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Report of the Committee on Grants from The Report to the Ten Districts, 1978
(0000)This 1978 report by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Committee on Grants addresses concerns about the Synod’s practice of requesting and receiving financial support from sources outside WELS. Prompted by a memorial ... -
Report and Recommendation of Staff Ministry
(1991)“A joint committee, consisting of members from the Conference of Presidents, the Board for Parish Services and the Board for Worker Training was formed in the spring of 1990 to follow up on previous studies regarding staff ... -
The Mission to the Mormons
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Man and Woman in God's World: An Expanded Study
(1987)“At the direction of synod the conference of Presidents appointed a committee to prepare a pamphlet on the role of man and woman according to Holy Scripture. The resolution specified that it be done in readily understood ... -
Index of Scripture Passages (Topically Arranged) Concerning the Intersynodical Issues
(1956)This topical index, compiled by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Standing Committee in Matters of Church Union (1956), organizes Scripture references relevant to doctrinal controversies between Lutheran synods, ... -
Our Use of Reformed Materials
(1995)It is easy to find Christian books with a reformed bent or even download materials from the reformed. The materials are often well produced and the message can appear to be not that different from a Lutheran message. Danell ... -
Guiding Principles for Mission and Ministry Across Cultures in Urban North America
(0000)This comprehensive essay, prepared by the WELS Multicultural Mission Committee, offers guiding principles for cross-cultural mission and ministry in urban North America. Drawing from biblical foundations and practical ... -
Our Seminary in Watertown: 1863–1870
(2013)In this essay, Professor Danell takes his readers through the earliest years of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, to its roots in Watertown, as a young synod found itself in desperate need of pastors to fulfill the needs of a ... -
Guiding Principles for All WELS Cross-Cultural Ministry
(2000)This comprehensive essay, prepared by the WELS Multicultural Mission Committee, offers guiding principles for cross-cultural mission and ministry in urban North America. Drawing from biblical foundations and practical ... -
Practical Considerations for Helping the Christian Lay Person with Burnout
(1985)It’s common knowledge that people can burn out from their daily job, but is it really possible for people to burn out from church work? This essay offers both a layman’s and a pastor’s perspective on burnout. Together they ... -
Fellowship Then and Now
(0000)This doctrinal study, prepared by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Commission on Doctrinal Matters, addresses the impasse in intersynodical discussions on church fellowship, particularly with the Missouri Synod. ... -
Doctrinal Statements of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(1970)This volume compiles official doctrinal statements of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) on key theological topics: the Church and Ministry, Church Fellowship, Holy Scripture, and the Antichrist. Developed ... -
Continuing in His Word (11 tracts)
(1954)This eleven-tract series, issued by the Wisconsin Synod’s Conference of Presidents in 1954, addresses doctrinal controversies threatening unity within the Synodical Conference. Topics include the history of Lutheran synods ... -
Church Fellowship
(1)This doctrinal essay presents the Wisconsin Synod’s comprehensive teaching on church fellowship, emphasizing its basis in Scripture and its application in Christian life. Church fellowship is defined as every joint expression ... -
To What Does the Reconciling in 2 Corinthians 5:19 Refer?
(1983)In this exegetical brief, Rick Curia identifies two different schools of thought among confessional Lutherans concerning the meaning of reconciliation. The Hoenecke/Meyer understanding is that reconciliation is the equivalent ...