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Last Call for Nominations for LCMS Officers, Boards, Commissions; Due by October 15, 2025; You Can Make a Difference IF Nominating Committee Seeks Well-Rounded & Qualified Representation of Its Congregations & People in the Pews

2024 LCMS Annual Report Published Following Conclusion of District Conventions

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The Story of the LCMS’s Shuttering of Concordia University Ann Arbor; Are Other Concordias Next?

What Happened to the LCMS’s Concordia University Ann Arbor & Why? An Exhaustive Report

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From Fear to Love: Listening Across the Divide; Participation Encouraged at January 2026 “Formal Dissent Gathering”

A Comprehensive Timeline of the Closing of the LCMS’s Concordia University Ann Arbor

Yet Another: LCMS Southern District’s Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Ozark, Alabama, Hosts Monthly Meetings of Neo-Confederate, White Nationalist Group with Pastor’s Full Awareness

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Major Topics from the Pacific Southwest District that the 2026 LCMS Convention Delegates Deserve to Explore on the Floor: Pastoral Formation, SMP Pathways, Lutheran “Identity”

Relentless Dependence in Church Planting: LCMS Rev. Delton Weiser of Grace Lutheran In Pflugerville, TX

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Thom S. Rainer’s 6 Critical Questions for Church Membership Retention; Is Your LCMS Congregation Addressing Them?

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Why the Reformation Solas Still Matter to Christ’s Church & His Creation

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Artificial Intelligence & the Soul of the Church; The Danger is Not Destruction, But Reduction

Minnesota Shooting Highlights Risks to Religious Schools Amid Push for More Security; LCMS Schools Must Take Note

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“Light of the World” Animated Film Opens September 5th; Creators Hope Biblical Epic Will Be Powerful Outreach for Families

One of Two LCMS Auxiliaries, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) 2025 Convention Draws 4,000, Makes Millions in Grants for the Gospel

How “the Elite” Changed Its Mind on Christianity

Will the LCMS Board of Directors & Council of Presidents Address the Issue of Avowed Racist, Antisemite Pastors When Meeting Over Next 2 Weeks? Or Will They Do Nothing? A Call for Public Accountability & Official Position of Church Body

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The Secret to Being a Healthy Church Really Isn’t a Secret: LCMS Pastor Nathan Huse Shares His Experiences

Wikipedia Co-Founder, Larry Sanger, Raised in the LCMS, Religious Skeptic as a Teen Into Adulthood, Returns to Christian Faith

Christian-Majority Countries Declining Worldwide: An Opportunity for LCMS Great Commission Initiatives

Hard Truth … A Tiny Minority Runs the LCMS: 20% of People in the Pews Have 80% of the Voting Power at National, District Conventions

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Let’s Be Transparent … No Interpretations from Anyone Else Needed: The Center for Missional & Pastoral Leadership’s (CMPL) FAQs in its Own Words

Support Growing for Off-Campus Religious Education for Public School Students; How Can Local LCMS Congregations Take Advantage of Opportunity to Share the Gospel of Jesus?

God Works Weekly Podcast: LCMS Best Practices Heartland, The Hymnal Project, More!

Is Your Congregation Ready for the Annual Early Fall Surge of First-Time Worship Guests?

Love. Grace. Patience. Jesus. How the Church Relates to People Who Have Same Sex Attraction Matters. For Eternity.

Dr. James Dobson, Founder of Focus on the Family, Christian Author and Broadcaster, Giant of the Christian Faith, Enters Heaven at 89

Over 7,000 Christian Martyrs Killed in Nigeria So Far in 2025; How Can This Religious Genocide be Stopped?

LCMS Minnesota South District Weighs in on Mixing Politics & Theology

How the LCMS Can Reach More Unchurched & De-Churched: Start Planting More New Churches! Rev. Dr. Tim Ahlman’s Conversation with Lutherans Mark & Laura Pulliam

First Things’ Carl R. Trueman on The Death of Mainline Protestantism

The Church Has Gotten Fat; Is Strongest When She Sacrifices the Most

Death, Loss, Mourning and Jesus & the Process of Grief; Julie Lynn Ashley Discusses the Western Church’s Growing Discomfort with Death & Grieving with Rev. Dr. Tim Ahlman

Last Call for Nominations for LCMS Officers, Boards, Commissions; Due by October 15, 2025; You Can Make a Difference IF Nominating Committee Seeks Well-Rounded & Qualified Representation of Its Congregations & People in the Pews

Karsten Christiansen
September 12, 2025

2024 LCMS Annual Report Published Following Conclusion of District Conventions

Karsten Christiansen
September 11, 2025

The Story of the LCMS’s Shuttering of Concordia University Ann Arbor; Are Other Concordias Next?

Karsten Christiansen
September 10, 2025

What Happened to the LCMS’s Concordia University Ann Arbor & Why? An Exhaustive Report

Karsten Christiansen
September 8, 2025