A new proposal is out to enfranchise commissioned ministers in the LCMS. Proposed by-laws 4.2.3 and 4.2.3.1 (see Today's Business) allows a congregation to send a congregation to send either the pastor or a commissioned minister (non-pastoral church worker) to vote in district convention.
This proposal is a radical departure from historic LCMS practice, which recognizes two distinct and God-given “offices” in the church: the pastor, an office that can be occupied only by men who are rightly called; and the royal priesthood (1 Pet 2.9), the office that belongs to all the baptized.
More formal floor committee meetings are scheduled for Saturday, July 10th. We shall see what transpires…
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