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 Synod
Forms and Documents
The following forms and documents are available as Adobe Acrobat™ PDF (Portable
Document Format) files:
Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod, ELCA
Includes changes adopted by the 2009 Churchwide Assembly. †Items
marked with a dagger are mandated by the ELCA. (See †S18.11. and †S18.12.
of this Constitution.) The Constitution is printed in boldface type;
the Bylaws (indicated by the initials BL) are in lightface type.
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Standing and continuing resolutions are presented in this document. The
document is in three sections: Policy on Standing and Continuing
Resolutions, Standing Resolutions of Predecessor Synods, and Continuing
Resolutions of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America.
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Minutes of the 2010 Synod Assembly of the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and 2011Program
Proposal adopted
at that assembly. For a PDF copy of the complete minutes as they appear
in the
2010 Minutes Book, click here.
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This document provides information about finding a supply pastor,
what kinds of information to provide to the person, and guidelines for
paying a supply pastor.
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When a pastoral transition occurs in a congregation, the resources
of the bishop, staff, and mission district dean are available for the
important task of securing new pastoral leadership.
The process for calling a pastor in the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Synod is explained in the booklet, Procedure and Practice for Congregations
in Pastoral Transition.
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This document provides the minimum base compensation (salary) guidelines for
pastors and rostered lay professional leaders. It was adopted by the
2012 Synod Assembly.
Click here to see the 2013 Minimum
Compensation Guidelines.
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This document provides guidelines for sabbatical leave for
pastors and rostered lay professional leaders. It was adopted by the
1990 Synod Assembly.
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PLACE (Professional Leaders' Aid for Continuing Education) is the continuing
education fund for professional leaders (pastors, associates in ministry,
deaconesses, diaconal ministers) to which both the leaders and their employing agencies
contribute.
Click the links below for
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