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Convinced that there could be no fellowship without first reaching doctrinal agreement, the 2,744,574-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has long stood aside from association with other U.S. Lutheran bodies and even more from the Christian ecumenical move ment. But at its triennial convention in Detroit's Cobo Hall last week, the Synod's 2,000 delegates voted to form a cooperative service agency with the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America and the tiny (20,000 members) Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches...
Institutional Chaplaincy Services The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod St. Louis...
...sinners, day and night." Another Elburger, who last week heard Van der Wiel deliver his first post-confession sermon, commented: "It was wonderful preaching today. I felt fine, as we all did, and we sang with joy." But Van der Wiel was emotionally shattered by his ordeal. The provincial synod, when it heard about the pastor's punishment, was so shocked that it ordered an investigation of the congregation's "unchristian" behavior...
Theological University. The success of the Union so far gives promise that it will grow. G.T.U. officials are currently discussing the possibility of bringing in Southern Baptist, Jesuit, Mormon, Missouri Synod Lutheran and Jewish institutions. They are also thinking of an interfaith program in advanced pastoral studies. Eventually, they expect there will be some common courses on the undergraduate level, and that the participating seminaries will, in effect, become member colleges of the nation's first theological university...
...ranging from the Seventh-day Adventists to the Episcopal National Council-has gone on record endorsing the decisions. The National Council of Churches, representing 31 Protestant and Orthodox groups with more than 40 million members, approved the rulings last June. The three major Lutheran bodies-the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church in America, and American Lutheran Church-side with the court...