[Charles Henrickson]

I am a minister in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and I have followed this matter closely since September 23 (the date of Benke's participation in the interfaith prayer service).

For those who would like to find out the facts and issues involved in this case, I am providing some links to resources:

Here is a file of documentation related to Benke's participation in the interfaith prayer service, "A Prayer for America." I compiled this file over several months (September-January):

Benke file in wpd format

Benke file in rtf format

Here are a couple of pieces I wrote recently on Benke's participation in the interfaith prayer service:

The Underlying Premise of Interfaith Services

Report on Lutherans was one-sided

Here are some more links:

More resources on the Benke case

Even more resources on the Benke case

[egarvue]

Thanks, Pastor. Its been a while since I've seen your posts here at FR. Those are some great links that I'm going to pass on to everyone I know.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Hi Pastor and thanks for the great links.

Your comments were right in the money.

I just received an e-mail from Reclaim News and I see that Kieschnick is going to try to overturn Benke's suspension.

I pray daily for our beloved LCMS.

[hunter112]

Reverend Henrickson, I just read your post and its links, and I have to say, I did learn something from them. I really don't know a lot about the Lutherans, but I guess I had always assumed them to be pretty mellow about other people's interpretations of Christianity. You certainly opened my eyes to my previous error.

Please, stay away from interfaith services, by all means. Keep yourself in your church, and pray there with the saved, you'll do the world the most good that way.