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The Formation and Function of WELS Hymnals: What can we discover about worship from the story of our hymnals?
(National Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts, 2008-07)
The publication of the Christian Worship Supplement provides the opportunity to reflect on the important roles that hymnals play in the story of the Lutheran church and the WELS, especially regarding worship. Since the ...
Change Under God: James Schaefer and the WELS’ Weltanschauung
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2008-12-15)
The social and political philosopher Edmund Burke once said, “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.” Apparently Burke had never heard of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. ...
Issues in Ministry: With a Special View toward our Sister Synod, the ELS
(Nebraska District Convention, 2008-06-09)
The ELS has recently reconciled with a synodical separation by the Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches (ACLC) over the doctrinal statement, “The Public Ministry of the Word.” Pastors and congregations who left ...
First Do No Harm: Toward a Philosophy of Ministry for Short-Term Missions
(2008)
Prof. Cherney examines the rationale and motivation for sending short-term missionaries: why we send them, whom we should send, and what we send them to do.