THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH

Can women hold office in the church? Can women be preachers in the Christian congregation? Today on this issue as in so many, the visible church organizations listen to the world instead of the Word. Let us listen to God’s clear Word.

VICTIMS OF OUR TIMES?

…OR STALWART IN THE WORD? All around we can see fine church buildings. Within those walls, though, the Word of God has suffered. It is not the firm, sure and only basis for teaching and practice among many who may have fine buildings. With the passing of time the devil has inveigled more and more denominations

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GOING TO CHURCH?

I. The Bible shows that a desire to hear and learn God’s Word is a mark of a Christian. He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God. Jn. 8:47 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you

WHAT IS A LUTHERAN?

Naturally, a Lutheran is a follower of Martin Luther. Wrong! We are followers of Jesus Christ. Martin Luther as well as you and I are earthen vessels to carry the treasure of the Gospel to the world. Saved by the Grace of God, which is received through faith for the sake Christ.

WHY CLOSE COMMUNION?

The Lord's Supper is more than a tradition, it is more than a symbol or a memory. It is a union of things earthly and heavenly. It is a union of man with God. It is a joining of the redeemed with the redeemer. And as we are joined with Christ we are also joined with one another. The Lord's Supper is the receiving of Christ and the ultimate expression of our unity with Him and with one another.

YOU HAVE ONE MASTER, THE CHRIST!

With this pamphlet we shall try to tell you who we are and why we are a separate Lutheran church.

COLLOQUY PRACTICE

The question has arisen, what if a pastor wants to join our church, what should we do about that? Our practice is to have a meeting or colloquy with him. Several of our church body sit with him for a period of time and ask him questions as to what he believes according to the

My Church and Others

A Summary of the Teachings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church As Distinguished From Those of Other Denominations Sixth Edition By John Theodore Mueller PART I Doctrine l. OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES WE BELIEVE (a) that the Holy Scriptures in contradistinction to all other writings in the world are the Word of God, because the holy writers wrote them not of