RESOLUTION
Calling for Churchwide Constitutional Changes to Provide Alternate Ordination Standards

1    WHEREAS, a considerable number of the members, congregations, seminarians and

2     pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) cannot, for scriptural and

3     confessional reasons (e.g. John 1 7:22-23; Galatians, e.g. 6:14-15; Augsburg Confession

4     Article Vil), accept a requirement that our bishops must be installed into the historic

5     episcopate and pastors must be ordained by bishops in the historic episcopate; and

6     WHEREAS, the 2000 Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly adopted RC2000-10 requesting

7     that the ELCA Churchwide constitution and bylaws be amended to allow for freedom from

8     the above requirements; and

9     RESOLVED, that the 2001 Assembly of the Minneapolis Area Synod hereby amends the

10     action of the 2000 Assembly known as RC2000-10 by deleting all occurrences of the

11     phrase "in exceptional circumstances" and re-adopts RC2000-10 as amended, and be it

12     further

13     RESOLVED, that the 2001 Assembly of the Minneapolis Area Synod memorializes the

14     2001 Churchwide Assembly to enact the amendments to the churchwide governing

15     documents specified in RC2000-10 as amended.

Submitted by: Calvary Lutheran Church of Golden Va/ley Church Council - November 28, 2000

Contact person: Karl L. Cambronne, Congregational President (612-339-7300)

and                 394 Corridor Conference in Assembly - April 29, 2001 Contact person : Pastor Lyndon Nygaard, Dean (763-479-1719)

Author:          Pr.  Jonathon Preus (612-545-56S9)

Reference & Counsel Committee forwards this resolution without recommendation.