Voting Member Information

Who can serve as a voting member?

Rostered Ministers:

• All ELCA Rostered Ministers (pastors and deacons) under call by a congregation of the Western North Dakota Synod or Western North Dakota Synod Council who register and attend.
  All retired ELCA Rostered Ministers (pastors and deacons) who are on the retired roster of the Western North Dakota Synod who register and attend.
• *In order to maintain required ratio of lay/rostered percentage, rostered ministers who are currently retired or on-leave-from-call may not register as a lay voting member from a congregation.

Lay Voting Members:
The number of voting members allotted per congregation is based on the congregations’ baptized membership. Refer to the chart at the right to determine the number of lay voting members your congregation may bring. In keeping with the spirit of inclusiveness, 50% of a church’s voting members should be female and 50% of the voting members should be male.

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Assembly Materials

Click Here to Download the Complete Voting Member Packet

• 2024 Synod Assembly Agenda
• 2024 Synod Assembly Rules
• 2024 Assembly Biography Info for Synod Council Nominees
• Resolutions to be considered (See below)
• 2024 Roster of Synod Council and Committee Members

All materials should be reviewed ahead of time.
Packets will be emailed to Voting Members.

• Voting Members will receive printed copies of the above items. Reports should be reviewed ahead of time online as ministry reports will not be included in the printed packets. 

Elections

Sample ballots and bios of nominees for various open positions will be posted as nominations are finalized.

• 2023 Synod SAMPLE Ballot
  2023 Assembly Biography Info for Synod Council Nominees
  (These names came to the Nominations and Elections team through Conference Deans and Conferences)
• Nomination Form for General Ballot (Synod Committees) (To nominate yourself for an open position, this form must be completed and emailed to election@wndsynod.org)

Resolutions

• 2024 Resolution 1- Ministry Financial Plan
• 2024 Resolution 2- Rostered Minister Salary Guidelines
• 2024 Resolution 3- Constitution Amendments
• 2024 Resolution 4- LSSND Constitutional Amendment
• 2024 Resolution 5- Pulpit Supply Guidelines Covenant

Resolutions were accepted through April 1, 2024. 

Reports

• Bishop Eaton's Letter to Synod Assemblies 2024
• Badlands Ministries
• ELCA Federal Credit Union Synod Assembly 2024
• Grand View University 2024 Synod Report
• Luther College Report for 2024 Assembly
• Mission Investment Fund 2024 Synod Report
• Portico 2023 Synod Assembly Report
• Wartburg College Annual Report for 2024 Assembly