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A "Lay Seminary" Develops, Grows, and Endures: A Century of WELS Campus Ministry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
(2020)
September 26, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of WELS campus ministry in the
United States. Over this century, WELS campus ministry has developed into a substantial
ministry that serves collegiates at numerous public ...
Why Won't My Members Come to Bible Class? A Study of the Possible Factors Leading to Low Adult Bible Class Attendance Among WELS Congregations
(2019)
What is it that makes a Bible class desirable? This is a question that has been asked many times by many WELS pastors. What makes this question so popular? It is the numbers; they don’t lie. WELS congregations, historically, ...
Stacked Against the Odds: Preparing Teens to Stand Firm in the Faith
(2019)
What does it mean to make a promise? Every year, there are many young Christians
around the world who make their promise to remain faithful to God and to His Word. It would be
easy to keep that promise in a perfect world, ...
Applying Christ-Like and Other Leadership Qualities to Millennial Lay Leadership
(2019)
The use of excellent lay leadership is vital to a healthy church, but what does excellent lay
leadership look like? It can certainly be modeled from Christ and from other important
leadership qualities. Which demographic ...
Encouraging Called Workers to Remain Faithful in Evangelism
(2020)
Evangelism is an important part of the church's work. Through evangelism, Christians
bring the gospel to the world. This is especially true of called workers. Part of their duties is to
do evangelism and train others ...
Spiritual Energy Management: Avoiding Pastoral Burnout by Developing a Healthy Devotional Life
(2017)
Experiencing occupational burnout is not uncommon in a society that lives to work, and the pastor is no exception to this. Given the “serve not be served” nature of the ministry, coupled with its specific and wide-ranging ...
Do Not Neglect the Gift You Have: The Blessings and Challenges of Equipping Ministry
(2017)
“Why don’t more people volunteer?” “Why is getting congregational involvement in ministry like pulling teeth at times?” “Why does my church have 20% of the people doing 80% of the work?” These questions and others like ...
Educating Pastors to Protect them against Pornography Usage in the Current Age
(2017)
Despite the widespread access to pornography and the amount of pastors who have become addicted to pornography, little has been done to prepare the pastor to deal with his own pornography problems. Scripture urges pastors ...
The Church Intentionally Evangelizing to De-churched, Millennial Families Through the Use of Their Preschool to Make the Family Lifelong Members.
(2017)
There is a phenomenon occurring in Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod preschools. Millennial parents who have a church background, but are not currently actively involved in a church, are enrolling their young children ...
Persecution and the Church: Why Continual Study of the Persecuted Church Matters
(2017)
Persecution against the Christian church consistently appears in the news. ISIS is killing Christians, governments pass laws that do not permit any preaching of God’s Word, and the media ridicules the “bigoted, closed-minded ...