Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline

This document describes the grounds for which rostered ministers may be subject to discipline according to the practice of this church.

Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline
Ordained Ministers, Associates in Ministry, Deaconesses, Diaconal Ministers, and Congregations

Originally approved on November 19, 1989, and subsequently approved on December 5, 1993, and on April 10, 2010,
by the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pursuant to ELCA bylaw 20.71.11.