Q. What is the Synod's position on cloning, whether of an animal or of human beings?

A. At its 1998 convention, the Synod adopted a resolution in which it "reject[ed] without reservation as contrary to God's Word any technique or method of human cloning that results in the destruction of human embryos or the creation of human embryos for the purposes of fetal tissue research or organ harvesting or transplantation." In the same resolution, the Synod asked its Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) to prepare a report "to help the church, on the basis of the Word of God, make informed ethical judgments concerning cloning and attendant issues."