Last week, four of us from the Admission Office hopped into a packed twelve passenger van and headed out for Indianapolis. We went to Indy for NATIONAL 08, the National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference hosted by the LCMS’s Office of Youth Ministry.
Gathered together for the sake of the young men and women of our church, [...]
Redeemer Lutheran Church was founded in 1892 as an English speaking congregation in Fort Wayne, Indiana. At the time, the predominant language in the area was German; as a result, Redeemer began having services in English while still remaining faithful to the Lutheran Confessions in order to proclaim Jesus to those who did not speak [...]
Also tagged Fort Wayne, Redeemer Lutheran ChurchHistoric Zion Lutheran Church was established in 1883 as a daughter congregation of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Zion was founded under the leadership of Dr. Wilhelm Sihler and Rev. Henry Sauer, who were both originally pastors at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Seeing the need for another church as the number of Lutherans grew in the [...]
Also tagged Congregation, Forty Wayne, History Church, Lutheran Church, SihlerPerhaps you’ve contemplated attending seminary to become a pastor before but never quite made up your mind. Or maybe you know you want to pursue the vocation of deaconess, but life keeps sending curve balls your way. Or maybe you have no idea whether you want to go school at Concordia Theological Seminary at all, [...]
Also tagged deaconess, Fort Wayne, pastor, SeminaryThere have been some misnomers out there that describe deaconesses as “nuns” or “mini-pastors.” This blog post hopes to develop a primer discussion of what a deaconess is and what she is not, and leave you to understand the important distinctions of both. In relation to what deaconesses are alongside any other offices, this will [...]
Also tagged CTS, deaconess, Women's OrdinationPreaching is one of the most challenging, enjoyable and dangerous things any pastor will do. The responsibility is tremendous and the world allies with our sinful flesh to make preachers deliver poor sermons and to distract inattentive hearers.
The newly minted pastors leaving the seminary for their first calls have had excellent homiletical training from [...]
With the vicarage placement and candidate call services behind us and the baccalaureate and graduation ceremonies soon to occur, our wide-eyed seminarians will have heard several helpful exhortations before embarking on their new ministries.
It occurred to me that it might also be good to express a few thoughts for the congregations who are blessed to [...]
You’ve been thinking of doing something new. You’ve talked it over with your wife, your pastors, your friends, and they all give you positive encouragement. But you’re still not sure. You keep wondering, “Should I go to the seminary?”
For some time you have been considering the possibility. Being in God’s House [...]
Michael Horton has a dynamite article in the March 2008 issue of Touchstone magazine called “All Crossed Up” in which he describes the difference between ordinary ministry and extraordinary ministry. And it might surprise you that he is making the case for being ordinary.
It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to see that the contemporary [...]
Concordia Theological Seminary today announced that Rev. Brian Mosemann has been named the new Dean of Students. Mosemann brings years of pastoral experience to the position and will, among other tasks, oversee student services, such as social and cultural activities, athletics, student government, and campus housing.
President Dean O. Wenthe noted, “It [...]
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