The New Tribe

Robert Schmidt* The LCMS February Reporter wrestles with the fall off of membership of the Synod. It states that between 1971 and 2010 membership declined by 500,000.  Child baptisms are down 70 per cent and adults received into membership have shrunk 47 percent. (Reporter, 2-28-2017). President Harrison provided six observations concerning the decline. The demographic…
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