The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly directed “the (ELCA) Church Council to establish a Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church comprised of leaders of diverse representation from all three expressions that, working in consultation with the Conference of Bishops and the Church Council, shall reconsider the statements of purpose for each of the expressions of this church, the principles of its organizational structure, and all matters pertaining thereunto, being particularly attentive to our shared commitment to dismantle racism, and will present its findings and recommendations to the 2025 Churchwide Assembly in preparation for a possible reconstituting convention to be called under the rules for a special meeting of the Churchwide Assembly.” (CA22.01.06)

Nomination process:  At its November 2022 meeting, the ELCA Church Council authorized the establishment of a Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC) to consist of no more than 35 voting members and directed the Executive Committee of the Church Council to initiate the process of forming the Commission.

Each synod isbeing asked to submit two nominees. From the nominees submitted by eachsynod withinthe regions of the ELCA, the ELCAChurch Council will appointtwo voting members from each region.(The Rocky Mountain Synod is part of Region 2 which also includes the Sierra Pacific, Southwest California, Grand Canyon, and Pacifica synods.There are nine regions in the ELCA)In addition, a third voting member from each region will be appointed from the open nomination process facilitated by churchwide. Thus, 27 members of the Commission will come from the regions (9 regions X 3).Additionally, up to eight at-large voting members will be appointed from both synod nominations and from the open nomination process (Information about this process has been recently included in eConnection.)

Each voting member's role will be to represent the interests of this whole church while also bringing the perspective of the member’s geographical area and being mindful of other considerations.For a full description of the task, the makeup of the commission, and the time commitment required, click here.

The Synod Council will be identifying the two nominees from the Rocky Mountain Synodfor consideration to be Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Churchnominees from Region 2.