God has given parents the primary role in the religious education of their children. The church’s role has always been secondary as a supporting partner. In recent years cities like Milwaukee, Wisconsin have started voucher ...

The advent of digital technology, both for storing and displaying information, provides Christians at worship with new tools for facilitating worship, in both formal and informal settings. By taking a broad historical look ...

There are a host of different avenues one can travel when studying the Reformation period. The following paper focuses on one of the avenues that the author feels receives comparatively little in-depth study in WELS circles: ...

In recent decades, Christian churches, including Lutheran churches, have significantly increased their interest in and utilization of contemporary Christian music. WELS congregations have been limited in their ability to ...

Hispanic ministry is not a new topic. Our synod recognizes the need to reach a growing demographic in our country, and it has for decades. However, as this demographic has been growing in our country for several decades, ...

Language is never static, but it is constantly changing. Phrases that had one meaning in a previous generation can mean something completely different in the next. “Man” used to be a word that could be understood in a broad ...

Small Group Bible Studies (SGBS) have been popular among many church bodies for the last three decades. The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) was hesitant to immediately use this model, which came out of the ...

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others” (1 Corinthians ...

It is a generalization, but certainly not simply a presumption, that there is consternation on the part of many Christians as they look at the present and toward the future of Christendom in America. Members of the Wisconsin ...

With our society continuing to become more “gender-neutral” many influences are attacking the foundation of the roles God has established for man and woman in marriage. While some of these influences merely challenge ...