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Orthodoxy is not a matter of opinion

Pastor Jaynan Clark of WordAlone Ministries recently wrote a challenging op/ed about the state of the Lutheran Church, specifically the chaos that can come from believing and acting as if following Christ were a matter of opinion. Click here to read or download the PDF.

Church requests ...

The following information and/or requests for assistance from primarly from emails sent by new start-up LCMC congregations. If you feel called to respond to their requests, please do so individually through the contact information provided below. Do not send checks or cash to the Charity Lutheran office. We join our sisters and brothers in Lutheran churches everywhere with prayers of support. Note: Updated as new requests are received.

Latest news on this page:

Harvey N.D. church needs overhead projector/screen - Aug. 13
Mission start in Williston, N.D. needs altar fixtures - Aug. 12
Word of Life Lutheran in Iowa needs a projector and screen - Aug. 4
New "Augustana District" of LCMC will promote classic/traditional Lutheranism in the upper Midwest
LCMC mission church in Morris, MN area
LCMC church in Lake Oswego seeks Bibles

Harvey, N.D. church needs overhead projector /screen

We are a fairly new mission church in Harvey North Dakota. We had our first service on May 2, 2010. We already had our first VBS with the help and support of our community. We had about 60 kids at our VBS program. Now we are trying to get ready to have Sunday School and Confirmation classes we figure we will have again 60 children or more. We are in desperate need of a over head projector and screen in order to utilize our program as best we can. Please get the word out on our need. Thank

Mavis Troftgruben Faith Lutheran Church Secretary
Harvey North Dakota 58341 701-324-4380

Mission start in Williston, N.D. need altar fixtures

We are a new mission start in Williston North Dakota. We are in need of Altar fixtures especially brass-ware...

Altar cross
Altar Bible and stand
Candelabra's
Offering plates
Communion trays
Chalice and Paten

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Pr. Kevin R. Beard
Mission Lutheran Church, Williston N.D.
P.O. Box 2145 (Temporary)
Williston, N.D. 58802
Cell Phone: (701) 340-1887

Word of Life Lutheran in Iowa needs a projector and screen

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We at Word of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfield Iowa are growing faster then we could of ever imagine. We are not only battling the liberal protestant agenda in town but we also face another form of spiritual oppression with the Maharishi Institute. The Maharishis are a new age group that seeks to turn individauls in upon themselves and thus making themselves their own gods. However we have a few needs that we are humbly asking for help with. We need a projector with a minimum of 3000 lumins and a electric powered screen. The humble building that we meet in limits us to what we can mount and use. Will you please share this email with all of the LCMC congregations. Please respond directly to Pr. Jamie Strickler.

Thank you in advance and may you be blessed,
Pastor Jamie Strickler
641-919-4799
2090 Libertyville RD
Fairfield Iowa 52556

www,wordoflifelc.com

New Augustana District of LCMC in the upper Midwest

Pastor Mark Richardson 05/24/10: Two ELCA churches in Hutchinson, Minnesota, held their "second" and final votes to sever ties with the ELCA yesterday. This means there is no ELCA church in Hutchinson. In a related story, 150 delegates representing 35 churches met on Saturday at Faith Lutheran Church, Hutchinson, to form the Augustana District of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). The Augustana District will promote classic and traditional Lutheranism throughout the upper Midwest. Delegates gathered from Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. www.AugustanaDistrict.org. The Augustana District adopted its Constitution and Bylaws, as well as elected members to its first District Council and Board of Theology and Ministry. The Plenary Session was presided over by the Honorable G. Barry Anderson. Speakers included Jaynan Clark and Tom Walker, of WordAlone; Paul Spaulding of LCMC; Dennis Bielfeldt of the Institute of Lutheran Theology. Professor Steve Paulson, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, preached at the opening worship. More information will become available at the website: www.AugustanaDistrict.org

Pastor Mark J. Richardson, Bethesda Lutheran Church
Augustana District, LCMC
1947 110th Avenue
Dresser, WI 54009
mjrichardson@centurytel.net

LCMC mission start in Morris, MN area

05/25/10 by Rev. Norman Olson: We need financial help in birthing an already growing mission start in the Morris, MN. area. And we’d like to be on the “list” for receiving benevolences from any congregation (s) looking to “give to a mission cause”. While Morris has two well established ELCA churches, a significant number of local Lutherans have become disenfranchised and are seeking alternative worship locations, because their churches have chosen to remain mute to the assembly decisions in August.

So we publicized an invitation to worship with us at a local community hall for traditional Lutheran worship and 68 came. At our next monthly worship, 86 came. We have outgrown our meeting hall, and found a location where we will be meeting WEEKLY by July.

We have been offered a FREE, vacant, 55 year “young” Lutheran country church that seats over 200, for moving it to a new location. It’s solid to move and in wonderful condition, equipped with pews and altar furnishing, and stained glass windows. Maximum cost to move 20 to 25 miles is about $ 47,000 (max) plus utilities (lifting/cutting overhead power lines) plus a new foundation for $12,000, plus the cost of a good lot. (?), checking it out. To me, it looks like a million dollar building (to build today) that can be had for $150,000 to $200,000, and a wonderful worship facility.

But more than the physical plant is the people of the area who are attending, whom we recently surveyed. Of the 44 completed replies, (some completed by couples) most answers were in the 40’s range, people said they wanted and would support a new mission start and would join.

We have had 100 ReClaim Hymnals donated, as well as a holy Communion set, and other supportive gifts.

We would welcome any further inquiry into the opportunities the Lord is opening for this mission start. We plan on becoming a LCMC church, as a sister church is doing in Alexandria, MN with our neighbor Pr. John Beem

PS: It would be helpful if you could supply a list of pastors in OUR AREA who are available for pulpit supply. Thank you.

Please confirm reception of this letter, and anything else to:
(Rev) Norman P Olsen (ret) 34705 190 St., Starbuck, MN 56381
normolsen@hcinet.net
(320) 239-2618

LCMC church in Lake Oswego seeks Bibles

05/14/10 - Dave Beatty: Our new LCMC church, Community of Faith, is in search of pew Bibles. Community of Faith currently meets in the Lake Oswego (Oregon) High School cafeteria at 9:30 on Sundays. We have grown to about 150 regular attendees, and we had 240 on Easter! If anyone has about 150 inexpensive Bibles that they would be willing to send our way we would be most grateful!

Blessings, Dave Beatty
banzaibeagle@hotmail.com