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20-Year Concordia Seminary Professor of Theology Shares Deeply Troubling Observations & Experiences Under Incumbent President Harrison’s Tenure, Concerns for the Future of the LCMS

June 19, 2026

Death Spiral?: With 1,000 Empty LCMS Pulpits & Worsening Gap Between Numbers of Pastoral Retirements & Residential Seminary Graduates, Incumbent LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison says “I’m Done Approving SMP Guys.”

June 21, 2026

For Those Seeking a Better & More Unified Synod, Round 3 of the LCMS Synodical President Voting Could Make That Change Reality, So Vote!

June 19, 2026

Statistically Tied. Spiritually Surging. Time to Finish It. Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann Surges in LCMS Synodical President Round 2 Voting

June 17, 2026

Rev. Zach Zehnder Nails It: 5 Reasons Why the Election for LCMS Synodical President is So Close & Headed for a 3rd Round of Voting

June 18, 2026

Here We Go Again: Some Round 3 LCMS Synodical President Pastoral & Lay Voters Report Not Receiving Email Notifications from Synod

June 20, 2026

The LCMS Synodical President Election is Not About Two Men; It’s a Referendum on Which Markers We’ve Decided Define Faithfulness, & We Don’t Agree

June 19, 2026

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on What His Father’s Funeral Taught Him About the Crisis of Fatherhood

June 21, 2026

The Rattled Generation: A Unified Theory of This American Moment; How Should the LCMS Respond?

June 20, 2026

Missionary, Seminary Professor, & Former Navy Chaplain Rev. Dr. Stephen Oliver on Why the LCMS Needs Repentance Before Reformation

June 19, 2026

Who Can Best Lead a More Faithful, Fruitful, & Loving LCMS? Rev. Matthew Harrison or Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann? Take Time to Pray & Vote in Round 2 from June 13-16

June 12, 2026

Phoenix LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Listening Session Participant Wonders if Gathering Was to Understand, Clarify, Inform Possible Program Improvements, or Simply a Position Statement

June 14, 2026

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20-Year Concordia Seminary Professor of Theology Shares Deeply Troubling Observations & Experiences Under Incumbent President Harrison’s Tenure, Concerns for the Future of the LCMS

Death Spiral?: With 1,000 Empty LCMS Pulpits & Worsening Gap Between Numbers of Pastoral Retirements & Residential Seminary Graduates, Incumbent LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison says “I’m Done Approving SMP Guys.”

For Those Seeking a Better & More Unified Synod, Round 3 of the LCMS Synodical President Voting Could Make That Change Reality, So Vote!

Statistically Tied. Spiritually Surging. Time to Finish It. Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann Surges in LCMS Synodical President Round 2 Voting

Rev. Zach Zehnder Nails It: 5 Reasons Why the Election for LCMS Synodical President is So Close & Headed for a 3rd Round of Voting

Here We Go Again: Some Round 3 LCMS Synodical President Pastoral & Lay Voters Report Not Receiving Email Notifications from Synod

The LCMS Synodical President Election is Not About Two Men; It’s a Referendum on Which Markers We’ve Decided Define Faithfulness, & We Don’t Agree

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on What His Father’s Funeral Taught Him About the Crisis of Fatherhood

The Rattled Generation: A Unified Theory of This American Moment; How Should the LCMS Respond?

Missionary, Seminary Professor, & Former Navy Chaplain Rev. Dr. Stephen Oliver on Why the LCMS Needs Repentance Before Reformation

Who Can Best Lead a More Faithful, Fruitful, & Loving LCMS? Rev. Matthew Harrison or Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann? Take Time to Pray & Vote in Round 2 from June 13-16

Phoenix LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Listening Session Participant Wonders if Gathering Was to Understand, Clarify, Inform Possible Program Improvements, or Simply a Position Statement

2026 LCMS Synodical President Election Series: After 16 Years – Why the LCMS Needs New Leadership Now & What That Leadership Must Look Like — An Analysis of the Harrison Era, Its Limits, & the Urgent Case for Synodical President Transition

The Parable of the Talents: A Very Personal Perspective From the Pew & the People Who Are Actually Impacted by the Decisions Made by LCMS Leaders Thousands of Miles Away

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

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

Dilogous Administrators: How LCMS Administrators are Subverting Lutheran Education & Ministry at Home & Overseas – A Perspective from Rev. Dr. Gregory P. Schulz of The Lutheran School of Theology, Kenya

Why Some Denominations are Growing and the LCMS Isn’t; Evangelistic Growth Must Begin with a Change in Mindset & Approaches While Remaining Rooted in our Theology

UPDATE: In the Most Important Synodical President Election in a Generation, LCMS Secretary’s Office Struggles Again: Pastors from 6 Districts Report No 3rd Round Voting Emails Received

20-Year Concordia Seminary Professor of Theology Shares Deeply Troubling Observations & Experiences Under Incumbent President Harrison’s Tenure, Concerns for the Future of the LCMS

Death Spiral?: With 1,000 Empty LCMS Pulpits & Worsening Gap Between Numbers of Pastoral Retirements & Residential Seminary Graduates, Incumbent LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison says “I’m Done Approving SMP Guys.”

LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Phoenix Listening Session Lay Participant Expresses Concern About Whether Attendees Were “Heard With Open Hearts & Minds”