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Well, I am as conservative as you get. I believe in the in-errancy of the Bible. Very deeply confessional LCMS Lutheran. I am also a voting lay delegate to the St. Louis National convention in July - a 35 year old male. I have read every thing Jesus First, etc, but Also Herram Otto Christian News, IMO these guys are over the top. At First I was split on all this. But know I am a Kieschnick support, I know another delegate that 6 months ago opposed him ,but now supports him. Also FYI I will in no way support any resolution allowing woman pastors. The problem I see it is not that these guys are conservative or liberal, they are all very conservative confessional Lutherans. The difference is what some want to call moderates are people willing change some hymns, music, make the service more comtempary and less traditional, and this really upsets the traditional people, The moderates are also much more mission driven. As long as we keep the conservative theological stance and confessional and sacramental foundation, whether we sing a Mighty fortress or some new praise music should not matter as Long as we are a Witness of Jesus Christ, and Stay theologically true to the Bible. As I see it the LCMS will stay conservative. The Battle is do we force each church stay traditional or allow some contemporary change that will allow us to reach out to unchurch that would not normally go to a old time traditional Lutheran service. Please note I do not advocate sacerficing our Christian Principle or beliefs, ie, Woman ordained Pastors, closed communion, Homosexuals, abortion, fundamental bible errancy, Confession, etc.
But do at tact someone for praying in Christ name after a national tragic event, and want them kicked out of the church IMO is just Church Politics. And at what cost,what if one person listing had never heard the name Jesus, and because of that was led to Christ by the Spirit? what if I was put is a tragic situation with a group of people reached down at the same time and prayed together at the end as we prayed I ended in Jesus, name, but the guy next to me said Allah? Am I to be kicked out of the LCMS? Oh I can see the response, but the NYC event was a church service, well I just don't see it that way, I have taken my voting seriously and asked must all of the people in my Church and some others in my circuit and they agree. We one time had a tragic event happen in our community, we had a community gathering honoring the lost, our pastor LCMS, the ELCA, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist where all there, had prayers, said poems etc. There were some speakers who may not have been speakers, do you really thank, that since 1/5 of those lost we should not have participated, the congregation would not have stood still. In the LCMS constitution it states that under unique events, exceptions are to be made.
But as always, I will be in Prayer up until July 10th, with a open heart and mind, calling on the spirit to guide me in my vote at the LCMS convention, and if it is his will my votes may change.

In Christ

I don't want to hijack this thread, which is about another subject, so I will just refer you to what I have written and documented at length concerning the "A Prayer for America" interfaith prayer service and how it does not fit with our biblical, confessional, historic position. And that would be my Yankee Stadium analysis, which I linked in post 7.

In the LCMS constitution it states that under unique events, exceptions are to be made.

Where in the LCMS constitution does it state that, BQ? I have read the constitution a number of times and never seen anything that states or even implies that a national tragedy gives our clergy the license to participate in leading a unionistic and syncretistic prayer service.