Is LCMS Bureaucracy Holding Back Ministry? A Conversation with Retired Concordia Plan Services President & CEO Jim Sanft
Sacred Spaces, Permanent Places: LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA) The Chapel of the Holy Trinity Deconsecrated
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The Plan That Could Have Saved LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor
LCMS 2026 Convention Resources Developed to Help Educate & Equip Delegates & Convention Goers; Prayers for Godly Conversations, Independent Thinking, & Wise Decisions
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A Reading for LCMS Convention Delegate: Before They Are Opponents, They Are Family; The Path Forward Begins Not With Them Changing First — But With Me
As LCMS Leadership Suspicions Remain and Aspersions Continue, the Center for Missional & Pastoral Leadership (CMPL) Charges Boldly Into the Future to Serve the Unmet Needs of Christ’s Church
Has the LCMS Forgotten the Missionary Vision of Church Father Rev. Wilhelm Loehe & Placed Itself in Peril?
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Here I Am, Send Me (But Not Through That Door): Phoenix LCMS Pastoral Formation Listening Session Participant Shares Widely-Held Concerns Regarding Authenticity of Sessions
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LCMS Convention Resolution 9-11 Makes Assets of All Entities the Property of Synod, Subject to Synod’s Operating Directives, Other Central Controls; Strip This Language or Reject 9-11 Entirely?
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Some LCMS Leaders Endorse 2026 Convention Resolution 9-11; Say It Helps Support New Ministry Initiatives That Would Not Otherwise Happen; Delegates Will Need to Decide for Themselves & Closely Consider Other Changes it Makes
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The Front Door Nobody is Using: The Mission Infrastructure Your Congregation Needs Already Exists; Most of It Just Isn’t Pointed at Anything Yet
A Helpful Primer for All LCMS 2026 Convention Delegates Who Seek to Best Serve the Church & the People in Its Pews
Praise Be to God as Christian Brotherhood Prevails: Ryan Turnipseed Matter Reconciled & Peace Extended Among All Parties
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LCMS Texas District Faith Stories: Rev. Seth Davidson Reflects on the People & Experiences that Shaped His Journey Into Ministry
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Fear Only God: LCMS Concordia Seminary Professor & Central Region VP Nominee, Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann, Reminds Us That We Are to Think, Talk, & Act Like Christians & Not the World
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LCMS Pastors Matt Peeples & Zach Zehnder Explore Disciple-Making: Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime – A Simple Strategy for Multiplying Disciples
Synod Responds to Erroneous Distribution of July 9 LCMS Synodical President Election Email; Another Pastor Reports Not Receiving Emails for 2nd & 3rd Round Voting
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Are We Teaching Answers Instead of Jesus? LCMS Rev. Dr. Mark Hoehner Emphasizes Why Young People Need Lutheran Catechesis, Testimony, Liturgy, & Emotion & Not Just to Know Answers
What Happens After the Triennial LCMS Youth Gathering? Hodos Seeks to Address The Missing Middle in the LCMS
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1st Round LCMS Synodical President Voter Emails Received 1 Month After End of That Round; Mounting Concern of Possible Voter Disenfranchisement Has Some Calling Into Question Legitimacy of Entire Election
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Your Discipleship Model is Aging Out: 5 New Trends Churches Cannot Ignore
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Efforts to Restrict & Reduce Women’s Roles in the LCMS Incorrectly Apply Scripture to Support Human Agendas, Introduce Masculine Superiority
UPDATE: Christian Pastor Ezra Jin Freed from Chinese Prison Following Request from President Trump
AI Stumbles on Questions of Faith: Artificial Intelligence Models are Quietly Shaping Spiritual Advice — But Leaving Faith Out
Institutional Self-Preservation Trumps Structural Reform: An Analysis of What the LCMS 2026 Convention Floor Committees Actually Did — And What It Means for the People in the Pews
Are the 19 LCMS Convention Overtures Citing Romans 16:17 “Guilty of the Grievous Sin of Causing Schism” that Rev. Hermann Sasse Warned Against?
“The Great Distractions from the Great Sending”: A Historical Analysis of the Shift from Mission (the Great Commission) to Pure Doctrine (Preservation) as the Top Priority of the LCMS
88 Overtures & A Divided Synod; Rev. Dr. Andy Bartelt, Long-Time Concordia Seminary Professor & Former Academic Dean on the LCMS Pastoral Formation Debate
Children Raised in Faith-Filled Homes are Twice as Likely to Stay in Church; Here’s What That Means for Your Family, Your Church
US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Remembers the Heroes of 1776: The Signers, Soldiers, Farmers, Fifers, Spies & Messengers Who Made the American Revolution
New Research Identifies the Single Most Important Factor in Whether Children Keep Their Faith
“We Mutually Pledge to Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes, & Our Sacred Honor”: Paul Harvey Reminds Us of What Happened to the Signers of the American Declaration of Independence
Museum of the Bible Unveils New Exhibits Honoring Faith’s Role in America’s Founding
