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Synod Stories is a show about the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod: where it’s been, where it is, and where it’s going.Our goal is to look at the entire Synod—celebrating its wins, facing its challenges, and exploring the unique perspectives that shape its future.
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Synod Stories 18: ASL Liturgy, Closed Communion, and No-Script Sermons (opens the original)
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Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller runs two congregations in Austin, Texas — a large English-speaking parish and a small congregation that worships entirely in American Sign Language. He explains how the historic liturgy adapts into ASL, how his church handles close communion responsibly with 80-100 visitors most Sundays, and the tiered catechism program that shapes confirmation. He also lays out a theory of church retention built on family versus friendship, argues the pastor shortage is a financial prob
Synod Stories 17: One Vicar, Two Churches — Fixing the Pastor Shortage (opens the original)
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What happens when one vicar is assigned to two very different churches at once? Vicar Isaiah Mudge has spent the past year splitting his time between Shepherd of the Valley, a suburban congregation, and First Emmanuel, an inner-city church with a thriving Spanish-language congregation and no pastor of its own — the California-Nevada-Hawaii District’s creative answer to the Synod’s pastoral shortage. In this episode, Isaiah reflects on what a year of real ministry taught him that the classroom co
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