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Michigan-Based Reporter on the Front Line of the LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor Closing & Sale, Sam Jane, Shares What Really Happened to CUAA & Why Emotions Remain Raw

Is the LCMS Not in a Pastoral Shortage? Or Are We in Denial?

Why Are Pastors Leaving the Ministry? Is the LCMS Focusing Too Much on Pathways & Not Enough on Outcomes?

America’s Pastor Pipeline is Collapsing

LCMS RSO Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat to Open New Missouri Location in June to Serve Greater Numbers of Church Workers

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Jewish Lawmakers Face an Explosion of Antisemitism

Assaults Against Jews in US Reach 46-Year High

Do Christians Have to Tithe? What the Bible Really Says — LCMS Pastor James Huenink’s Short Video Explains

The Most Dangerous Bias in Christian Decision-Making: Why We Naturally Look for Spiritual Confirmation Instead of Truth — & How It Can Quietly Mislead Us

2026 LCMS Synodical President Election Series: An Era of Decline, Litigation & Controversy – The Case for Rev. Matthew Harrison as President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

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LCMS Michigan District President David Davis Issues Pastoral Letter & Video Regarding $60 Million Sale of Abandoned Concordia University Ann Arbor Campus to University of Michigan

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Lawmakers Slam University of Michigan $60 Million Purchase of Abandoned LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor Campus, But UM Regents Approve It Anyway

Taboo Topics — Pornography, Abuse, Political Idolatry, Shame — That the LCMS Needs to Talk About: Hard Conversations & Godly Encouragement

What is the Price of an LCMS Beacon of the Gospel (Concordia University Ann Arbor)? $60 Million & a Politically Worded Press Release

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, City Council to Ask University of Michigan to NOT Purchase Abandoned LCMS Concordia University Campus

Christian Nationalism — The Attempt to Compel Conscience — Is An Ideology That Defines the Body Politic, Then Excludes Those Who Do Not Fit; Dr. Luther & Our LCMS Church Fathers Would Clearly Reject It

2026 LCMS Synodical President Election Series: From the Prairie to the Presidency – The Case for Rev. Brady Finnern as President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

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What Faithful Leadership Looks Like in a Changing Church Landscape: A Conversation with LCMS Synodical President Nominee Rev. Brady Finnern

May 12, 2026, T&LM Newsletter – Corruption Must End in LCMS; LCMS Anti-Woman Overtures; Luther & Christian Nationalism; Presidential Nominees Withdraw; Voter & Delegate Registration Opens

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Colossians 3:23 Counsels Christians to Forbear & Forgive; Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann Encourages Us to Do This With One Another in Our Congregations & in the LCMS & Confound the World!

University of Michigan Strikes Deal to Purchase Abandoned LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor Campus for $60 Million; Will Those Funds Rightly Revert to Donors Whose Sole Intent Was to Support CUAA?

The Growing Gap in Church Membership: Who Joins a Church — And Why It Matters More Than You May Realize

Stop Waiting to Get Big & Start Planting New LCMS Churches!

2026 LCMS Synodical President Election Series: A Shepherd for a Divided Flock — The Case for Rev. Dr. Joel D. Biermann as President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

LCMS Synodical President Nominee Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann on What Makes Lutheranism Worth Fighting For

Register Now for the VIII National Hispanic Convention LCMS | VIII Convencion Nacional Hispana LCMS

Lifeway Research Study Indicates People Who Regularly Attend Worship More Likely to Believe in Biblical Truths

Why is the LCMS Limiting the SMP Program — the Pastoral Formation Path Producing More “Practical Pastors” — When 1/5 of All LCMS Churches Have No Pastor & Can’t Get One?

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

Author of Meddling Pastors’ Ryan Turnipseed Support Letter, Former LCEF Board Member, Appointed 1st Vice-President of LCMS Central Illinois District Following Mohr Arrest, Resignation

LCMS Rev. Chad Ingle, Pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Ozark, AL, Attends White Supremacist Conference; Church Hosts Monthly Neo-Nazi Group Meetings

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

Michigan-Based Reporter on the Front Line of the LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor Closing & Sale, Sam Jane, Shares What Really Happened to CUAA & Why Emotions Remain Raw

Karsten Christiansen
May 25, 2026

Is the LCMS Not in a Pastoral Shortage? Or Are We in Denial?

Karsten Christiansen
May 25, 2026

Why Are Pastors Leaving the Ministry? Is the LCMS Focusing Too Much on Pathways & Not Enough on Outcomes?

Karsten Christiansen
May 25, 2026

America’s Pastor Pipeline is Collapsing

Karsten Christiansen
May 25, 2026