Over a decade ago I had the pleasure and privilege of being on internship. Internship proved to be a pivotal time in which I figured out – with God’s help Read More
Lutheran CORE’s Congregations in Transition ministry (CiT) was launched back in 2019 to assist Lutheran congregations who are contending with the shortage of available pastors to serve their churches. This Read More
WHAT WILL IT BE NEXT? There are two things we know for sure about the ELCA. First, they will always give us plenty to write about. And second, they will Read More
Editor’s Note: Jody Ellingson is the former call committee chair and transition team member of American Lutheran Church (LCMC), Long Prairie, Minnesota. She wrote this unsolicited recommendation about the ministry Read More
Editor’s Note: The Rev. Dr. Steven K. Gjerde is a former VP of Lutheran CORE. “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” So says our Lord Jesus Read More
I was thoroughly blessed through reading the recently published memoirs of Dr. Robert Benne. Many thanks to Dr. Benne for writing them and to the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau for Read More
On August 25, 2010, at a meeting of Lutheran CORE that would at its close give birth to the separate organization of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC), I wrote Read More
The word is definitely getting around. The ELCA’s Office of Research and Evaluation, this last spring, released the results of their projection regarding anticipated ELCA decline over the next 31 Read More
