Summary Mark Zarling’s essay encourages pastors to take an active, loving role in their congregation’s Sunday school ministry. He identifies declining enrollment and morale as symptoms of deeper issues—lack of vision, ...

Mark Braun’s 1984 essay, Encouraging Bible Classes in Our Congregations, addresses the low participation in adult Bible study within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Braun presents a three-part framework: assessment, ...

Mark E. Braun’s 1989 essay, How to Encourage Bible Study in the Parish, addresses the challenges of adult Christian education in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Braun critiques the low participation rates in adult ...

Wayne M. Borgwardt’s essay, presented in 1993, explores the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s (WELS) worker training system as a Spirit-led response to the biblical mandate in Romans 10:14 and 2 Timothy 2:2. Borgwardt ...

Paul Workentine’s 1986 essay chronicles the history of Immanuel Lutheran College in Greensboro, North Carolina, a Synodical Conference institution dedicated to training Black pastors and teachers from 1903 to 1961. Founded ...

Brett Brauer’s 1994 essay traces the historical development of catechisms used in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Beginning with early reliance on external texts like those by Ludwig, Walther, and Caspari, ...