2002 Synod Assembly

Resolution 2002-07 - Voting Privileges at Synod Assembly

Passed as Presented

WHEREAS, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has long upheld the importance of involving lay people in active participation in the governance of the church structure; and

WHEREAS, one of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod Ministers is a lay person not on a roster of lay persons in the ELCA;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA amend its bylaws with the inclusion of the following:

S7.21.03 Any non-rostered lay Synod Minister on the bishop's executive staff in the Southeastern Minnesota Synod shall be a voting member of the Synod Assembly, provided that such an individual is also a voting member of a congregation of this synod.

Submitted by the Executive Committee of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod Council.