I am grateful that the LCMS has never rushed to make a decision with our relationship with the BSA over the last several years. My family will stay with the BSA because I can choose the unit that right for us. I can't choose their teachers or coaches. No other youth program outside of the church has a sexuality requirement. Not the Boys & Girls club. Not Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Not any youth sport organization.

Here are 2 points I would ask you to consider when looking at Trails Life: 1) is TL's membership standard any different than the BSA's? and 2) does TL approach to theology meet our LCMS youths' needs? My children already have their Lutheran faith challenged by their evangelical friends.