Current Overtures
2020 Marks the start of a new Three-Year Cycle
for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Two new overtures have been developed by
LCMS Pastors and Lay Persons, and are
endorsed by the Denver Society of Creation.
We hope that LCMS Pastors and Lay
Persons will support these overtures and see
that they are introduced for a vote in their
circuit forums coming up in the next three
to four months.
Oveture to Affirm and Bind Ourselves to
the Biblical Doctrine of the Age of the Earth
PDF File: Click Here
MS Word Document: Click Here
Supporting PowerPoint Slides: Click Here
Supporting Presentation: Click Here
For an excellent and entertaining presentation
on the genealogies: Click Here
LCMS 2019 Synod Resolution: Click Here
Pamphlets on the Age of the Earth:
Volume 1, Issue 1 (2019)
Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)
You may remember that in 2019, the LCMS
passed a resolution re-affirming it’s belief in
creation in six natural days. However, no
statement was made on the age of the earth.
This overture would set a limit on the age
of the earth of less than 10,000 years.
This overture was passed unanimously by
the Rocky Mountain District Pastor’s Conference
on October 16, 2020. Our intent, with this
overture, is NOT to make new doctrine, but to
confess and bind ourselves to Biblical Doctrine.
Overture for Producing Biblically Faithful
Textbooks/Curricula For our Day Schools,
High Schools, and Home Schools
PDF File: Click Here
MS Word Document: Click Here
Supporting PowerPoint Slides: Click here
Supporting Presentation
by Dr. Barbara Helmkamp: Click Here
LCMS Synod Information for Submitting
an Overture:
LCMS-2023-Convention-Overture-Instructions
LCMS-2023-Convention-Overture-Template
