Among topics discussed by a panel during the conference were bold leadership for the church in the 21st century and ways to reach across cultural, language and geographic boundaries. From left are LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison; Rev. Dr. Patrick T. Ferry, president of Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, and Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Sue Hewitt, executive director of UpWorks, a Christian nonprofit in St. Paul, Minn.; and Dr. Kurt Senske, chief executive officer of Upbring, formerly Lutheran Services of the South. (Lutheran Church Extension Fund)
