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University of Michigan Strikes Deal to Purchase Abandoned LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor Campus for $60 Million; Will Those Funds Rightly Revert to Donors Whose Sole Intent Was to Support CUAA?

2026 LCMS Synodical President Election Series: A Shepherd for a Divided Flock — The Case for Rev. Dr. Joel D. Biermann as President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

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LCMS Synodical President Nominee Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann on What Makes Lutheranism Worth Fighting For

Register Now for the VIII National Hispanic Convention LCMS | VIII Convencion Nacional Hispana LCMS

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Lifeway Research Study Indicates People Who Regularly Attend Worship More Likely to Believe in Biblical Truths

Why is the LCMS Limiting the SMP Program — the Pastoral Formation Path Producing More “Practical Pastors” — When 1/5 of All LCMS Churches Have No Pastor & Can’t Get One?

These LCMS Pastors Voice Support for Racist, Antisemite Ryan Turnipseed; Includes LCMS Board Members, Regents, Others; “No Meddling Pastors” Resolutions & Disciplinary Actions Seem Appropriate

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Author of Meddling Pastors’ Ryan Turnipseed Support Letter, Former LCEF Board Member, Appointed 1st Vice-President of LCMS Central Illinois District Following Mohr Arrest, Resignation

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LCMS Rev. Chad Ingle, Pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Ozark, AL, Attends White Supremacist Conference; Church Hosts Monthly Neo-Nazi Group Meetings

Doug Wilson’s View on Christian Marriage is Blasphemous; Wilson Previously Held Up as a Model by LCMS Concordia Seminary St. Louis Regent Tim Wood

LCMS Pastoral Formation: Have Fear, Games, Power Plays Blinded Us to Where Christ is Leading? Galatians 3 Offers Guidance, If We Let It

Christian Nationalism Makes Our Rights Conditional — Just Look at the SAVE Act

We’re Dividing the LCMS Church & Calling It Faithfulness; Rev. Dr. Bruce Hartung, Emeritus Professor of Concordia Seminary on the Spiritual Warfare of Anxiety, Identity Politics, & Tribalism Poisoning the LCMS

The False Dilemma of the LCMS Christian Nationalism Debate; Should We Seek a Christian Nation? Or a Nation of Christians?

The LCMS Giving Crisis No One Is Talking About, & How the “Giving Crescendo” Outcome Will Impact Our Church Body in the Longer Term

LCMS Rev. Zach Zehnder & Artificial Intelligence Thought Leader Kenny Jahng Discuss How AI Will Disrupt Ministry, Work, Identity, & the Church

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Navigating LCMS Battles & Debates: Sola Scriptura — Scripture Alone — Provides the Answers When Facing Questions of Teaching, New Ideas, or Tradition; Let’s Return to this Rock

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America Got a Little More Religious. Secular Surge Appears to Have Stalled & We Don’t Know Why

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Judge Rules United Methodist Church Denomination Does Not Own, Has No Claim To, Property of Breakaway Church; Are There Implications for the LCMS v. Concordia University Texas Lawsuit? Congregations Leaving the LCMS?

The History of Division in the LCMS & How to End It: Dirty Politics, Hidden Agendas, Corrupted Power, Character Assassinations, Worst Construction Can End at the LCMS 2026 Convention…If We Want It To

The Stealthy Push to Reconsidering Women’s Place in the Church at the 2026 LCMS Convention; President Harrison has the Authority to Quash These Overtures & Should Do So as “Already Addressed” & Settled by Prior Conventions

LCMS 2026 Synodical President Voters & Convention Delegates Contact Information Requested; Register Now!

Best Practices for Ministry | Heartland 2026 Conference at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church & School, Frankenmuth, MI, Registration Now Open

Inertia Still Rules American Religion: The Nature of the Household in Which One is Raised Strongly Determines Who Stays in a Denomination, Who Leaves, & Where They Go

“Motherhood Under the Cross” Devotions Available for Free From the LCMS for the Mothers in Our Lives

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Indicted for Defrauding Donors, Allegedly Giving $3 Million to Leaders of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) & Other Extremist Groups

Academic Study Reports That Religious Participation Results in Higher Levels of Student Success

LCMS Pacific Southwest District Podcast Distinguishes Between Witness & Outreach; Emphasizes Importance of Both

Concordia University Texas’ 250-Seat Chapel Reopens Following $2.2 Million Renovation

Registration Opens for 2026 LCMS Lutheran Adult Gathering – In His Presence: Go, Make, Share

2026 LCMS Synodical President Nominees Overview; 2 Nominees Effectively Withdraw in Personal Statements; Election is June 6-9, 2026

LCMS Synod President Nominee, Concordia Seminary Professor, Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann on the Synod’s Strengths & Problems, His Priorities, & the Future of Our Church Body

LCMS Minnesota North District President, Council of Presidents Chairman, Synod Presidential Nominee Rev. Brady Finnern on Decline, Hope, & Future of the Synod

University of Michigan Strikes Deal to Purchase Abandoned LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor Campus for $60 Million; Will Those Funds Rightly Revert to Donors Whose Sole Intent Was to Support CUAA?

Karsten Christiansen
May 19, 2026

2026 LCMS Synodical President Election Series: A Shepherd for a Divided Flock — The Case for Rev. Dr. Joel D. Biermann as President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

Karsten Christiansen
May 18, 2026

LCMS Synodical President Nominee Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann on What Makes Lutheranism Worth Fighting For

Karsten Christiansen
May 18, 2026

Register Now for the VIII National Hispanic Convention LCMS | VIII Convencion Nacional Hispana LCMS

Karsten Christiansen
May 17, 2026