Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2023 Convention2023 Overtures
All 260 overtures filed for 2023.
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To Reaffirm Biblical Practice of Gathered Local Congregations with Rightly Called Local Pastors and to Encourage Congregations to Practice In-person Worship, Teaching, and Administration of Sacraments
Submitted by: Montana District
To Reject and Condemn Practice of Virtual (Online) Communion
Submitted by: scope to include every district and adopt this at its 2023 convention.; Montana District
To Prevent Admission, Reinstatement, or Colloquization of a Divorced Man into the Office of the Public Ministry Who Has Married Another Woman
Submitted by: Montana District
To Restore Binding Key to Rites of Ordination and Installation of a Pastor
Submitted by: Montana District
To Encourage Both Synod Seminaries to Continue Teaching Men for Faithful Service and to Petition the Synod to Dramatically Increase Funds Sent to Un designated Seminary Operations
Submitted by: Montana District
To Appoint Task Force to Refocus Concordia University System for Education of Professional Church Workers Consistent with Lutheran Confessions
Submitted by: Montana District
To Reform Composition of Boards of Regents of Concordia University System Universities to Improve Doctrinal Fidelity and Amenability to Ecclesiastical Supervision
Submitted by: Montana District
To Establish a Commission to Study the Possibility of Utilizing a Health Sharing Community Group
Submitted by: Montana District
To Reject and Condemn Critical Theory, Its Theologies and Ideologies, and to Rebuke Its Proponents
Submitted by: Circuit 1 (Southern); Montana District
To Reject Critical Theory and Its Proponents, Theologies, Ideologies, and Worldviews
Submitted by: Montana District