FCTE: Navigating the Governing Documents of the ELCA (11/20/2024)

ELCA Constitutions Page

• Constitutions page
• CBCR/ELCA (pdf)
• Policies
• Definitions & Guidelines for Discipline
• Roster Manual
• Candidacy Manual
  

National Association or Parliamentarians

• RONR (12^th ed.)
• Bylaws: Principles of Interpretation (pdf)
• Procedure in Small Boards
  

WV-WMD Synod

• Polity for Congregations
• Governing Documents
• Amending Your Congregational Constitution
• Congregational Constitution Amendment Checklist
• Bylaws (and Constitutions): Rules of Interpretation
  
• Robert's Rules of Order
• Procedure in Small Boards
• Mail Voting
• Special Topics
• Managing Your Voting Member Roll (Draft)
  
• Removal of Congregation Member for Inactivity (Draft)