September 17, 2020 Good Day in our Lord, Good Brothers, I apologize for intruding into what I know is for you an already very full day…. I served as a District President and Church Exec for 16 years and know the challenges… but I feel it both vital and valuable to introduce the enclosed materials…
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Editor’s Note: The following document is Pastor Patten’s reply to the LCMS’s CTCR critique of his essay, “Recognizing the Body of Christ.” The Commission on Theology and Church Relations produced its critique in early 2020. A revised version of Pastor Patten’s essay appears in the Fall 2020 issue of the Journal, as does the CTCR’s…
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Theology of Glory or Theology of the Cross? Rev. Howard Patten Editor’s Note: Howard Patten has served the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and the larger church for sixty years as a mission developer, a chaplain in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a pastor to multi-cultural congregations, a district executive for mission and evangelism, a district president,…
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Editor’s Note: The following document is the official response of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod to an essay that Pr. Howard Patten published in the Daystar Journal in September 2019. A slightly revised version of that essay, “Recognizing the Body of Christ,” has been uploaded to the Fall…
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Rev. Howard Patten Editor’s Note (October 2020): Howard Patten has served the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and the larger church for sixty years as a mission developer, a chaplain in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a pastor to multi-cultural congregations, a district executive for mission and evangelism, a district president, and as a presenter, essayist, and…
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