Why are the terms “voting member” and “assembly” used by the ELCA and the synod instead of “delegate” and “convention”?
An excerpt from the introduction to the 2003 Pre-Assembly Report for the Churchwide Assembly outlines the crucial tasks of voting members and contrasts the term with the way delegate is used in many political contexts. The excerpt reads as follows: In the ELCA’s predecessor church bodies, the word “delegate” was used and meant people chosen to fulfill responsibilities in what then were then known as synod or district “conventions.” Like those “delegates” in our predecessor churches, ELCA voting members in ELCA synodical assemblies are chosen to represent all of the members of all of the congregations in the synod. In the case of the Churchwide Assembly, voting members carry out their duties on behalf of all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Nourished by Word and Sacrament, they are called in assembly to seek the well-being of this whole church. Voting members carry a heavy responsibility. They must study carefully the issues on the agenda of the assembly, listen th
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