Professionally, done and tremendous effort to gather research... Much was said about Lutheran pre-schools , High Schools and youth programs but what about our Christian Day Schools K - 8?

Salaries of Pastors were addressed well with excellent persuasive examples but what teacher's salaries and benefits....

Why the decline and closing of so many K-8th grade Lutheran Schools across the U.S.?

I would agree that this study was outstanding and heartily agree with its conclusions but the LCMS teaching ministry K-8 has always been a driving force in perpetuating the Gospel and next generation Lutheran families

I would encourage further research into this study to include the decline of K-8 Christian Education in the LCMS. There are many factors which caused this over time which can be ascertained by reading into the statics and research provided in your research;however without our K-8 Christian Day Schools young people will go else where.

For His Children,
John Bredehoft
Concordia Teachers College, Seward Neb. 1972
35 years in the Lutheran Teaching Ministry
Masters Degree in School Administration, 1985 Pepperdine University
Currently, Teaching in a Charter School in Tucson. AZ