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2024 Synod Assembly Resolutions

  • Resolution #1 - 2025 Ministry Financial Plan

    Resolution No. 1 is the 2025 Ministry Financial Plan, which would finance the mission and ministry of the Synod. The Synod Council initiated the resolution, and the Reference and Counsel Committee recommends "do pass."

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  • Resolution #2 - 2025 Rostered Minister Compensation Guidelines

    Resolution No. 2 is the 2025 Rostered Minister Compensation Guidelines. The Synod Council initiated the resolution, and the Reference and Counsel Committee recommends "do pass."

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  • Resolution #3 - Greetings to Synods

    Resolution No. 3 is a greeting from the Western North Dakota Synod to other synods gathering in Assembly the same weekend. The Synod Council initiated the resolution, and the Reference and Counsel Committee recommends "do pass."

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  • Resolution #4 - Christian Nationalism

    Resolution No. 4 would direct the Synod Council to embark on a 2024 campaign that includes encouraging  (1) congregations within the Synod to study and discuss Christian Nationalism and the ELCA position on it; (2) provide information to congregations to guide

    their study; and (3) publicize in synod media and to synod communities the Synod and ELCA positions on Christian Nationalism in North Dakota and the United States. Members of Lord of Life Lutheran Church initiated the resolution, and the Reference and Counsel Committee is submitting the resolution to the Assembly with a "do pass" recommendation.

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  • Resolution #5 - Civic Engagement

    Resolution No. 5 would direct the Synod Council to study opportunities for, and the feasibility of, a process through which the Synod’s concerns and views are made known to North Dakota legislators. The study would be concluded before the 2025 session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly. Members of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Bismarck initiated the resolution, and the Reference and Counsel Committee is submitting the resolution to the Assembly with a "do pass" recommendation.

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  • Resolution #6 - Immanuel Lutheran Church

    Resolution No. 6 would request the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly to approve the transfer of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Westby, from the Montana Synod to the Western North Dakota Synod. The Synod Council initiated the resolution, and the Reference and Counsel Committee recommends "do pass."

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Synod Assembly Resolution Guidelines

Resolutions


Resolutions to be considered by the 2024 Synod Assembly must be submitted to Reference and Counsel Committee by April 1, 2024, and must come to the Committee via one of the following channels:

  • Congregational Meetings (which have been adopted by a majority vote at a congregational
    meeting of a member congregation and signed by the President and Secretary of that
    congregation. Minutes from the meeting must be attached to the resolution.)
  • Conference Assemblies
  • Synod Committees
  • Synod Council
  • Individual Voting Members (resolutions must be accompanied by the signatures of five (5) voting members.)

The information in the links below will help you prepare resolutions for consideration by the assembly. Resolutions must be submitted digitally, in Microsoft Word format, emailed as file attachments, and received by April 1, 2024.

Email completed Resolutions or Memorials to info@wndsynod.org.

  1. 2024 Rules of the Synod Assembly
  2. Guidelines for Writing Resolutions
  3. Resolution Worksheet
  4. Resolutions & Memorials Lunch & Learn Zoominar

Contact Murray Sagsveen, Synod Attorney (murray@wndsynod.org), chairperson of the Reference & Counsel Committee, with any questions, comments, or assistance.


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