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"Smells Like Pietism" Comparing Pietistic Conventicles to Modern Lutheran Small Groups
(2024)
Pietism has been criticized throughout history and one of the main reasons is its use of conventicles. However, there is a growing trend within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) where congregations are starting ...
Alcanzando a Todos Nuestros Vecinos: WELS Hispanic Ministry As Model For Congregational Intercultural Integration
(2024)
Intercultural communities are increasing in our nation’s cities and neighborhoods and are
finding their way into WELS churches. How has WELS served them? This thesis looks at how
WELS churches have served intercultural ...
Life Between Pride and Despair: Finding a Balance in Pastoral Ministry
(2024)
This paper attempts to explore the role of a humble confidence in the pastoral ministry. The
research for this paper is based on several books and interviews from experienced pastors,
college and seminary professors, ...
The Rise of the Cult of the Saints in the Western Church
(2024)
This paper seeks to understand just why Saint Veneration emerged within the Western Church. It
begins with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, citing sources such as the Catechism of
the Catholic Church, the ...
Finding Your Role as a Musical Pastor: A Study of Vocation and Stewardship of Musical Acts
(2024)
A pastor who is musically gifted should not feel that he must abandon music altogether for the sake of his ministry. Both can work together for the benefit of the church. If God has blessed a pastor with musical gifts, ...
The Harvest is Plentiful and the Potential Workers are Many: A Study of Ministry Recruitment in WELS Area Lutheran High Schools and Its Effectiveness among Students
(2024)
The Area Lutheran High Schools of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod are ripe fields
for ministry recruitment. According to surveys in three ALHSs, 31.28% of the WELS member
students have at least considered a ...
A Pastor's Guide to Providing Care for his Congregation within the First Year of it Being Touched by Suicide
(2024)
Suicide is as important an issue as any for a pastor to be prepared to handle. Over 34,000 people in the United States alone take their own lives each year.[1] Contemporary factors contributing to a rise in mental illness ...
"Can I Trust This Guy?": Evaluating the Potential for Pastoral Trust-Building in Evangelistic Outreach
(2024)
How can a pastor demonstrate that he can be trusted? Today’s world is one in which the concept of interpersonal trust has drastically eroded. Societally, this is a serious issue. For the church, it could prove devastating. ...
Academia Cristo and TELL English: Overcoming Challenges with these Mission Efforts
(2024)
Academia Cristo is the multi-faceted effort of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(WELS) Latin America mission team to spread the gospel and plant churches in the Spanish speaking
world. TELL English is a Multi-Language ...
The Garden Temple: Analyzation and Implications of the Relationship between Eden and the Tabernacle/Temple
(2024)
The garden of Eden was God’s non-architectural temple of creation. Adam was the first priest. The future blueprints of the tabernacle and temple which God directed to be built were concessions that allowed humans to remain ...