LCMS 2000: Advice for an Advisory Synod

Dr. Ralph A. Bohlmann There is a great deal of concern within the LCMS about the proper relationship between the synod and its members. Just a few months ago, the chairman of the synod’s Task Force on National/District Synod Relations (Rev. Eugene Oesch, May 2000 Reporter, p.3) publicly expressed his surprise “at how little some church…
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The Binding Nature of Synodical Resolutions

The article below is reprinted from the March 1971 issue of Concordia Theological Monthly (CTM) since it deals with a crucial question now facing the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. (Ed.) CTM VOL. XLII, MARCH 1971 The Binding Nature of Synodical Resolutions for a Pastor or Professor of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Arthur C. Repp, Vice-President of…
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