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Spring Devotional

Editor’s Note: This piece was written by a Luther Seminary student earlier this spring. I can’t tell you what spring is like in places beyond the Midwest — I’m sure Read More

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March 2021 Newsletter

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Send Me Your (Best) Sermons!

I have a soft spot in my heart for small congregations, congregations of any size in transition, and churches whose isolation and resources make it difficult to field an “emergency Read More

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Lutheran CORE’s CiT Coaching Ministry: Now Available in a Second Online Version

Congregations in Transition (CiT) coaching has always, from its beginning, been available as an expenses-only, volunteer coaching ministry. But CiT can now provide assistance even when a church finds the Read More

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Congregations in Transition: Three Scenarios

Here is the tragic irony for many congregations in transition: Their search process can be so prolonged that they lose essential ministry momentum. This lost momentum then, in turn, jeopardizes their financial ability to find and call a competent pastor.