LCC Congregations invited to vote on changes to the constitution

Editor’s Note: The letter from Rev. Schallhorn previously referred to Article XI Section 4. That citation is from the amended constitution as adopted by the 2017 convention. The letter should instead refer to Article XIV Section 4, which is the section in the current (unamended) handbook.

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada(LCC’s) emailed congregations on November 2, 2017 to inform them of their right to vote on changes to Synod’s Constitution accepted by the 2017 Synodical Convention in October. For congregations without email addresses, physical letters went into the mail on November 6, 2017.

The letter comes from Rev. Paul Schallhorn, Secretary of LCC’s Board of Directors. The text of the letter follows:

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Dear Fellow Members of LCC,

Grace and peace to you from Him with whom live the saints and the faithfully departed.

At the recent LCC Convention, amendments to our Synod’s Constitution were adopted by the delegates.  According to Article XIV, Part 4 of the current Handbook, these amendments need to be sent to each LCC congregation for ratification.  The Article reads as follows:

4. Proposed amendments to the Constitution adopted by a Convention shall be submitted directly to each congregation that is a member of the Synod on an official ballot, and the congregations shall by official action express their affirmative or negative vote and indicate the same to the secretary of Lutheran Church-Canada on this official ballot. The proposed amendment shall become effective at the expiration of six months from the date on which the amendment was adopted by a Convention, provided a two-thirds majority of the votes cast by congregations within that period shall have favored the amendment. At the end of the six-month period the secretary of Lutheran Church-Canada shall announce the outcome of the voting by districts in the official periodicals of the Synod.

An information package outlining the changes approved by the Convention is currently being produced and will be sent to each congregation by December 15, along with the official ballot.   Should any congregation require such materials before December 15 (due to congregational meeting schedules, etc.), they should contact the Synod office.

May God continue to give you His every blessing as you serve Him in your corner of our Synod.

Think of God Loving You,

Rev. Paul Schallhorn,
Secretary, LCC Board of Directors

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