Pre-Assembly Report

• Official Notice

• Official Notice
   

• Table of Contents

• Introduction to the Twelfth Churchwide Assembly 
• Program
• Order of Business
   

• Section I: General Information

• Preliminary Assembly Program 
• Rules of Organization and Procedure  updated 8/10/11
• Synopsis of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised 
• Roll of Assembly Members  updated 8/10/11
   

• Section II: Reports of Officers

• Report of the Presiding Bishop
• Report of the Secretary 
• Appendix A: Parochial Report Form A 
• Appendix B: Roster Statistics 
• Appendix C: Parochial Statistics
• Report of the Treasurer 
• Appendix A: 2009 Financial Statement 
• Appendix B: 2010 Financial Statement 
   

• Section III: Churchwide Units

• Report of the Executive for Administration 
• Appendix: Justice for Women 
   
• Part 1: Unit Reports
• Congregational and Synodical Mission   updated 8/10/11
• Appendix A: The Deaconess Community 
• Appendix B: Lutheran Men in Mission 
• Global Mission 
• Mission Advancement 
   
• Part 2: Separately Incorporated Ministries
• Board of Pensions 
• Mission Investment Fund
• Appendix: 2009-2010 Financial Statements
• Publishing House of the ELCA 
  (Augsburg Fortress, Publishers)
• Women’s Organization 
  (Women of the ELCA)
   

• Section IV: Recommendations of the Church Council

• Recommendation on Social Statements 
• Social Statement on Genetics 
• ELCA Malaria Campaign 
• Living into the Future Together (LIFT)
• Constitutional Amendments   updated 8/18/11
• Amendments  added 8/15/11
• 2012–2013 Budget Proposal
• Budget Exhibits Budget Charts
   

• Section V: Other Assembly-Related Documents

• Policies and Procedures for Addressing Social Concerns 
• Message on People Living with Disabilities 
• Report and Recommendations of the LIFT Task Force  updated 8/10/11
• Blue Ribbon Report on Mission Funding
• Report on ELCA Malaria Campaign 
• Report on Book of Faith Initiative 
• Biennial Plan of Studies 2011-2013
• Report of Communal Discernment Task Force
   

• Section VI: Report of the Memorials Committee

• Memorials Committee Report updated 8/17/11
• Amendments - Page 25  updated 8/17/11
   

• Section VII: Report of the Nominating Committee

• Nominating Committee Report  updated 8/10/11
   

• Section VIII: Report of the Committee on Reference and Counsel

• Report of the Reference and Counsel Committee - Part 1  added 8/17/11
• Report of the Reference and Counsel Committee - Part 2  added 8/17/11
   

• Section IX: Report of the Church Council

• Summary of Actions 
• Summary of July 28, 2011, Actions   added 8/10/11
   

• Section X: Governing Documents

• Constitutions, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 
• Restated Articles of Incorporation
• Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Constitution for Synods
• Model Constitution for Congregations
   

• Report of the Elections Committee

• Results of First Common Ballot  added 8/18/11
   

• Other

• College Corporation Meetings
• Bible Study Booklet
• Table Talk
• Sermon of the Presiding Bishop, August 15, 2011  added 8/15/11
• Report of the Presiding Bishop - Part 2   added 8/17/11 
• Report of the Ad Hoc Committee  added 8/17/11
  
  
  (Other documents distributed during the course of the assembly)