Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026 ConventionOvertures
All 374 overtures filed for 2026.
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To Address Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya Membership in Lutheran World Federation
Submitted by: North Dakota 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 Biblical Teaching of Creation
Submitted by: South Wisconsin District
To Request Comprehensive Review When Call Is Terminated or Self-Terminated
Submitted by: English District
To Study How to Amend Practice of Issuing “Divine Calls” to Positions Not in Direct Service of Proclamation of Gospel and Administration of Sacraments
Submitted by: Montana 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 Reaffirm and Encourage Teaching and Practice of Closed Communion
Submitted by: Minnesota North 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 Reaffirm Sanctity of Human Life in Regard to Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
Submitted by: Ohio District
To Address the Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
Submitted by: Wyoming 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 Urge Church of Christ to Stay and Do Her Duty
Submitted by: Wyoming 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 Condemn Use of Women as Lectors
Submitted by: North Dakota District
To Reaffirm Doctrine of Men Serving in Office of Holy Ministry
Submitted by: Minnesota North 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 Address Release and Use of Luther’s Large Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications
Submitted by: North Dakota District
To Refer Some Assignments from Commission on Theology and Church Relations to Seminaries
Submitted by: Circuit 13 (SW 3); Ohio District
To Give Thanks to God for 1700th Anniversary of First Council of Nicaea
Submitted by: Atlantic District