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Office of the Secretary
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Form A for the Annual Congregation Report Final Email (SP)
Property Insurance FAQ – 2026
Binder Cover Insert for Constitutions, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of the ELCA
Binder Spine Insert for Constitutions, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions
Constitutions, Bylaws and Continuing Resolutions of the ELCA
2025 Constitution for Synods
Amendments to the Constitution for Synods 2025
2025 Model Constitution for Congregations
2025 Constitución Modelo para Congregaciones
Archived Amendments to the Model Constitution
Archived Amendments to the Model Constitution - Spanish
Guide for Use of the Model Constitution for Congregations
Congregation Constitution 101 Slides
2026 Toolkit for Synod Bishop Elections PDF
Letter from Secretary Mills in Spanish 2025
Letter from Secretary Mills 2025
Financial Worksheet Spanish 2025
Financial Worksheet 2025
Form A Spanish 2025
Form A 2025
2025 Spanish Financial Worksheet for Annual Congregation Report
2025 Financial Worksheet for the Annual Congregation Report
General Instructions 2025 - Spanish
General Instructions 2025
2025 Enmiendas a la Constitución Modelo para Congregaciones
2025 FACT Survey Email (SP)
Rationale for 2025 Amendments
2025 Amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations
2025 Model Constitution for Congregations
Sample Rules of Organization and Procedure for Synod Assemblies
Protocol for Churchwide Officer Background Checks and Screening and Disclosure Form
Form A for the Annual Congregation Report Past Due Email (SP)
Form A for the Annual Congregation Report Email (SP)
Annual Congregation Report General Instructions
Workplace Violence Report
Wildfire Pre-Evacuation Checklist
Disaster Preparation
Form A for the Annual Congregation Report Email
Actions of the November 2024 Meeting of the Church Council (Including Notification of Termination of the ELCA Supplemental Retirement Plan for Government Chaplains)
Protecting Your Congregations against an Active Shooter
Business Continuity Planning
Church Mutual Sensor Program FAQ
ELCA Endorsed Property Liability Insurance Programs
ELCA Endorsed Property Liability Insurance Programs (Spanish)
Severe Weather Preparednesss
Wildfire Preparedness
Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline
2021 Memorials and Resolutions Webinar
Congregations Relocated
Yearbook Necrology