The Lasting Effects of COVID-19: How Worship Has Changed In WELS

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic altered the way many churches conducted their ministries. In the wake of the pandemic, many of those churches developed a new normal. This paper seeks to analyze WELS’ continued response to the pandemic five years later. Scripture and church history demonstrate how Christocentricity in any practice makes true, Christian worship. I will argue that, to the glory of God and by his grace, WELS has done a commendable job in adapting worship and ministry in the new normal by keeping Christ at the center of worship.