“Jesus First” is the political action committee that wants to keep the synod moving . . . in a power-centralizing, liberal-driven, church growther-oriented direction. In the last couple of weeks, Jesus First has been “spamming the globe” with a mass e-mail, sent out by a marketing outfit, urging–with lots of bold print and exclamation marks–political action “NOW!”

The next national convention of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod begins one year from today, on July 10, 2010. But that convention will effectively be decided three months from today, on October 10, 2009. For October 10 of this year is the deadline for electing circuit delegates to the convention, and who those delegates are will determine the outcome. Simply put, electing circuit delegates is the key to the convention.