The news these days from Synod headquarters is that further decline is imminent: mission properties sold to help the financial distress; Synod universities will be shed. This is a nightmare for Synod. New leadership can and will bring a renewed Bible-based, Gospel-centered future for Synod.
![Our LCMS leaders predict decline and have no vision to bring us out of the desert of our current circumstances. This is a leadership nightmare.](https://congregationsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vision.in_.desert.780420-780x400.jpg)