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Constitutions2025-11-03T14:48:21-05:00

Constitutions

  • Congregation Constitution Resources

  • Virginia Synod Constitution

  • Congregation Constitution Resources

  • ELCA Model Constitution for Congregations Updated August 2025
  • Congregation Constitution 101 Video and Slides
  • August 2025 Amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations approved at 2025 Churchwide Assembly
  • Amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations September 2022
  • Updated Model Constitution for Congregations September 2022
  • Guide for Use of the Model Constitution for Congregations
  • 2019 Amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregation
  • Guidance on Remote Congregational Meetings VA Synod April 2 2020
  • Virginia Synod Constitution

Virginia Synod Constitution, Bylaws and Continuing Resolutions

(Updated September 23, 2025)

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"The Virginia Synod Office of the Bishop is located on the original and ancestral homelands of the Tutelo and Monacan peoples (Western Office of the Bishop, Salem) and the Chesapeake and Lumbee peoples (Eastern Office of the Bishop, Norfolk), and we give thanks for their presence here since time immemorial. We also wish to recognize and honor all our Indigenous siblings who have and continue to call this land their home."

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