The 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church Northern Province approved a broad range of resolutions in its role as the highest governing body of the province. These resolutions were deliberated and approved June 22-25, 2023 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Click here for the Synod Resolutions & Elections Booklet.
Reports and Resolutions by Committee:
Committee on Care and Nurture of Clergy
Committee on Church and Society
Committee on Congregational Leadership
Committee on Emerging Ministry
Committee on Finance
Committee on Governance
Committee on Healthier Congregations
Committee on Lay Leadership Development
Committee on Missional Engagement Around the World
Committee on Missional Engagement in Our Neighborhoods
Committee on Relationships with Others
Committee on Spiritual Formation
Committee on Stewardship
Full List of Reports and Resolutions Adopted:
Committee on Care and Nurture of Clergy
1st Partial Report — Parsonage Task Force
2nd Partial Report — Human Resources and Benefits Department
3rd Partial Report — Clergy Emergency Assistance Fund
4th Partial Report — Bishops Residing in the Northern Province
5th Partial Report — Selecting Up to two Bishops at the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church, Northern Province
6th Partial Report — Bereavement Leave Policy for Clergy
7th Partial Report — Clergy and Congregational Care Resources
8th Partial and Final Report — Deacon Supervision Program
Committee on Church and Society
1st Partial Report — Gratitude to the Provincial Elders’ Conference and the Moravian Church, Northern Province for the September 2022 Pilgrimage Toward Racial Justice and Healing
2nd Partial Report — Rev. Dr. Charles Martin’s 1917 Eastern District Synod Resolution
3rd Partial Report — Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius and Initial Steps Toward Reconciliation and Healing of the Moravian Church, Northern Province’s Relationship with Indigenous Peoples
4th Partial Report — Mass Incarceration and Legal System Reform
5th Partial Report — Antisemitism and Jewish-Christian Relations
6th Partial Report — Accepting the Report to the 2023 Northern Province Synod From the Racial Justice Team
7th Partial Report — The Support of Humane and Just Treatment of the Individuals and Families Seeking Refuge and Asylum in the United States
8th Partial Report — A Call to Faithful Action of the Moravian Church, Northern Province Toward an End to Gun Violence
9th Partial Report — Affirming and Building the Work of Justice
10th Partial Report — Commitment to the Work of Racial Justice and Healing
11th Partial Report — Combatting White Supremacy
12th Partial Report — Christians Against Christian Nationalism
13th Partial Report — A Call for LGBTQIA+ Justice and Healing
14th Partial and Final Report — A Call for Mental Health Awareness and Response to the Crisis
Committee on Congregational Leadership
1st Partial Report — Identity, Purpose, and Organization (IPO)
2nd Partial Report — Pastoral Leadership for our Congregations
3rd Partial and Final Report — Moravian Theological Seminary Report
Committee on Emerging Ministry
1st Partial Report — The Emerging Ministry Committee Report
2nd Partial Report — Position of Coordinator of Emerging Ministries and New Faith Communities
3rd Partial Report — Try Emerging Ministries Program
4th Partial and Final Report — New Expressions of Faith Annual Assessment Center Events
Committee on Finance
1st Partial Report — Report of the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church, Northern Province — Widow’s Society
2nd Partial Report — Appendix B and Appendix C of the Provincial Elders’ Report
3rd Partial Report — Continuation of Northern Province Finance Committee
4th Partial Report — Expressing Gratitude for the Sheep We Sometimes Forget
5th Partial and Final Report — The 2024 Budget
Committee on Governance
1st Partial Report — Provincial Elders’ Conference Report
2nd Partial Report — Voice and Vote for District Youth Delegates
3rd Partial Report — Changing the Name Moravian College to Moravian University
4th Partial Report — Amendments to the Book of Order, Chapter II – Provincial Regulations – Defeated
5th Partial Report — Book of Order Changes, Chapter I – Voting Privileges at Synod
6th Partial Report — Making Lay Church Members Eligible for Election as Provincial Elders’ Conference President – Defeated
7th Partial Report — The Moravian Archives
8th Partial Report — Ratio of Lay to Clergy Delegates at Provincial Synod
9th Partial Report — Financial Appendices of the Provincial Elders’ Conference Report
10th Partial Report — Thank You for Leading the Church Through the Covid-19 Pandemic
11th Partial and Final Report — Moravian Academy and Linden Hall School for Girls — Changes to Book of Order on Membership of Trustees
Committee on Healthier Congregations
1st Partial Report — Thanksgiving for the Healthier Congregations Task Force
2nd Partial Report — Moravian Archives
3rd Partial Report — Training for Gender Inclusion
4th Partial Report — Prioritizing Accessibility in our Congregations and Church Buildings
5th Partial and Final Report — Strengthening Youth Impact
Committee on Lay Leadership Development
1st Partial Report — Moravian University Report to the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church, Northern Province
2nd Partial and Final Report — Lay Leadership Development: Affirmation and Support
Committee on Missional Engagement Around the World
1st Partial Report — Resolution Regarding the election of Northern Province Representatives to the Board of World Mission Board of Directors
2nd Partial Report — Report to the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church, Northern Province from the Board of World Mission in North America
3rd Partial and Final Report — Report to the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church, Northern Province from the Society for Promoting the Gospel
Committee on Missional Engagement in Our Neighborhoods
1st Partial Report — Moravian Open Door
2nd Partial Report — Provincial Women’s Board
3rd Partial Report — Sperling-Zimmerman Memorial Home
4th Partial Report — Local and Global Medical “Debt Jubilee Project For the Healing of the World”
5th Partial Report — For the Care and Healing of God’s Creation
6th Partial Report — Provincial Women’s Board Restructuring
7th Partial Report — Hospitality over Hostility
8th Partial and Final Report — Discovering God Through Acts of Kindness in our Neighborhoods and Congregations
Committee on Relationships with Others
1st Partial Report — Gratitude for the Witness and Fellowship of the United Church of Los Alamos, New Mexico
2nd Partial Report — Full Communion Relationship Between the Moravian Church, Northern Province; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; and the Anglican Church of Canada
3rd Partial Report — Receipt of the Report to the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church, Northern Province from Linden Hall School for Girls
4th Partial Report — Expanding and Developing the Moravian Church, Northern Province’s Relationship with Churches for Middle East Peace (“CMEP”)
5th Partial Report — Call Process Enhancements to Welcome Full Communion Clergy
6th Partial Report — Beginning a Dialogue with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
7th Partial and Final Report — Receipt of the Report to the 2023 Synod of the Moravian Church from the Interprovincial Board of Communication
Committee on Spiritual Formation
1st Partial Report — Spiritual Companioning
2nd Partial and Final Report — Returning the Holy Spirit as Mother as a Church Festival and Celebration
Committee on Stewardship
1st Partial Report — Change in Larger Life Foundation Bylaws
2nd Partial Report — Larger Life Foundation, Eastern District Executive Board, Board of Elders’ Canadian District, Moravian Ministries Foundation in America, Western District Executive Board
3rd Partial and Final Report — Radically Reconceptualizing Stewardship in the Moravian Church, Northern Province
