What’s Wrong with the Commission on Constitutional Matters?
The LC-MS Commission on Constitutional Matters (hereafter CCM) needs reform NOW, at this convention, if not complete dismantling. Why? First, any person who…
2013 Synod Convention and 2012 District Convention Information
The LC-MS Commission on Constitutional Matters (hereafter CCM) needs reform NOW, at this convention, if not complete dismantling. Why? First, any person who…
Found over on blog.FriendsOfULC.org: Visitors to our humble little blog are probably aware that we’ve been doing what we can for some…
Another home run by Pastor Peters over on Pastoral Meanderings: You can check an earlier post for the SMP task force recommendations…
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…
Another DP checks in … IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SO DIST PRES REV. KURTIS SCHULTZ TO VOTING DELEGATES FOR SYNOD PRESIDENT Dear Voting Delegate,…
Found on their facebook page: Since 1992 the “United List” has served the congregations of the LCMS who seek to be faithful…
In recent days we have seen reports of district presidents using the power and resources of their office to campaign for one candidate…
Is this quote… …As traditional Christians are driven from the [public] square, the door is also closed for the Gospel. …synonymous with this…
St. Louis, July 20-25, 2013 The first issue of Today’s Business is now online. This is about a week earlier than I, for…
Another great post over on Musings of a Country Preacher by Pastor Lincoln Winter: Overture 7-17, “To Provide Process for Placement of…
President Harrison welcomes delegates to St Louis for the 65th Convention of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
St. Louis, July 20-25, 2013 The 2013 Convention Workbook is now out! It was posted online yesterday and will be arriving in the…
St. Louis, July 20-25 Today the nominees were announced for LCMS President, First Vice-President, regional vice-presidents, and regional Board of Director lay members….
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[On Sunday the following overtures were adopted, unanimously, both by my congregation and our circuit forum, to be submitted to the LCMS Convention…
[On Sunday the following overture was adopted, unanimously, both by my congregation and our circuit forum, to be submitted to the LCMS Convention…
The following overture concerning women in combat is already being considered by congregations in several districts (and hopefully more soon). I pass it on…
St. Louis, July 20-25 In early October all LCMS congregations were sent a mailing from the Office of the Secretary containing Official Nominations…
St. Louis, July 20-25, 2013 SUBMITTING CONVENTION OVERTURES 1. What is an “overture”? An overture would be comparable to a motion made at…
St. Louis, July 20-25, 2013 This Monday, October 15, Secretary Hartwig will be testing the e-mail system for the LCMS presidential vote in…
St. Louis, July 20-25, 2013 In a previous post, “Convention 2013: Electing delegates, by October 20,” I outlined the steps for electing delegates…
LCMS synodical conventions have two essential matters of business: elections and resolutions. Both have to go well to have good fruit. If you…
Many around the Synod are gathering for circuit forums and making nominations for various offices (Deadline is October 20). It is important that…
It’s that time again, time to prepare for the LCMS national convention. The convention will be held in St. Louis July 20-25, 2013, but there are a number of things that need to take place before then, especially these: electing delegates; nominating for various boards, commissions, etc.; nominating for synod president and vice-presidents; and submitting overtures. (Electing the synod president also will take place, oddly enough, before the convention. That’s a new procedure we’ll explain at another time.)
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog, posted by LCMS Secretary Ray Hartwig. Here is important information that every circuit counsellor AND church…