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Read more about the article Here we still stand

Here we still stand

  • Post author:Richard Gurgel
  • Post published:2021/06/29
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

We train public ministers who boldly confess with their lips what fills their hearts. Picture a pastor at a coffee shop. He’s with an unchurched prospect who visited worship and…

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Read more about the article Ministry in action

Ministry in action

  • Post author:Cameron Schroeder
  • Post published:2021/01/29
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

Martin Luther College (MLC) students began the fall 2020 semester with in-person classes but needed to transition to online learning at the end of October. When students arrived back home,…

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Read more about the article Mid-year MLC graduates

Mid-year MLC graduates

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/01/29
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

Even though on-campus learning at Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., was interrupted late in 2020, 22 students completed their studies and graduated mid year. Three students graduated with a…

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Read more about the article Campus Ministry: Celebrating 100 years

Campus Ministry: Celebrating 100 years

  • Post author:Jonathan P. Bilitz
  • Post published:2020/07/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The same Jesus proclaimed in Lutheran Campus Ministries one hundred years ago still receives the focus today. A picture on the TODAY Show or the local news. A letter from…

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Read more about the article Encouraging and supporting future called workers

Encouraging and supporting future called workers

  • Post author:Ann M. Ponath
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

By definition, an auxiliary is a group that provides supplementary help or support. Since 1960 and 1973, the Martin Luther College (MLC) Ladies’ Auxiliary and the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS)…

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Read more about the article A day in the life of a future pastor

A day in the life of a future pastor

  • Post author:Micah Koelpin
  • Post published:2020/03/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Life is busy for your future pastors as they study for the ministry at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Micah Koelpin 5:30 A.M.—I reach over to turn off the alarm on my…

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