2025 Constitución Modelo para Congregaciones

The 2025 ELCA model constitution for congregations includes required and recommended amendments. Required changes reflect our shared identity as this church, binding congregations together in unity while allowing local freedom. Updating your congregation’s constitution brings it into conformity, ensuring both consistency across the ELCA and alignment with collective wisdom for healthy ministry.

• 2025 Constitución Modelo para Congregaciones

Process for Submission of Congregation Constitution

This document outlines the process for submitting congregation constitutions for approval by the NC Synod Council.

Constitution Review Checklist 2025

This Constitution Review Checklist 2025 is provided by the NC Synod Council to aid your process of updating your congregation’s constitution.

2025 Model Constitution for Congregations

The 2025 ELCA model constitution for congregations includes required and recommended amendments. Required changes reflect our shared identity as this church, binding congregations together in unity while allowing local freedom. Updating your congregation’s constitution brings it into conformity, ensuring both consistency across the ELCA and alignment with collective wisdom for healthy ministry.

• 2025 Model Constitution for Congregations

Following the 2025 Churchwide Assembly, held Monday, July 28, through Saturday, August 2, each of this church’s expressions—congregations, synods, and the churchwide organization—has a revised constitution. The amendments and rationale are noted on the synod webpage and the ELCA webpage.

 

May 2026 UPDATE:
The NC Synod Council has approved a Checklist and Process for Submission to aid congregations as they work to bring their congregation’s constitution into alignment with the recent changes approved at the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. Look for them on the synod’s website.

Roberts Rules Cheat Sheet

Compensation Guidelines—2027 Approved

These 2027 Compensation Guidelines were approved by the NC Synod Assembly (May 29-31, 2025) for ministry leaders serving congregations—including Ministers of Word & Sacrament, Ministers of Word & Service, and Synod Authorized Ministers.

Compensation Guidelines—2026 Approved

These 2026 Compensation Guidelines were approved by the NC Synod Assembly (May 29-31, 2025) for ministry leaders serving congregations—including Ministers of Word & Sacrament, Ministers of Word & Service, and Synod Authorized Ministers.

2026-2027 Approved Budget

This document shows the proposed budgets for 2026 and 2027.

Crisis Communications for Congregations

ELCA best practices

Compensation Guidelines Charts—2025 Approved

This document offers detailed charts for figuring out compensation for rostered ministers of this synod. These were approved by the NC Synod Council on October 5, 2024.

Compensation Guidelines Narrative—2025 Approved

This document gives additional insight into the Compensation Guidelines for rostered ministers of this synod. This was approved by the NC Synod Council on October 5, 2024.

Legal Issues: Best Practices for Recording and Livestreams

From a legal perspective, what should our congregation consider when live-streaming worship and other activities and posting photos on social media? This document from ELCA Legal answers that question.

God’s work. Our hands. Press Release

Perhaps you have found the press release template on page 11 of the GWOH Toolkit, but just in case you haven’t, it is available as a word document here. Use it to guide your story and then submit it to your local media outlets following your event.

General Application Form—OLFC

If you are a rostered minister of the ELCA and would like to apply for On Leave from Call (OLFC) status, please complete this form.

Region Nine Bishop’s Relational Agreement Regarding Boundaries Education

Continuing Education Grant Request Form

NC Synod Continuing Education Guidelines

Continuing Education Reporting Form

Synod Remittance Form (PDF)

Not a fillable form. Print only.

Synod Remittance Form (Excel)

NC Synod Rostered Ministers Misconduct Policy

NC Synod Boundary Training Policy

Re-Gathering Considerations

Peeler/Casey End-of-Year Report

Use this form if you are ready to report on your Peeler/Casey grant and would prefer to complete the report by hand. Print this out, complete the report, and mail it to the synod office using the address noted in the document.

Also, you may choose to complete the end-of-year report electronically.

Online Peeler/Casey Application

Use our online JotForm grant application.

Peeler-Casey Guidelines

Internal Control Best Practices

Financial and Accounting Guide

Internal Control Best Practices

Financial Best Practices for Congregations Presentation

Congregational Treasurers Financial and Accounting Guide

Congregational Treasurers’ Webinar Recording

May 18, 2020

Stewardship Webinar Recording

May 26, 2020

ELCA Branding Information

NC Synod Brand Guidelines

NC Synod Brand Kit

Submission Guidelines

Guidelines for submitting photos or other media.

Photo Release Form

Submit completed form along with any photos.

Committee Expense Report

Requests for reimbursement, accompanied by a receipt, must be submitted within 30 days of incurring the expense.

ELCA Reports to the Synod Bishop

We would like for you to use our synod-created form this year, but if you cannot, the standard forms from the ELCA are here: