# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 22
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To Amend Bylaw 3.1.2 (a) to Change Size
Requirements for Electoral Circuits. .................... 477
To Amend Bylaw Subsection 3.12.2 to Restore
Presidential Election to Convention. .................... 477
To Amend Bylaw Subsection 3.12.2 to Restore
Presidential Election to Convention. .................... 479
To Affirm Regional Selection
of Board Members................................................ 480
To Create Task Force to Develop Overture for
Change in Regional Vice-President Selection...... 480
To Amend Bylaws to Allow Regional
Delegates to Select Regional Vice-Presidents...... 481
To Develop Overture for Change in Regional
Vice-President Selection....................................... 481
To Appoint Task Force to Improve District
Representation on Synod Boards, Boards
of Regents, and Commissions. ............................. 482
To Amend Bylaw 3.2.4.1 to Limit Terms
of Office for President, First Vice-President,
Regional Vice-Presidents, and Secretary.............. 483
To Amend Bylaw 3.2.4.1 to Establish Term
Limits for Elected Synod Officers........................ 483
To Amend Bylaw 3.2.4 to Establish Term Limits
for Synod President and Vice-Presidents. ............ 484
To Give Commissioned Ministers the
Franchise and To Study Equal Lay and Clergy
Representation on Boards and Other Bodies........ 484
To Amend Constitution Article XII 10 a
to Provide Option of Appointing Ordained
or Commissioned Minister as District
Convention Rostered Voting Delegate................. 484
To Amend Bylaw 3.1.2 to Expand the Number
of Circuit Delegates to Synod Conventions
and to Include Ministers of Religion—
Commissioned. ..................................................... 485
To Strengthen Convention Participation
of Ministers of Religion—Commissioned............ 485
To Strengthen Nonvoting Advisory Role
of Commissioned Ministers at Synod
Conventions.......................................................... 486
To Amend Bylaws to Eliminate Ability
of Circuit Forum to Submit Overtures.................. 486
To Amend Bylaw 3.1.6.2 to Allow Pastoral
Circuit Meetings and Teacher Groups
to Submit Overtures.............................................. 487
To Amend the Bylaws to Require Sixty-Percent
Affirmative Vote for All Non-Election
Matters.................................................................. 487
To Bring Resolutions with Strong District
Support to Convention Floor. ............................... 488
To Create Process for Initiatives and
Referenda.............................................................. 488

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To Provide Clarity about Amendments
to Resolutions. ...................................................... 488
To Change to Four-Year Convention Cycle......... 488
To Amend Const. Art. VIII A 1 to Change
to Four-Year Convention Cycle. .......................... 489
To Amend Bylaw 4.2.2 to Grant Lay Vote
to Every Congregation at District Conventions.... 489
To Permit Majority Voting in Electronic
Decisions for Synod Boards and Agencies........... 489
To Amend Bylaw 3.6.1.8 (c) to Clarify That
Two-Thirds Synod Member Approval
Requirement for Synodwide Corporate Entity
Governing Document Amendments Is Based
on Members Actually Present at Meeting............. 490
To Amend Bylaw 3.6.4.3 to Clarify That All
Lutheran Church Extension Fund Voting
Directors are Elected and To Add That No
More Than Two Such Directors Can Be
from the Same District.......................................... 490
To Affirm and Use Biblical Terminology
concerning Ministry.............................................. 491
To Clarify Multipoint and Multicampus
Parish.................................................................... 494
To Adopt Dual Title of Bishop and President
for District Presidents. .......................................... 494
To Authorize Title Bishop for Synod President
and District Presidents.......................................... 495
To Declare Commission on Constitutional Matters
Unconstitutional and Void All Its Opinions......... 495

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10. Ecclesiastical Supervision
and Dispute Resolution
Reports
R1, R2, R3–R4.1, R9, R21–R55, R61, R62.12
Overtures
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To Encourage Visitation by Synod
and District. .......................................................... 497
To Develop Guidelines for Ecclesiastical
Supervision of Internet Accusations..................... 499
To Address Use of Named or Anonymous
Social Media Accounts to Create Strife
and Division within the Church............................ 501
To Request Theological and Pastoral Statement
and Bylaw Review regarding Social Media,
Partisan Media, and Eighth Commandment
in Ecclesiastical Proceedings................................ 502
To Uphold Eighth Commandment in Digital
Communication and Ecclesiastical
Proceedings........................................................... 502