The updated manual and application were adopted by the LCMS Colloquy Committee for Pastoral Ministry on Sept. 8, 2023.
Pastoral Ministry
‘Prepare the way of the Lord’: A sermon from President Harrison
The Christian life is a life of repentance.
Convention adopts three wide-ranging omnibus resolutions
The resolutions addressed approximately 60 overtures.
Synod pledges support for confessional Lutherans in Australia
Faithful Lutherans in Australia signed a “Letter of Confession” holding to Holy Scripture and rejecting women’s ordination.
Carlson receives 2021 NLSA School Shepherd Award
The Rev. Eric Carlson is pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and School in Hannibal, Mo.
CTCR report addresses marriage and the state
The report follows several requests, in recent years, for the CTCR to address the question of whether or to what extent LCMS clergy should continue to serve as agents of the state in officiating marriages and signing civil marriage licenses.
PALS facilitators gather for learning, support
PALS, or Post-Seminary Applied Learning and Support, is an ongoing effort of the LCMS Office of Pastoral Education to help new pastors and their wives transition from seminary through the first three years of ministry.
Module 8 of ‘Preach the Word’ addresses preaching of Law and Gospel
The module encourages experienced preachers to “dig further … to proclaim Law and Gospel effectively in specific ways that flow from the biblical text.”
Hill: Joy when God’s Word is taught to us
Committee 6 on Pastoral Ministry and Seminaries presents future-looking resolutions at the 2019 Synod convention in Tampa, Fla.
Call Day: Seminary students receive calls, learn placements
A total of 201 students received their first calls to pastoral and diaconal ministry and their assignments as vicars and deaconess interns during four services held on the two seminary campuses April 29–30 and May 1.
New preaching module studies ‘the baptized life’
The module offers both written and video resources and encourages pastors to spend time together in discussion and practice.
New PALS resource aids transition from seminary to rural or urban ministry
Created and led by the directors of LCMS Rural & Small Town and Urban & Inner-City Mission, the course uses a combination of videos, prayers, Bible readings and study questions to guide new pastors in their transition from seminary to rural or urban ministry.
New CTCR report highlights the priesthood of all believers
The report stresses the complementary relationship that exists between the priesthood of all believers and the Office of the Holy Ministry.
Candidate placement headlines COP meeting
The LCMS Council of Presidents (COP) met April 21–26, traveling from St. Louis to Fort Wayne, Ind., to place pastoral and commissioned candidates, elect new leadership and work through matters of ecclesiastical supervision.
PALS program supports new pastors, wives
The program (Post-Seminary Applied Learning and Support) was begun in 1998 and operates in 31 of the Synod’s 35 districts.