A Narrow Victory, A Wide Responsibility: A Call to President-Elect Harrison to Lead All of the LCMS
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Phoenix Listening Session Lay Participant Expresses Concern About Whether Attendees Were “Heard With Open Hearts & Minds”
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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
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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
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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
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The Myth of Pure Doctrine: Why the Two Sides in the LCMS Need Each Other
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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
What Is Shaping the First Call for LCMS Pastors? WELLSPRING Report on Assistant & Associate Pastors Offers Insights, What Works Well, What Needs Improvement
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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?
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Urgent & Important Round 2 Voting Logistics Guidance for All LCMS Presidential Voters After No Instructions Received from Synod
Who Can Best Lead a More Faithful, Fruitful, & Loving LCMS? Rev. Matthew Harrison or Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann? Take Time to Pray & Vote in Round 2 from June 13-16
Phoenix LCMS Pastoral Formation Committee Listening Session Participant Wonders if Gathering Was to Understand, Clarify, Inform Possible Program Improvements, or Simply a Position Statement
The LCMS Votes for Change: Harrison Receives 43.8% of 1st Round of Synodical President Vote; Biermann is a Close 2nd at 39.0%; Round 2 Voting is June 13-16; Voters Encouraged to Stay Engaged
China is Throwing Christians in Jail; This Pastor Refuses to Back Down & His Defiant Faith is Still Rousing Believers
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