To Suggest Mission and Ministry Emphases for the Synod

WHEREAS, “The district convention is the instrument to receive overtures (Bylaw 3.1.6.2), including overtures and recommendations for synodwide mission and ministry emphases” (Bylaw 4.2.1 [b]); and

WHEREAS, “The district convention shall, through delegate vote, forward to the national convention a list of two or three triennial mission and ministry emphases for consideration by the national convention” (Bylaw 4.2.1 [d]); and

WHEREAS, The Florida-Georgia District convention passed Resolution 01.4-2022 concerning mission and ministry emphases for the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod adopt the mission and ministry emphasis of “Multicultural Inclusion,” including the support of ethnically diverse pastors and church workers and calling for racial equality in our Synod and world; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod adopt the mission and ministry emphasis of“Next Generation Leadership Development,”including the support of raising up church worker and lay leaders, as well as the support of campus and youth ministry.