Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2023 Convention2023 Overtures

All 260 overtures filed for 2023.

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All 260 overtures filed for 2023.

To Be Cautious with the World’s Moral Imperatives

To Reject Racism and Advance the Gospel

To Reject Bigotry and Advance the Gospel

To Speak Gospel Clearly in Cultural Context of Critical Race Theory

To Affirm Biblical Doctrines of Creation, Original Sin, and Redemption and to Reject Critical Theory

To Love Our Neighbor by Rebuking False Doctrine

To Reject and Condemn Critical Theory, Its Theologies and Ideologies, and to Rebuke Its Proponents

To Reject Critical Theory and Its Proponents, Theologies, Ideologies, and Worldviews

To Reject Critical Race Theory and Its Worldview in the Church

To Exhort Those in Authority to Identify and Eliminate Social Justice (Woke) Ideology

To Prevent Harmful Philosophies, Ideologies, and Contemporary Movements Contrary to the Christian Faith from Damaging Our Congregations, Schools, Colleges, and Seminaries

To Advance Racial Equality and Great Commission

To Support Racial Equality and Great Commission

To Foster Multiculturalism in Exercise of Great Commission

To Provide Christian Resources in Addressing Racism

To Reject All Forms of Racism and Affirm Our Witness to All People

To Affirm Biblical Anthropology and Denounce Racism as an Anti-Gospel Belief

To Condemn Racism, White Supremacy, and White Nationalism and Reaffirm Biblical and Confessional Common Humanity of All Peoples

To Reject Racism, Rectify Past Wrongs of Commission and Omission, and Recognize Pacific Southwest District Successes, Failures, and Opportunities in Ministry within Communities

To Recognize Atlantic District Successes, Failures, and Opportunities in Ministry with Communities of Color

To Affirm the Church’s Freedom to Celebrate the Divine Service

To Affirm Need for Open Churches during Times of Plague, Pestilence, and Pandemic

To Affirm and Protect Freedom to Exercise Religion

To Protect Christian Consciences

To Offer Special Thanks to Our Supreme Court Justices

To Defend the Christian Conscience and the Church’s Daughters

To Confess and Defend the Church’s Daughters and the Christian Conscience of All People