Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionOvertures
All 374 overtures filed for 2026.
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To Admonish and Review Fellowship with Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Submitted by: Beautiful Savior, Spokane, WA; Grace, San Mateo, CA; Circuit 2 (St. Paul Metro), Minnesota South District; Circuit 9 (Decatur), Indiana District
To Reconsider Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with The American Association of Lutheran Churches
Submitted by: Circuit 13 (Indiana); English District
To Encourage and Promote Sound Teaching on Eschatology or Last Things
Submitted by: Circuit 25 (Kenosha), South Wisconsin District; Circuit 26; (Racine), South Wisconsin District
To Request Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Produce Study Document to Further Understanding and Conversations on Pastoral Exceptions to Closed Communion
Submitted by: Circuit 13 (Indiana); English District
To Oppose Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
Submitted by: Circuit 25 (Kenosha), South Wisconsin District; Circuit 26 (Racine), South Wisconsin District
To Rescind 1981 Resolution 8-05 and Request Commission on Theology and Church Relations Report on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
Submitted by: Circuit 9 (Decatur); Indiana District
To Publicly Acknowledge Theological and Ecclesial Errors in Church’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Submitted by: Circuit 9 (Nashville); Mid-South District
To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage in the Church
Submitted by: Circuit 8 (Horicon); South Wisconsin District
To Direct that the Synod and Its Commission on Theology and Church Relations Study and Reexamine Woman Suffrage in Light of Synod’s Historic Practice and Holy Scripture, so as to Address and Resolve Confusion and Disunity
Submitted by: Circuit 5 (Mitchell); South Dakota District
To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission Society
Submitted by: Circuit 24 (Sedalia); Missouri District
To Refer Some Assignments from Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Seminaries
Submitted by: Circuit 13 (SW 3); Ohio District