Outreach

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, Epilogue

Because I’m the pastor of a mission congregation, I’m often asked about outreach and evangelism. I think some people assume that I must…

Invitation happens most naturally in the realm of vocation, that is, in one’s stations in life. One need not expend great amounts of…

We now move out one more ring, from the congregation, from the families of the congregation, from the straying members of the congregation,…

Outreach happens most simply through families when a husband and wife have children and bring them to church. I’ll be clear that families…

So young men and young women are getting married to faithful Lutherans and having children. Excellent! Now comes the lifelong duty of parents:…

So, we’ve talked about why the Church need not fear for her survival. We’ve started the discussion of outreach with the importance of…

A congregation that believes, teaches, and confesses sound doctrine is a place of divine outreach. When people are brought to that place, God…

No congregation can claim to be Christian without faithfulness to the Word of God, because it is the pure Word of God that…

Steadfast Lutherans will soon be publishing a book titled “Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach.” The book will be available as…

Steadfast Lutherans will soon be publishing a book titled “Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach.” The book will be available as…

At the recent LCMS convention, a recurring topic was the decline of the church. President Harrison had written about it in his report….

President Matthew Harrison of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod speaks about 40 years of declining membership in the synod. In his President’s…

In its mission, the church always has run up against some recurring stock errors in the world’s thinking. These errors have a strong…

When I was a kid, my next door neighbor was my best friend. He was a good kid. He excelled at sports and…