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Month: January 2019

Harrison Sent Postcards to Hundreds of Pastors to Nominate Him for Synod President

Did Harrison’s Postcards Taint His Nominations?

January 31, 2019 Congregations Matter Candidates, Synod News Leave a comment

President Harrison sent handwritten postcards on January 3rd and 4th from the President’s Office at Synod expense to the pastors of select congregations. Because he advised them to circumvent their Voter’s Assemblies if they could, are his nominations valid? 

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Leadership Matters: Introducing David Maier

LCMS Needs a Leader Who Will Unify

January 27, 2019 Congregations Matter Candidates, Essays and Articles Leave a comment

Many observe that the LCMS experiences polar swings in leadership each decade. We need a leader who will bring unity to our Synod by fully embracing both our confessional and our missional values.

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Congregations Matter© is a movement within the LCMS that wants to restore the Synod to its historic role of providing congregations with advice, encouragement, and resources to carry out their evangelical role of teaching and baptizing in their communities, as they see best fit for their own circumstances.

Our Synod leadership has gotten away from its historic role, and is more focused on concentrating all authority, direction, and control in St. Louis. That is not healthy for our Church. The health of our Church is our local congregations.

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