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Simple Majority? Super!

Abstract: ELCA Church Council recommends rules and procedures for 2007 Churchwide Assembly.

There was no ELCA press release for this, but we hear that on April 15, the ELCA Church Council approved "Rules of Organization and Procedure," the recommended procedural rules for the Tenth Churchwide Assembly, August 6-11, 2007.
You may recall that in 2005, there was a lot of wrangling over how big a majority was needed to adopt recommendations of the Sexuality Task Force. Ultimately it was decided that motions arising from the Task Force's recommendation required a two-thirds "supermajority" for adoption.
The Church Council's recommended procedures for the 2007 Churchwide Assembly include no supermajority provision for motions directing amendments to Definitions and Guidelines, Vision and Expectations, and the policy on reinstatement to the rosters of the ELCA. Of course, the Church Council's recommended procedures must be approved by the Assembly and may be amended before approval. Adoption of the rules requires two-thirds approval.

(Vol. I, xxiv, April 22, 2007 )

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