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  1. jinc1019

    Can LCMS Lutherans Attend Other Church Services, Pray with Other Christians?

    Hello. I’ve been interested in Lutheranism for a long time. There is a good LCMS church near the town where I just moved, as well as a good WELS church. One area I have always struggled with regarding these two denominations is their relationship with other Christians. I know that LCMS and...
  2. The Liturgist

    Protest-ants

    There a very small Lutheran denomination called the Protest-Ants, which broke off from WELS over a minor theological dispute, which has at most six parishes, of which only one appears to have a substantial congregation. Are any of you familiar with this denomination and its beliefs? I don’t...
  3. The Liturgist

    Evangelical Catholic Liturgics in Traditional Lutheran Churches

    I love the gorgeous Evangelical Catholic worship that we see associated with LCMS/LCC parishes in North America, such as that of my friend @MarkRohfrietsch, and which historically the Church of Sweden and the Augustana Synod were known for. I am curious, to what extent does this high church...
  4. The Liturgist

    New WELs Hymnal and other liturgical matters

    Christian Worship This new hymnal looks pretty interesting to me. I noted with pleasure that it included the Byzantine Rite Litany of Peace, which is in the 1959 Lutheran Hymnal and Service Book, but not the Lutheran Book of Worship (the ELCA “Green Book” and the LCMS “Blue Book” which is a...
  5. KagomeShuko

    Lutheran Seminary

    Do Lutheran pastors have to take pastoral counseling classes when they are in seminary?