Stewards: Parables, Vocation, and Concordia Texas
Guest Article by Rev. Paul Cain, member of the Steadfast Lutherans Board of Directors and Editor of Curriculum for Steadfast Press Stewards are…
Guest Article by Rev. Paul Cain, member of the Steadfast Lutherans Board of Directors and Editor of Curriculum for Steadfast Press Stewards are…
The Commission on Constitutional Matters is the LCMS’ own brand of canon law judiciary, interpreting the bylaws, resolutions, etc. of Synod as they…
Before each of the last two LCMS national conventions (2010 and 2013) I wrote in-depth, detailed analyses of all the proposed resolutions coming…
Click the music links and sing along! It’s all in good fun. MILWAUKING TOGETHER Tune: “Happy Together” Imagine Synod-wide, I tried I think…
Last month, congregational electors re-elected Synod President Matt Harrison to another term. In a few days, convention delegates will begin electing a host…
There is a highly motivated and well-organized campaign underway to elect a new president and change the direction of Synod. With voter registration being significantly…
Convention 2016: It’s Time … for 2016 Convention Deadlines About a week ago, Secretary Hartwig’s office sent out this convention postcard mailing: Mailing…
Convention 2016: February deadlines approaching for nominations and overtures The deadlines are approaching for submitting nominations and overtures for this summer’s LCMS national…
Convention 2016: Submitting official nominating ballots by February 9 By now your congregation should have received your official nominating ballots for the 2016…
Convention 2016: Nominating for various positions, by October 9 The time is growing short to submit nominations for various positions to be elected…
Convention 2016: Electing delegates, by October 9 It’s time to prepare for the National LCMS Convention. The convention will be held in Milwaukee,…
My classmates are agreed to a man that dogmatics in the mid-1950s was a completely undistinguished enterprise. That’s a polite way of saying…
[A March 6 news article from the Reporter:] Congregations ratify ‘circuit visitor’ convention action By a vote of 1,496 to 517, LCMS congregations…
Today, two things coming out of the recent LCMS Convention: First, the convention approved, by over a two-thirds vote, Resolution 7-02A, “To Return…
The gavel has sounded. The 2013 National LCMS Convention has come to a close. Some might call it “The Do-Nothing Convention.” Or “The…
Over the past week, I posted seven articles with my comments on the 116 proposed resolutions coming from the seven floor committees. There…
“I hold in my hand . . . the last envelope.” Audience cheers wildly. Carnac stares at audience. I now come to the…
To the sixth of the seven floor committees, i.e., Administration and Finance. Most of the resolutions here look fairly innocuous. If you have…
On to Committee 5. Feedback on proposed resolutions from any of the seven floor committees should be sent to the respective committee chairman…
(This post follows up on my previous one, about Committee 4, as it deals in more depth with Resolution 4-06. This article appears…
We continue our journey through the seven floor committees. Committee chairmen would like to receive feedback by this Friday, if possible. Here again…
I’m doing more than one floor committee today, so that we can get through all seven by Friday, which is when the committee…
At every convention, whether district or national, there are always a large number of what I call “mom and apple pie” resolutions. They…
The National Convention of the LCMS will soon be here, July 20-25 in St. Louis. Conventions do two main types of business, elections…
There will be a pre-convention meeting in the St. Louis area this Saturday, June 29, starting at 9:30 a.m., at Good Shepherd Lutheran…