Continued conversations
Leaders from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, WELS, and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod regularly meet informally to discuss church life and doctrine. Once a year since 2012, leaders from the Lutheran…
Johannes Bugenhagen: Lessons from Luther’s pastor
This leader in the 16th-century Lutheran Reformation has much to teach us today. The celebrations that began on Oct. 31, 2017, seem to be fading. That date marked five centuries…
What does this mean for me? Article 1
Is all doctrine practical? Randy sat in my office to deliver the difficult news. He had just been diagnosed with cancer. He asked that I come to his house to…
Purposeful discussions
Sixty years ago, our synod was faced with the most difficult decision in its history. For more than 20 years, WELS and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) had been working…