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LCMS Synodical President Nominee, 24-Year Concordia Seminary Professor, Active Parish Pastor, Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann, Shares Life Story, Vision for Future of LCMS

LCMS Rev. Mark Zehnder on How Churches Can Handle Pastoral Succession & the LCMS Pastoral Shortage

The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Announces Strategic Partnership with LCMS Concordia University Wisconsin; Could Lead to Satellite Campus at Mequon

LCMS Synodical Task Force on Electoral Circuit Parameters Issued; Proposal Reduces Number of Circuit Congregations, Removes Confirmed Membership Caps; Further Diminishes Voices of Larger & Growing Congregations, Disenfranchises People in the Pews

Major Themes in the LCMS 2026 Convention Workbook Overtures Expose Growing Tension Between Historical Local Congregational Autonomy & Top-Down Synod Domination Efforts

LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Listening Sessions Set for June 13 & 15 in Scottsdale, AZ, & Kingwood, TX; All Are Invited; Unclear How Locally Shared Needs & Perspectives Will Shape Current Policies, Direction in Service to Congregations

Pastoral Formation, Empty Pulpits & Bearing Good Fruit: LCMS SELC District President Rev. Wally Vinovskis & South Wisconsin District President Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador Discuss Pros & Cons of Both Residential & Online Seminary Education

Stop Growing Churches. Start Making Disciples. A Conversation with Church Planter Peyton Jones

2026 LCMS Convention Workbook Published; Pastoral Formation, Roles of Women, Denominational Governance, Cultural & Identity Matters are Dominant Overture Themes

What 3 Godly Heroes Are Teaching the Seminary Students of Rev. Dr. Chuck Lawless

The Joy of Walking a Student from Curiosity to Baptism: Redeemer Lutheran Church Intentionally Chooses Simple, Faithful LCMS Presence Near California State University in Chico in Its Campus Ministry

Why be Lutheran? – A 1517 Perspective