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July 2006
Volume 10, Number 3
 
F E A T U R E S

Because Christ Is for All, the Church Has a Corporate Life of Mercy

By Rev. Matthew C. Harrison

I thank God and Jesus Christ that someone has regarded us as human beings." I had visited Eric and the AIDS orphans a year earlier at Othoro in Western Kenya. Every congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK) is caring for orphans.

Complete in One Body

By Mrs. Patricia S. Nuffer

One body, different members, each uniquely gifted to make the whole. This we hold to be true and this we teach to future pastors and deaconesses of the church.

Christ in the Parish

By Rev. Everette E. Greene

Most people assume that being an African-American pastor in the Lutheran Church gives me a unique perspective—especially when they discover that as an African-American I am thoroughly Lutheran, heritage and all. I am quick to remind them of two things. First, I am not so unique...

One Gospel for a Fragmented World

By Rev. John T. Pless

I write these lines as the days of Easter steadily move toward Pentecost. The Book of Revelation gives us a glimpse of the heavenly celebration of that numberless multitude “from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages standing before the throne of the Lamb” (Rev. 7:9) singing a single song of salvation.

A Noble Task

By Jayne E. Sheafer

The decision to study for the vocation of pastor always brings with it some big life changes. In the case of Sam Schuldheisz it meant leaving the west coast of our United States and relocating to the heartland, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Christ for All People

By Jayne E. Sheafer

... These words from Matthew 28:19-20 are some of the most familiar in the Bible. It is our charge as Christians to continue to share the life-saving message of the Gospel with all those we meet, in every circumstance.

 

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