Home 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” From Certain Congregations

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” From Certain Congregations

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