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 Section 2.14 to Address How Public Sin Is Handled by Dispute Resolution Process
Submitted by: Crosslake, MN
To Replace Dispute Resolution Process with Biblical, Workable, and Effective System for Ecclesiastical Supervision
Submitted by: Good Shepherd Lincoln, NE
To Replace Dispute Resolution Process with Biblical, Workable, and Effective System for Ecclesiastical Supervision
Submitted by: Mount Calvary Omaha, NE
To Provide Scriptural Reforms to Dispute Resolution Process
Submitted by: St. Paul Brookfield, IL
To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations and Strengthen Response to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse
Submitted by: Christ Greenfield, Gilbert, AZ; Circuit 16 (Faribault),; Minnesota South District; Circuit 28, Pacific Southwest District
To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations and Strengthen Response to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse
Submitted by: St. Paul, Fremont, WI; Woodbury, Woodbury, MN
To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations and Strengthen Response to Sexual Misconduct/Abuse by Rostered Church Workers
Submitted by: St. Paul Manawa, WI