Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionOvertures

All 374 overtures filed for 2026.

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Ov. 5-04Cmte 5

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

p. 338Open →
Ov. 5-09Cmte 5

To Reconsider Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with The American Association of Lutheran Churches

Submitted by: Circuit 13 (Indiana); English District

p. 341Open →
Ov. 5-15Cmte 5

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

p. 345Open →
Ov. 5-18Cmte 5

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

p. 347Open →
Ov. 5-20Cmte 5

To Oppose Practice of In Vitro Fertilization

Submitted by: Circuit 25 (Kenosha), South Wisconsin District; Circuit 26 (Racine), South Wisconsin District

p. 348Open →
Ov. 5-23Cmte 5

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

p. 350Open →
Ov. 5-25Cmte 5

To Publicly Acknowledge Theological and Ecclesial Errors in Church’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Submitted by: Circuit 9 (Nashville); Mid-South District

p. 351Open →
Ov. 5-31Cmte 5

To Reconsider Issue of Woman Suffrage in the Church

Submitted by: Circuit 8 (Horicon); South Wisconsin District

p. 355Open →
Ov. 5-34Cmte 5

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

p. 356Open →
Ov. 5-38Cmte 5

To Declare Center for Missional and Pastoral Leadership to be Heterodox Tract and Mission Society

Submitted by: Circuit 24 (Sedalia); Missouri District

p. 359Open →
Ov. 5-43Cmte 5

To Refer Some Assignments from Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Seminaries

Submitted by: Circuit 13 (SW 3); Ohio District

p. 362Open →