There are at least two significant and alarming trends confronting American church bodies in general, and mainline Protestants in particular. One is the developing clergy supply crisis, and the second…
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Whoever said it, said it well: without the absolution—“I forgive you all your sins for Jesus’ sake”—Lutheranism has no particular reason to exist. Every issue of the Reformation, from preaching…
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There were several things in the October 10 News Story about the September 26-30 meeting of the ELCA’s Conference of Bishops that I found to be most interesting, significant, and…
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"Build Yourselves Up in Your Most Holy Faith" Jude 20 "...Mantenganse en el amor de Dios, edificandose sobre la base de su santisima fe..." Judas 20 On Holy Cross Day,…
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There is a question I have asked several times, but I have been unable to get an answer. The question is this – How can the ELCA say that 2019…
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On August 25, 2010, at a meeting of Lutheran CORE that would at its close give birth to the separate organization of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC), I wrote…
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Life Together? "The Model Constitution is how we have agreed to live together,” she said. “No,” I thought to myself, “the Augsburg Confession is how we have agreed to live…
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The word is definitely getting around. The ELCA’s Office of Research and Evaluation, this last spring, released the results of their projection regarding anticipated ELCA decline over the next 31…
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By Pastor Keith L. Forni, STS, Lutheran CORE Board Member & Encuentro Convener "...Build yourselves up in your most holy faith..." Jude 20 "...Mantenganse en el amor de Dios, edificandose…
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Shortly after the ELCA’s vote to change the sexual standards for ordained ministers in 2009, a strong and unexpected wind knocked over the bell tower of Central Lutheran Church in…
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