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BAPTISM, CATECHESIS, AND CATECHUMENATE
Prof. John T. Pless - "Baptism as Consolation in Luther's Pastoral Care"
The 1991 LCMS Exposition of the Small Catechism
"Ego te baptizo: The Church's Liturgy as Instrument of the Baptizing God" by Rev. Prof. Charles Cortright (of Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota)
CONFESSIONAL SUBSCRIPTION
C.F.W. Walther - "Why Should Our Pastors and Professors Subscribe Unconditionally to the Symbolical Writings of Our Church" (1858)
"The Clarity of Scripture as it Affects the Message of the Church" by Carl Lawrenz (WELS)
PASTORAL OFFICE & LAY MINISTRY ISSUES
CLICK HERE to download a document by the theological commission of SELK, critiquing the "Wichita lay ministry" proposals.
Lutheran Church-Canada document "Recommendations of the Task Force for Special Needs Ministry of Word and Sacrament" that Deals with Ministry in Rural, Remote, Sparsely Populated, and Poor Areas by Rev. Dr. John Stephenson.
THE DIACONATE (DEACONS & DEACONESSES) & AUXILIARY OFFICES
The 1995 Report of Lutheran Church-Canada's Diaconate Taskforce
"The Pastor's Self-Communion" by Rev. Paul W. Alliet (1981)
THEOLOGY OF LITURGY & THE CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT
Prof. Harold Senkbeil - Presentation to Minnesota North 2003 District Convention
2001 Report of the LCMS Church Growth Study Committee
"Six Theses on Liturgy and Evangelism" by Rev. John T. Pless
Athanasian Creed from Lutheran Worship (1982) in Responsive Form - bulletin insert with historical notes.
A booklet of sound "Criteria for Hymn Selection" by Rev. Joel A. Brondos
A helpful cross-reference of Lutheran hymns
Revision of TLH "Page 15" Service (with Lutheran Worship rendering of Nicene Creed).
"Church Growth and Its Implications for the Use of the Means of Grace in a Confessional Liturgical Church" by Rev. Prof. Charles L. Cortright of Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota
FEMINIST THEOLOGY & THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN TO THE PASTORAL OFFICE
"The Ordination of Women and the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity" by Dr. John Kleinig of Luther Seminary, Adelaide, Australia. Made available to RT by Dr. Kleinig's kind permission.
CHURCH AND ALTAR FELLOWSHIP & ECUMENISM
"Unionism: Cause and Effect of the Charismatic Renewal within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod" by Scott J. Stone (1967)
Pastor Kenneth Wieting's essay to South Wisconsin District Pastors in April 2003 "Jesus and His Words Go Together"
"How Can We Give a Witness to Jesus Christ in the Public Square While Avoiding the Errors of Unionism and Syncretism?" by Rev. Daniel Preus, First Vice-President of the LCMS, presented to the Minnesota North and North Dakota Districts on Feb. 17-18, 2003
What Do You Mean: "In Statu Confessionis?" by Pastor James W. Tauscher (WELS). This is an essay surveying the meaning of being in a state of confession.
In Statu Confessionis (A State of Confessional Protest) by Alvin E. Wagner (1975)
"That They May Be One" (Lockport IL Declaration) from the Northern Illinois Confessional Lutherans (NICL), 2001
The Keller Resolution
"The Church in the Public Square in a Pluralistic Socity" by the Rev. Dr. David L. Adams
Rev. Dr. David L. Adams - "The Anonymous God: American Civil Religion, the Scandal of Particularity, and the First Table of the Torah"
"A Pastoral Response" to David Benke's participation in a syncretistic service - Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
DISPUTE RESOLUTION & DISCIPLINE IN THE MISSOURI SYNOD
A Confessional Proposal for the Reform of the Dispute Resolution System in the Missouri Synod
A letter by the Rev. Dr. George Wollenburg of Montana warning about using DRP in doctrinal matters
A Notice from the Commission on Theology and Church Relations on the Nature of the CTCR in the LCMS and Its Documents
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