Forms, Documents and other Resources

Welcome to the online "filing cabinet" of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod. All documents are pdf except where indicated.

Anointing With Oil

Background Check Consent Form

Baptism

• Baptism Guide for Parents
• Baptism Guide for Pastors
• Baptism Guide for Sponsors

Campus Ministry

• Campus Ministry Covenant
• Campus Ministry Self-Study

Call Process Materials

• Compensation Guidelines
• Complete Transition Process
• Installation Guidelines
• MSP Guide
• Ordination Guidelines
• RLP Guide
• When a Pastor is Leaving

Candidacy Forms (from the ELCA website; fill out using Formatta Filler free download)

Calendar of Emphasis - html

Compensation

• Compensation Guidelines

Congregation Remittance Form

Congregation Treasurer's Aids

• Treasurers-Bookkeepers Resources
• Finance Record Keeping

Check Request Form

Churchwide Assembly Form

Creation Care

• Creation Care
• Creation Care Resources
• Networking and News
• Rooted in Scripture
• Where do Greenhouse Gases Come From
• Who Will Climate Change Hurt First

Dean's Job Description

Disaster Recovery/Resources

• Disaster Bulletin
• Invitation to Partner with Hurricane Recovery
• Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Lutheran Congregations

ELCA Website Forms Page

Evangelism

• Evangelism Toolkit
  • Evangelism Denominational Contacts (ordering information included)
  • Table of Contents
  • Basics of Evangelism (Theology and Practice of Congregational Evangelism)
  • Communication Evangelism
  • Community and Neighborhood Outreach
  • Cross-Cultural Evangelism
  • Discipleship and Incorporation
• Event Evangelism
• Hospitality and Worship Evangelism
• Leadership for Evangelism
• Personal/Relational Evangelism
• Revitalization

• Evangelism Book
• Evangelism Bookmark
• Evangelism Resources
• Forming an Evangelizing People
• Growing the Congregation 12-Step Evangelism Program (Gebert)
• Re-Rooting Area Mission Strategy

Event Scholarship Application

Formatta Filler Downloads for PC or Mac

History of the Lutheran Church in Texas

Immigration

• Immigration Myths and Realities
• Immigration Principles
• Immigration Trends in Texas
• Interfaith Platform on Human Immigration
• Sunday School Open Forum - Leader Guide

Interim Pastoral Ministry

• Interim Ministry Contract
• Interim Ministry Congregation Info Brochure
• Interim Ministry Handbook

Leave from Call Guidelines

Men in Mission Handbook

Mission Endowment Fund

• Grant Request Form

Model Constitution

• Model Constitution
• Model Constitution - Word
• Constitution Amendments
• Constitucion Modelo (Español)
• Model Constitution Guidelines

Read the Bible in One Year Guide

Re-Rooting Area Mission Strategy

Resources for Treasurers and Bookkeepers

Recursos Luteranos en Español
(Spanish Language Resources)

• Constitucion Modelo
• Estrategia De Ministerios Latinos
• Publicaciones Hispanas
• Productos en Español de Editorial CPH
• Productos en Español de Editorial ELCA
• Publicaciones WELS
• Trisynodical Hispanic Strategy Plan

Sabbatical Grants

Sabbatical Information

Retired Ministers

Guidelines for Retired Ordained Ministers

Social Issues

• Leaders Guide for Conversations on Race, Ethnicity and Culture

Spirituality of Change (by Bishop Rinehart)

Stewardship

• Fostering Financial Stewardship
• Stewardship Best Practices
• Stewardship Institute
• Stewardship for the 21st Century
• Stewardship Theology

Synod Constitution

Treasurers/Bookkeepers Resources