It is one of the blessings of our national church body that regularly (every other year, in these district conventions) every single congregation, through its pastor and its lay delegate and its male teachers (if it has them), can critique and then comment on the work of our national church body formally at the district conventions. 

- District President, Pastor Phil Hirsch

 

 

“The district shall meet in convention to further Lutheran doctrine and practice; to receive new congregations, pastors, and male teachers into the district; to conduct elections; and to review and provide reaction to the reports of the synod president regarding the activities of the synod. Occasionally, the convention may need to conduct discipline and hear appeals.” 

-WELS Nebraska District Constitution