Upon recommendation and notice by Synod Council, given pursuant to †S18.13(b), the 2025 West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod Assembly approved the following amendments to the Constitution of the West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod:

• †S3.01. The territory of this synod, as determined by the Churchwide Assembly, shall be: the state of West Virginia; the county of Garrett in the State of Maryland; the congregation Mount Calvary, Allegany County, and the congregations Holy Trinity Memorial and Salem in Washington County in the state of Maryland; and the congregation Fairview, Frederick County, in the state of Virginia.
• S7.24. Ministers under call on the rosters of this synod shall remain as members of the Synod Assembly so long as they remain under call and so long as their names appear on the rosters of this synod. Lay voting members elected by their congregations shall continue to serve until their resignation from the Synod Assembly, replacement by their congregation, or disqualification by suspension or termination of voting membership in their congregation. Other lay voting members shall continue to serve until the opening of the next regular synod assembly. Lay members of the Synod Assembly representing congregations shall continue as such until replaced by the election of new members or until they have been disqualified by termination of membership. Normally, congregations will hold elections prior to each regular meeting of the Synod Assembly.
• S7.30. This synod may establish processes through the Synod Council to grant an interim pastor not otherwise enfranchised the privilege of voice in the Synod Assembly during the period of that minister’s service as an interim pastor of a congregation of this synod.
• S9.11. The Synod Council shall establish a process to elect or appoint representatives to the steering committee of its region.
• S10.09. A majority of the members, excluding the youth member, of the Synod Council shall constitute a quorum.

Italics indicate additions. Strikethroughs indicate deletions.

These amendments go into effect upon ratification by the Church Council of the ELCA (which is expected to be in November 2025.