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Pat Ferry's 2022 Commencement Speech "Here I Stand -- Here We Go" Supports Christ's "GO" in the LCMS

Ferry: Here I Stand — Here We Go

January 16, 2023 Chuck Mueller Jr. Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

Pat Ferry’s 2022 Commencement Speech: We can’t accomplish Luther’s “Here I stand” without also following Jesus Christ’s command to “Go”

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A View from a Frontline Leader

A View from a Frontline Leader

January 13, 2023 Tim Klinkenberg Essays and Articles Leave a comment

Pastor Tim Klinkenberg shares the best practices of frontline leadership as a pastor from the front lines of ministry.

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Nebraska DP Richard Snow reports on the results of regional unity meetings. His leadership will help us become a "People of Hope for This Time" in the LCMS.

SNOW: People of Hope for This Time

January 3, 2023 Chuck Mueller Jr. Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

Nebraska DP Richard Snow reports on the results of regional unity meetings. His leadership will help us be a “People of Hope for This Time.”

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DP Snow Reports Healthy Worker Relationships Build Healthy Congregations

SNOW:  Healthy Worker Relationships Build Healthy Congregations

December 15, 2022 Chuck Mueller Jr. Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

Nebraska DP Snow collected leaders from all “sides” of the LCMS to build worker healthy relationships and healthy churches. Good leaders lead.

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Texas DP Newman reports CTX leaders are committed to the confession of the LCMS

Newman: CTX Leaders are Committed to the Confession of the LCMS

November 29, 2022 Chuck Mueller Jr. Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

Newman reports the CTX leaders are committed to the confession of the LCMS. Their recent vote is about governance, not leaving.

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A Leadership Vision for the LCMS. Hagan and Snow Selected to Lead the COP

A Leadership Vision for the LCMS

October 28, 2022 Chuck Mueller Jr. Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

COP elects Lee Hagan and Richard Snow as leaders, providing a renewed emphasis on utilizing the God-given diversity of gifts to His Church, a focus on Word-directed decision-making, and collegiality. Their leadership vision reflects it.

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CUWAA Leads the Way. The numbers tell the story of faithfulness...and leadership

CUWAA Leads the Way

September 6, 2022 Chuck Mueller Essays and Articles Leave a comment

As the LCMS experiences loss after loss, CUWAA shows what happens when institutions teach and live their Lutheran faith – and act like it.

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President Harrison Apologizes for Sending Postcards Meant to Help His Nomination

Synod President Publicly Admits Wrong-Doing

February 9, 2019 Congregations Matter Candidates, Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

On late Friday afternoon, February 8, 2019, Matthew C. Harrison publicly admitted interfering in Synod’s Presidential nomination process. What did Harrison do wrong? He tainted Synod’s nomination process by giving wrong advice to pastors about who could nominate him, and he did so at Synod expense.

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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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Under Harrison, the LCMS is moving toward a Romanist-style Synod

NJ DP Opposes LCMS Tilt Toward a Romanist-Style Synod

October 10, 2018 Congregations Matter Essays and Articles, Synod News Leave a comment

Pastor Anthony Steinbronn, President of the New Jersey District, opposes the movement of our Synod toward a church Martin Luther opposed 500 years ago, where all authority is centered in one person and others are authorized to maintain control using the traditions of men rather than the Word of God…ALONE.

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