Truth, Tone, & the Future of Church Leadership: A Conversation with Author Bekah Buchterkirchen
LCMS Pastor Greg Finke & Deaconess Noemi Guerra Discuss “The Go Network” — Connecting Mission-Minded Lutherans Around Trust, Discipleship, Leadership Development, & Church Planting
1 view
A Narrow Victory, A Wide Responsibility: A Call to President-Elect Harrison to Lead All of the LCMS
271 views
50.1%: A Mirror, Not a Mandate — An LCMS Pastor’s Perspective on the Way Forward
6 views
What Does New Lifeway Research Study Reveal About Spiritual Maturity and Discipleship in the LCMS?
1 view
Merge, Multiply, or Die: The Conversation Nobody Wants to Have & Everybody Needs; Lessons for the LCMS
1 view
Order, Disorder, Reorder: The LCMS is in a Season of Disorder as we Approach the 2026 LCMS Convention; Only Jesus Can Lead Us to Reorder
1 view
Synod Acknowledges Voting Issues for Voters in at Least 26% of LCMS Districts; Today is Final Day for Synodical President Voting — Please Vote!; Harrison Vows No Approvals for “SMP Guys” from Certain Churches as 1,000+ Pulpits Sit Empty
274 views
UPDATE: In the Most Important Synodical President Election in a Generation, LCMS Secretary’s Office Struggles Again: Pastors from 6 Districts Report No 3rd Round Voting Emails Received
487 views
20-Year Concordia Seminary Professor of Theology Shares Deeply Troubling Observations & Experiences Under Incumbent President Harrison’s Tenure, Concerns for the Future of the LCMS
3.8K views
If Your Church Ceased to Exist Tomorrow, Would Anyone Outside Your Congregation Notice? The Importance of Being Present in the Communities That We Seek to Reach
Death Spiral?: With 1,000 Empty LCMS Pulpits & Worsening Gap Between Numbers of Pastoral Retirements & Residential Seminary Graduates, Incumbent LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison says “I’m Done Approving SMP Guys” From Certain Congregations
278 views
LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Phoenix Listening Session Lay Participant Expresses Concern About Whether Attendees Were “Heard With Open Hearts & Minds”
173 views
For Those Seeking a Better & More Unified Synod, Round 3 of the LCMS Synodical President Voting Could Make That Change Reality, So Vote!
Statistically Tied. Spiritually Surging. Time to Finish It. Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann Surges in LCMS Synodical President Round 2 Voting
266 views
Rev. Zach Zehnder Nails It: 5 Reasons Why the Election for LCMS Synodical President is So Close & Headed for a 3rd Round of Voting
Here We Go Again: Some Round 3 LCMS Synodical President Pastoral & Lay Voters Report Not Receiving Email Notifications from Synod
65 views
LCMS Pastor Rev. Steve Streufert Shares Recollections of His Time at Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA) & His Perspective on the Decline of Pre-Seminary Students Graduating from CUAA in Recent Years
30 views
The Myth of Pure Doctrine: Why the Two Sides in the LCMS Need Each Other
80 views
The LCMS Synodical President Election is Not About Two Men; It’s a Referendum on Which Markers We’ve Decided Define Faithfulness, & We Don’t Agree
The Religious Reversal That Doesn’t Make Sense: The Mystery of the Missing “Nones” That is Driving Data Scientist Ryan Burge Crazy
The Latest
What Is Shaping the First Call for LCMS Pastors? WELLSPRING Report on Assistant & Associate Pastors Offers Insights, What Works Well, What Needs Improvement
Retired LCMS Higher Ed Administrator & Curriculum Development Expert Jim Simpson Discusses Diverse Human Learning Models & What Valuing & Applying them Could Mean to Helping Solve the LCMS Pastoral Shortage
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on What His Father’s Funeral Taught Him About the Crisis of Fatherhood
The Most Impactful Small Group in the Church is in Your Home
The Rattled Generation: A Unified Theory of This American Moment; How Should the LCMS Respond?
Who Marries Whom? Faith Partners & the Unequally Yoked: What the Pew Religious Landscape Study Reveals About Faith & Who We Marry
Missionary, Seminary Professor, & Former Navy Chaplain Rev. Dr. Stephen Oliver on Why the LCMS Needs Repentance Before Reformation
The Church Needs to Laugh More – Just Ask Martin Luther!
The Family Home is the Most Powerful Faith Formation Environment in the World; The Data Just Proved It
Major League Baseball (MLB) Warns San Francisco Giants Players Who Wrote Bible Verses on “Pride Night” Caps They Could Face “Future Violations”
LCMS Texas District Faith Stories: A Powerful Story of Redemption, Faith, & Unexpected Purpose
Urgent & Important Round 2 Voting Logistics Guidance for All LCMS Presidential Voters After No Instructions Received from Synod
