Below are various downloadable resources for your congregation

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2021 Annual Meeting Letter from the Bishop

​Personnel

2021 Salary Guidelines from Montana Synod Council

2020 ELCA Salary Guidelines

Parsonage Guidelines

Guidelines for Safe Congregations - 2017

Keeping the Church a Safe and Sacred Place for All!

Worship Resources

Please refer to our Directories webpage for the lists of LPAs that are available for pulpit supply.

Guidelines for Licensing Worship Leadership - 2020

Church Terms and Rituals and their Practice in the Church

ELCA Faith Practices resources 

Licensing Guidelines for Lay Persons - 2019

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Synod Statements

Apology to Tribes

Mission Venture Capital Fund

Mission Venture Capital Fund Information

Mission Venture Capital Fund Partnership Agreement

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Congregational Policy

​Memo re: Updating Your Congregation's Constitution

Gift Acceptance Policy

Call Committee Handbook

2019 Sabbatical Guidelines

Remittance Form for sending benevolence to Region 1

Steps in Dissolution of Congregation

Planning a Wilderness Outing by Land or by Sea? Safety First! Training Information

2018 Sexual Misconduct Policy 

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January 2019

February 2019

March 2019

April 2019

May 2019

June 2019

July 2019

August 2019

September 2019

October 2019

November 2019

2019 Parish Papers 

2018 Parish Papers