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Shortly after noon on Tuesday, July 13, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in convention declared congregations and pastors unable to bring charges of false doctrine or aberrant practice in any meaningful sense. With the adoption of Resolution 8-01A, the sole authority to press charges was placed into the hands of the District Presidents and Synodical President alone. The process involved with the adoption of this resolution is that a complaint will only be officially brought by a District President, that it willthen be heard by a group appointed by the District President and that if the District President doesn't like the...

July 11, 2004 ………………………… LCMSNews – SC4DS Synod re-elects Gerald Kieschnick president, elects William Diekelman first vice president ST. LOUIS — Delegates to the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod today (July 11) elected Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick to his second three-year term as president of the 2.5 million-member church body. The convention also elected Oklahoma District President William Diekelman to his first term as Synod first vice president. He currently also is pastor of Faith Lutheran Church, Owasso, Okla. Kieschnick, 61, was elected on the first ballot on the opening day of the convention, with 52.8 percent...

When will the conflict in the Missouri Synod come to an end? We must employ a process of peace in the context of trust. This process requires three essential aspects to resolve a conflict or argument about particular issues. Both sides must: 1) Be heard 2) Feel that their concerns have been fairly considered 3) Trust the process of decision-making. Without accomplishing these three things, the conflict will continue, either with simmering frustration or with outright rancor. Good leadership will strive to accomplish these three conditions in order to bring about peace. Over the past three years, the Synod’s president...