Pastor Enderle and Pastor Ruddat attended the same summer quarter course (in fall) from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary on discipleship. A book from Thom Rainer posits that one way to address the church membership losses that christian churches are experiencing is to revisit what does it mean to be a church member, so we review the book from a Lutheran perspective.
Pastor Will Harley also joined us this week, and helped keep the conversation moving. Passages read from the Evangelical Heritage Version.
CHAPTER FOUR – I WILL PRAY FOR MY CHURCH LEADERS Ephesians 6:18-19
CHAPTER FIVE – I WILL LEAD MY FAMILY TO BE HEALTHY CHURCH MEMBERS Matthew 5:43-48 Deuteronomy 4:1-10
Resources we mentioned:
Lutheran (not WELS) resources:
CHAPTER SIX – I WILL TREASURE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AS A GIFT Ephesians 2:8-10 T
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