How to Listen to a Sermon — Even When It’s Hard
Making a few changes in how you listen may yield a surprising increase in your personal takeaways from the Sunday sermon.
Ministry (Pastoral)
Lutheran Witness: August 2021
In the August issue of The Lutheran Witness, LCMS church workers answer the questions they most commonly receive in their service to Christ’s church.
Understanding the Church Worker Recruitment Initiative
The LCMS has embarked on an aggressive, comprehensive Church Worker Recruitment Initiative. The initiative seeks to form pastors and church workers to hand over the saving faith to God’s people, passing on the Christian faith from one generation to the next until our Savior’s return.
Should You Go to the Seminary, Young Man?
You are entering on a journey that will humble you and bring you to realize you are nothing and that Christ is everything.
Pastor, I have a question …
This month’s issue begins with an introduction to the Church Worker Recruitment Initiative. In the rest of the issue, LCMS professional church workers answer the questions they most commonly receive in their service to Christ’s church.
Are You Doin’ Okay, Pastor?
Christ has given you a pastor, perhaps a lifetime of pastors, to love you in Christ and care for you. Please care for your pastor.
An Anniversary Celebration to Decline
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the decision by two predecessor bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to ordain women into the pastoral office.