Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionOvertures
All 374 overtures filed for 2026.
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To Request Theological and Pastoral Statement and Bylaw Review regarding Social Media, Partisan Media, and Eighth Commandment in Ecclesiastical Proceedings
Submitted by: Our Savior, Arlington, VA; St. John’s, Alexandria, VA; Trinity, Lexington Park, MD; Circuit 8 (Washington, South), Southeastern District
To Safeguard Evangelical Ecclesiastical Supervision and District Judgments
Submitted by: Our Savior, Arlington, VA; St. John’s, Alexandria, VA; Trinity, Lexington Park, MD; Circuit 8 (Washington, South), Southeastern District
To Establish an Independent Appeals Panel in Cases involving the President’s Decisions
Submitted by: Our Savior, Arlington, VA; St. John’s, Alexandria, VA; Trinity, Lexington Park, MD; Circuit 8 (Washington, South), Southeastern District
To Require Greater Transparency When Disciplinary Judgments Are Reversed
Submitted by: Our Savior, Arlington, VA; St. John’s, Alexandria, VA; Trinity, Lexington Park, MD; Circuit 8 (Washington, South), Southeastern District
To Provide Pastoral Care for Congregations Affected by Major Disciplinary Actions
Submitted by: Our Savior, Arlington, VA; St. John’s, Alexandria, VA; Trinity, Lexington Park, MD; Circuit 8 (Washington, South), Southeastern District
To Study Ecclesiastical Supervision in Light of Lutheran Confessions
Submitted by: Our Savior, Arlington, VA; St. John’s, Alexandria, VA; Trinity, Lexington Park, MD; Circuit 8 (Washington, South), Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 4.4.6 (c) to Require Reporting All Complaints to Subjects
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.2 to Render Dispute Resolution Non-Exclusive Remedy
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Require No One to Participate in the Dispute Resolution Process
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Allow Parties to Delay Hearing to Await Commission Opinion
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.18.1 (g) to Allow Parties to Record Proceedings
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Direct Revisions to Bylaw Section 1.10 Standard Operating Procedures Manual re Witnesses and Evidence
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.7.4 to Allow Advisors to Represent Parties in Dispute Resolution Process
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 1.10.10.1 to Provide for Reconciler Reviews
Submitted by: position. Vacancies shall be filled by the district board of directors; in the same manner as regular appointments. The district board of; directors may add to the district roster of reconcilers a reconciler; who has moved into the district from another district.; Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 2.13.3.2 to Make Restriction Appeals Public Record and to Allow Further Review
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District
To Amend Bylaw 2.10.3 to Allow District Presidents to Share Issues prior to Installation
Submitted by: Circuit 3 (Baltimore East); Southeastern District