Florida-Bahamas Synod

The Synod Council of the Florida-Bahamas Synod consists of both lay and clergy who are elected by the Synod Assembly. There are four officers, including the bishop who acts as the president. The Synod Council is the board of directors of the synod and serves as the interim legislative authority between meetings of the annual Synod Assembly. The Synod Council:

• Exercises trusteeship responsibilities on behalf of the synod;
• Recommends program goals and budgets to the regular meetings of the Synod Assembly;
• Carries out the resolutions of the Synod Assembly;
• Provides for an annual review of the roster of ordained ministers and of other official rosters, receives and acts upon appropriate recommendations regarding those persons whose status is subject to reconsideration and action under the constitution and bylaws of the ELCA and make a report to the Synod Assembly of the Synod Council's actions in this regard;
• Issues letters of call to ordained ministers, associates in ministry, deaconesses, and diaconal ministers as authorized by the ELCA;
• Fills vacancies until the next regular meeting of the Synod Assembly in the incapacity of an officer of the synod;
• Reports its actions to the regular meetings of the Synod Assembly; and
• Performs other functions as needed.

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