# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 21
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To Safeguard Evangelical Ecclesiastical
Supervision and District Judgments. .................... 503
To Establish an Independent Appeals Panel
in Cases involving the President’s Decisions....... 504
To Require Greater Transparency When
Disciplinary Judgments Are Reversed.................. 504
To Provide Pastoral Care for Congregations
Affected by Major Disciplinary Actions. ............. 505
To Study Ecclesiastical Supervision in Light
of Lutheran Confessions....................................... 505
To Amend Bylaw 4.4.6 (c) to Require
Reporting All Complaints to Subjects.................. 506
To Amend Bylaw Section 2.14 to Address
How Public Sin Is Handled by Dispute
Resolution Process................................................ 506
To Replace Dispute Resolution Process with
Biblical, Workable, and Effective System
for Ecclesiastical Supervision............................... 507
To Replace Dispute Resolution Process with
Biblical, Workable, and Effective System
for Ecclesiastical Supervision............................... 508
To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute
Resolution Process................................................ 509
To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute
Resolution Process................................................ 510
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.2 to Render Dispute
Resolution Non-Exclusive Remedy...................... 510
To Require No One to Participate
in the Dispute Resolution Process. ....................... 511
To Allow Parties to Delay Hearing to Await
Commission Opinion............................................ 511
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.18.1 (g) to Allow
Parties to Record Proceedings............................... 511
To Direct Revisions to Bylaw Section 1.10
Standard Operating Procedures Manual
re Witnesses and Evidence. .................................. 512
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.7.4 to Allow Advisors
to Represent Parties in Dispute Resolution
Process.................................................................. 513
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.10.1 to Provide
for Reconciler Reviews......................................... 513

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To Request Council of Presidents to Clarify
Circumstances of Called Worker Removal
or Resignation....................................................... 513
10-25 To Request Council of Presidents to Clarify
Circumstances of Called Worker Removal
or Resignation from Roster................................... 514
10-26 To Amend Bylaw 2.13.3.2 to Make Restriction
Appeals Public Record and to Allow Further
Review.................................................................. 514
10-27 To Standardize and Strengthen Response
to Rostered Worker Sexual Abuse........................ 515
10-28 To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical
Investigations and Strengthen Response
to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse. ................... 515
10-29 To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical
Investigations and Strengthen Response
to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse. ................... 516
10-30 To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical
Investigations and Strengthen Response
to Sexual Misconduct/Abuse by Rostered
Church Workers.................................................... 517
10-31 To Certify Accuracy and Trustworthiness
of Call Documents................................................ 518
10-32 To Allow Pastors to Opt Out of Pre-Call
Interviews and/or Contact..................................... 519
10-33 To Amend Bylaw 2.10.3 to Allow District
Presidents to Share Issues prior to Installation..... 519
10-34 To More Directly Oversee Service of Ordained
Ministers to Congregations to Which They
Have No Formal Call............................................ 520
10-35 To Encourage Pastors to Honor Their Own
Call........................................................................ 520
10-36 To Call for Publication of Council of Presidents
Manual.................................................................. 520
10-37 To Provide Compensation for Circuit Visitors..... 520
10-38 To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) regarding
Candidate Reporting............................................. 520
10-39 To Amend Bylaw 2.11.2.2 (c) regarding
Candidate Reporting............................................. 521
Correction in Registration Listing................................ 523
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