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Office of the Secretary
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Form A for the Annual Congregation Report Final Email (SP)
2025 Constitution for Synods
Constitutions, Bylaws and Continuing Resolutions of the ELCA
Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings
Guidance for the Identification of Nominees for Synod Consultation Committees
2025 Constitución Modelo para Congregaciones
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
Amendments to the Constitution for Synods 2025
Model Constitution for Congregations (2025)
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
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
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
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)
ELCA Endorsed Property Liability Insurance Programs
Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline
2021 Memorials and Resolutions Webinar
Congregations Relocated
Yearbook Necrology
Summary of Congregational Statistics by Synod
Summary of Congregational Reports
Resigned, Removed, or Transferred to ELCIC
Personnel Statistics
Full Communion Cooperation Congregations
Full Communion Cooperation Clergy
Congregations Received or Reinstated
Consolidated, Disbanded, Merged, Removed, or Withdrawn