Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionConvention Microsite
The 2026 LCMS Synod Convention, made readable.
The unofficial official 2026 Convention resource repository. We provide a searchable public reference for everyone to better navigate and digest the Convention content. Every overture, committee, report, and named person, cross-referenced against the 2023 record.
Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionWhat you can do here
Six pillars, one source of truth.
Overtures
Browse, filter, and read every overture submitted to the 2026 convention, with three-click access from anywhere on the site.
OpenEleven floor committeesCommittees
Each floor committee, its full appointed membership, its assigned overtures, and the trajectory of contested questions through the body.
OpenOfficers, regents, presidentsPeople
Every named officer, district president, board member, regent, and commission seat, with all their roles cross-referenced across the Synod.
OpenScored on a six-axis rubricReports
Every workbook report read against a candor, specificity, and accountability rubric. Letter grades, evidence, notes.
Open2023 to 2026Comparison
Where the floor came back. Same questions, refiled, with the prior disposition placed alongside the new ask.
OpenEditorial commentaryAnalysis
Curtain-raiser, exhibits, and scorecards from Ad Crucem News. Every citation resolves to the underlying record. Every figure traces back to the data.
OpenAd Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionThe publisher
Data journalism and Christian commentary and opinion from a Lutheran perspective.
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