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If We Really Are Christ’s People, Let’s Reject 2026 LCMS Convention & Election Shenanigans

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LCMS Florida-Georgia District President Rev. James Rockey: How Will They Know? Three Goals for Mission Advancement

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The Beginning of the LCMS Call Process — The Professional Church Worker

The Christendom Ecosystem: A Theology of Glory – Christian Nationalism & the LCMS – Part 1

LCMS Rev. Jeff Cloeter – When the Call is Not Your Choice: Learning Obedience Over Desire

Unity in Doctrine, Uniformity & Variety in Practice: Read the Study Document from the LCMS Commission on Theology & Church Relations (CTCR)

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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

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

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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

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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

Multi-Parish California LCMS Congregations with a Sole Pastor — Now One Parish with Multiple Sites — Leverages Technology to Better Serve the People in the Pews, Share the Gospel

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Concordia Seminary Forces LCMS Synodical President Nominee Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann to Remove Biographical Video; Claims It Could Be Perceived by Some as Seminary Endorsement

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First Article Gifts (Reason, Leadership, Strategy): A Leadership Framework for the LCMS

Truth & Light Media Newsletter – April 14, 2026

What Gen Z Really Wants From the Church – LCMS Rev. Dr. Tim Ahlman & Lutheran Educator Chad Janetzke Discuss What Today’s Students are Seeking Spiritually

The Protestant Mind: Pluralism in Context – Yesterday’s Groundbreaking “Judeo-Christian” Conception of American Values is Today’s Christian Nationalism

The Church’s Leadership Pipeline Problem: Dave Miller on Developing Young Leaders & Building a Leadership Pathway in Your Own Ministry

LCMS Deaconess Christie Hansard, RN, BSN, on Called to Community — Relational Wellness

LCMS Pacific Southwest District Podcast Discusses Church Worker Recruitment, Paths to Ministry, Challenges & Rewards of Lutheran Ministry Callings

June 2026 Hodos Lutheran Influencers Gathering Completely Full; Planning Continues for 2027 LCMS Young Adults Gathering; 2,000+ Attendees Targeted

Faith Seeking Understanding: Theological Paradigms for Lutheran Universities

LCMS Lutheran Educators Conference (LEC) 2026 Call for Proposals; Proposals Due May 29, 2026; Gathering in San Diego November 22-24, 2026

Fear & Trembling in the LCMS; Concordia Seminary Professor & Synodical President Nominee Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann’s Emphatic Reminder to Not Let Anything Get in the Way of Following our 1st Love: Jesus!

This Character Counts: LCMS Rev. Dr. Matthew Borrasso Recalls Rev. Martin Hans Franzmann’s Essay Marking the 125th Anniversary of the Founding of the LCMS

Exhaustive LCMS Data-Based Report Confirms Accelerating Loss of Pastors; 60-70 Each Year; 390 in Just the Last 5 Years; Suggests Possible Remedies

If We Really Are Christ’s People, Let’s Reject 2026 LCMS Convention & Election Shenanigans

Karsten Christiansen
April 30, 2026

LCMS Florida-Georgia District President Rev. James Rockey: How Will They Know? Three Goals for Mission Advancement

Karsten Christiansen
April 30, 2026

The Beginning of the LCMS Call Process — The Professional Church Worker

Karsten Christiansen
April 30, 2026

The Christendom Ecosystem: A Theology of Glory – Christian Nationalism & the LCMS – Part 1

Karsten Christiansen
April 29, 2026