organizations to Complete
Director of Family Life Ministry Colloquy
Program. ............................................................... 427
To Ask That Concordia University Nebraska
Local Regents Be Appointed................................ 427
To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process... 428
To Clarify Prior Approval Process and Provide
Appropriate Transparency. ................................... 428
To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process... 429
To Amend Bylaws to Support and Clarify
Prior Approval Process......................................... 429
To Reexamine Prior Approval Process. ............... 430
To Review and Clarify Prior Approval. ............... 431
To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process
for Theological Faculty and Presidential
Candidates for Concordia University System. ..... 431
To Support and Clarify Prior Approval Process... 432
To Clarify Prior Approval Process for Theological
Faculties and Concordia University Presidents
and Selection Process for Seminary Presidents.... 433
To Support and Clarify Prior Approval
Process Rationale.................................................. 433
To Encourage Greater Transparency in Prior
Approval Process.................................................. 433
To Appeal for Recognized Ecclesiastical
Relationship with Luther Classical College. ........ 434
To Give Thanks for Board of Regents
of Concordia College—New York....................... 435
To Give Thanks for Leaders Who Developed
Concordia University Wisconsin / Ann Arbor
Partnership............................................................ 435