Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary

A collection of essays on the ordination of women, Women Pastors? The Ordination of Women in Biblical Lutheran Perspective edited by Matthew C. Harrison and John T. Pless has been published by Concordia Publishing House and is available for $26.99.

This anthology of essays includes several classic studies by European scholars Bo Giertz, Reinhard Slenzcka, and Hermann Sasse as well as contemporary essays by John Kleinig, Gregory Lockwood, David Scaer, William Weinrich, Louis Brighton, Charles Gieschen , Roland Ziegler and others. Of special interest is a short essay by the late Louis Smith, an ELCA clergyman, entitled “How I Changed My Mind.”

This volume will prove important for Lutherans not only in North America but in Africa, Asia, and Europe who are under increasing pressure by the Lutheran World Federation set aside the biblical teaching in favor of cultural forces.

The Reverend Matthew C. Harrison is executive director of the LCMS Board for World Relief and Human Care. The Reverend John T. Pless is assistant professor of pastoral ministry and missions at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.

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