Forms and Documents for Synod Use
- Committee Expense Voucher (download .pdf file)
- Constitution, Bylaws, and Resolutions of the Eastern North Dakota Synod (download .pdf file)
ELCA Social Statements (external link)
Social statements are social policy documents, adopted by an ELCA Churchwide Assembly, addressing significant social issues. They provide an analysis and interpretation of an issue, set forth basic theological and ethical perspectives related to it, and offer guidance for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, its individual members, and its affiliated agencies and institutions. They are the product of extensive and inclusive deliberation within this church.
Approved Statements:
- Abortion (external link)
- Church in Society (external link)
- Death Penalty (external link)
- Economic Life (external link)
- Education (external link)
- Environment (external link)
- Genetics (external link)
- Health & Healthcare (external link)
- Peace (external link)
- Race, Ethnicity, & Culture (external link)
- Sexuality (external link)
- Churchwide 2009 FAQs
Bishop Rindy responds to the most frequently asked questions about the decisions of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2009 and provides pastoral reflections to assist you with processing difficult questions.
- Churchwide 2009 FAQs
Draft Social Statement on Criminal Justice:
- Information on the Draft Social Statement on Criminal Justice (external link)
- Draft Social Statement on Criminal Justice (download .pdf file)
Articles and Editorials:
- North Dakota church bolts over ELCA agricultural proposal (download .pdf file)
by Kristen M. Daum and J. Shane Mercer
Printed in the The F-M Forum on November 12, 2010
While the precedeing article from the Forum was less than helpful, the subsequent editorials and articles speak a good word for our Church:
- Bishop: ELCA not against genetically modified seeds (download .pdf file)
by J. Shane Mercer
Printed in the The F-M Forum on November 13, 2010 - First, read the ELCA statement (download .pdf file)
Printed in the The F-M Forum on November 17, 2010 - ELCA not rejecting biotech (download .pdf file)
by Sarah E.H. Lovas
Printed in the The F-M Forum on November 23, 2010 - Forum misrepresented our church’s decision (download .pdf file)
by Norma Anderson
Printed in the The F-M Forum on December 5, 2010
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