The LCMS
Revitalizing Congregations

The first resolution adopted by convention delegates encourages the Synod, in conjunction with its Ablaze! goals, to revitalize at least 2,000 existing congregations by 2017.
Preparing Pastors

Kudos to our seminaries for offering courses and training in “Preparing Pastors Worldwide” (May). Now if they could just squeeze in a course and training on the subject of stewardship. I truly believe that manifold benefits to congregations and our Synod as a whole would soon result. Ray RothClearwater, Fla.   Read More Letters to
Providing Support

by Dr. William B. Knippa A young family in our congregation adopted a baby girl; the mother later gave birth to a son. The little girl has developed disruptive and aggressive behaviors, to the point where we have had to keep her out of kindergarten. Now her brother is exhibiting some of the same behaviors.
The “Dumbing Down of Lutheranism”

President Kieschnick’s article is most timely and very necessary.  A good sermon should be the high point of our service and be “powerful preaching of Law and Gospel.”  Unfortunately, this [type of sermon] is lacking in far too many of our churches.  Having been fed a sermon series for years (“Expresso Yourselves” or “The Grinch,
Call it what it is

I’d like to comment on something I read in the convention preview article in the June/July issue.  Under the Human Care floor committee section were the words “assisting congregations in ministering to undocumented immigrants.”  It wasn’t too long ago we were fighting over the description “anti-abortion” vs. “Pro-Life.”  Somehow,  we are afraid to be called

The Synod in Convention

One Message—Christ! His Love is Here for You!
This is the theme for the Synod’s triennial national convention.

The Return of “Searching Scripture”

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  It was a wonderful surprise when I opened the Witness and found a Bible study!  I have really missed having studies printed in previous magazines.  They are not only useful to me personally, but I can also use them to share the Good News with my friends and co-workers. 
Fear and the racially split church

The recent Christ Call of Uwe Siemon-Netto (June Witness) for Lutheran Christians—in combating racism, threats, and the torments of today’s dark night of terrorism—is a continuing Christ Call, heard down through the ages. The cause of racism is fear—and this fear has a stranglehold on the local and global community. As a professor for thirty

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