Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026Committee 10Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute Resolution
To Require No One to Participate in the Dispute Resolution Process
- Committee
- 10. Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute Resolution
- Submitted by(2)
- Circuit 3 (Baltimore East)circuitSoutheastern Districtdistrict
- Workbook page
- 511
Preamble The Standard Operating Procedures Manual for Bylaw Section 1.10 (December 2023, p. 25; available from lcms.org/ccm) has as General Provision Y, “Exclusion from Liability,” the following: “Parties are to understand that the Synod, its reconcile rs, its ecclesiastical supervisors, its process administrators, its panels, and all panel members shall be immune from any liability for any acts or omissions that occur during the processes described in Bylaw section 1.10 and this manual.”
WHEREAS, This exclusion from liability is effectively an admission of incompetence; and
WHEREAS,The Synod has no confidence in the dispute resolution process; therefore be it
Resolved, That no one is required to participate in the dispute resolution process.