Here is a website devoted to assisting congregations thinking about leaving the ELCA. From the About page: This website is dedicated to providing useful information to congregations and leaders pondering the possibility of leaving the ELCA. For more info, see The Road to Christian Freedom
Wednesdays with Augustine From On Christian Doctrine, Book I, Chapter 3: There are some things, then, which are to be enjoyed, others which are to be used, others still which enjoy and use. Those things which are objects of enjoyment make us happy. Those things which are objects of use assist, and (so to speak) [...]
Via WordAlone: A discussion draft of a preliminary proposal for a Central District in Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ is now available at:http://www.wordalone.org/pdf/LCMC_draft_proposal_4.1.pdf The WordAlone Network Board will be discussing the proposal at its quarterly meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 16-17. Comments and feedback on the draft proposal are invited.
Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the 18th Sunday in Pentecost: Pentecost 18 (.doc) Pentecost 18 (.pdf) 09 Pentecost 18th Sunday
Another congregation of the ELCA has voted to end its association with the organization, and stay “true to the word of God.” As reported by a local news channel in Roanoke, Virginia: At St. John Lutheran Church, Pastor Mark Graham is relieved because his congregation followed him on Sunday, where 70% of members voted to [...]
Tuesdays with Forde From On Being a Theologian of the Cross (pp. 17-19): The theology of the cross is the true and ultimate source of human optimism because it always presupposes the resurrection. We should always bear in mind in pondering texts like the Heidelberg Disputation that resurrection is always taken together with the cross. [...]
Here is a hymn for today from Joseph Hoskins, who died on this day in 1788. To live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21) Let thoughtless thousands choose the road That leads the soul away from God; This happiness, dear Lord, be mine, To live and die entirely Thine. On Christ, by [...]
It was reported back in June that Community Church of Joy in Glendale, AZ was leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to join the association of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ. Today (09/27/09) the exodus was finalized by a unanimous vote. Here is the report from ELCA News Service: CHICAGO (ELCA) — Community [...]
WA to look for new ways to work with Lutheran CORE and LCMC by Steven King, WordAlone education director The WordAlone Network Board, in a conference call on Thurs., Sept. 17, expressed the Network’s commitment to work with its reform partners in Lutheran CORE and to work with Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) [...]
