Doing the Business of the Church
Synod has just issued a statement on membership in Synod and the three soon-to-be-obsolete Districts. You can find the original statement in the "latest additions" section of the LCC website, this page of the main LCC website, or you can read the verbatim copy I've included below. I would note that while Synod is making a... Continue Reading →
The East District Board has been diligently working away at forming it's 2.0 structure and to that end they've posted a draft policies and procedures document to their website. This document is excruciatingly detailed in it's guidelines - which is great if you want to standardize the major aspects of how an organization is run,... Continue Reading →
(This article is a bit dated as it was originally written in early 2018 and then got shelved until April 2018). With the somewhat-drawn-out conclusion of winter and the start of spring we're in the season of fresh beginnings. New Year resolutions may last a few weeks but a new Synodical structure - that'll last... Continue Reading →
My prior post about the post-restructuring version of LCC's East District has attracted a couple of comments I'd like to address. For reference purposes, LCC East District's current handbook and policy documents can be found on this page. One comment on the CEF Investors Forum offered an alternative explanation about the 1/3rd membership quorum as referring... Continue Reading →
Among the various traumatic events that LCC endured during the Bugbee administration was when Concordia University-Edmonton first removed any mention of faith from its mission statement and then completely severed its ties to LCC. As then-University President Gerald Krispin explained: “It’s all about inclusion. That’s the big issue. And we want to be an inclusive university.”... Continue Reading →
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