While on vacation in Canada this summer, Kristy, of St. Louis, and her husband, Michael, decided to get pedicures.  When the manicurist found out Michael was a seminary student, she was surprised a pastor-to-be could be married.  That gave Kristy…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. From statistical reports for 2007 filed by two-thirds of the 6,075 LCMS congregations, totals indicate that baptized membership throughout the Synod decreased by an estimated 34,913 (to 2,383,084) for the year and confirmed mem-bership dropped by…