Dean and Dale

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• Dean and Dale
• Dr. Dean Wenthe and Dr. Dale Meyer

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Seminaries in Solidarity and Service to the
Church
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• President Gerald B. Kieschnick

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• Acts 15
• It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us . .
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• 2 Corinthians 5
• God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto
  himself, not counting mankinds sins against them
  and gave us the ministry of reconciliation

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ONE Mission

• To seek and to save
• those who are lost

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ONE Message

• Christ alone for salvation

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ONE People

• Working and walking
• together

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ONE Mission, ONE Message, ONE People and the
Circuit Counselor
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• Principal officer of the circuit who shall
  assist the district president
• Visit the congregations of the circuit at least
  every three years
• Serve the pastors of the circuit as a collegial
  and brotherly adviser

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LCMS Reality

• Declined in baptized membership almost every one
  of the past 35 years
• Half of the infants baptized in any given year
  are confirmed 13 or 14 years later

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LCMS Reality

• Half of the children confirmed are active in a
  congregation of the Synod at age 21
• Half of the population of the United States
  belongs to a Christian church

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LCMS Reality

• Two-thirds of the population of the world does
  not even claim to be Christian

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LCMS Reality

• We all agree on the doctrine of Holy Communion.
• We all agree that women are and men are all one
  in Christ Jesus.

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LCMS Reality

• We all agree that it is good, right, and proper
  to worship our triune God in spirit and in truth.

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LCMS Reality

• We all agree that the office of the pastoral
  ministry is a special office, divinely appointed
  by God and that all believers in Christ are part
  of the priesthood of all believers.

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LCMS Reality

• We all agree in our confession of belief in the
  Holy Christian Church, the communion of saints.

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LCMS Reality

• Practical Issues
• Fellowship with the brothers
• Participation in Worship and the Lords Supper
• Lawsuits

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• Ephesians 4
• It was He who gave some
• that the body of Christ may be built up
• speaking the truth in love
• put on the new self, created to be like
• God in true righteousness and holiness.

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• Keeping the main thing the main thing

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• Restoring health and vitality in congregations of
  the Synod

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• Proper and powerful preaching of
  Law and Gospel

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• Recruitment, training, compensation, and
  retention of professional church workers

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• Funding the Mission

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• Integration of doctrine
• and practice

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Objectives of the Synod (Art. III)

• Conserve and promote the unity of the true faith
• Strengthen congregations and their members in
  giving bold witness

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Objectives of the Synod (Art. III)

• Aid congregations by providing a variety of
  resources

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Objectives of the Synod (Art. III)

• Encourage congregations to strive for uniformity
  in church practice, but also to develop an
  appreciation of a variety of responsible
  practices

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Objectives of the Synod (Art. III)

• Provide evangelical supervision, counsel, and
  care for pastors, teachers and other professional
  church workers

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Objectives of the Synod (Art. III)

• Provide protection for congregations, pastors,
  teachers and other church workers

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Objectives of the Synod (Art. III)

• Aid in providing for the welfare of pastors,
  teachers and other church workers

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• 2 Timothy 1
• For God did not give us a spirit of timidity,
  but a spirit of power, of love and of
  self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify
  about our Lord

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