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LCMC- THE FIRST TEN YEARS
By LCMC Authors
LCMC The First Ten Years tells the story of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) — its origins and its first ten years as an association — told from the perspective of those who were participants and leaders on that journey. "The writers of this book have several things in common: All are united by a common faith in Jesus Christ. All claim a personal history that is rooted in a Lutheran understanding of the Christian Faith. All believe that the Lutheran Confessional documents of the Reformation are not subject to the whims of modern culture. Then generously multiply that truth to the Scripture, itself, which stands over all human attempts to interpret it. In recent years these writers have been put to the test. Their commitment to an orthodox understanding of Christianity has brought them together into a much less structured church body called Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ. Without exception, each one has experienced some form of rejection by their former church body. That too has united and motivated these writers with a fervor producing a truly modern church body that looks much like the Church of our Lord in the Book of Acts where both suffering and blessings abound!" - Rev. Dr. Paul Braafladt, Seattle
Soft Cover Book, 189 pages
Posted by Unknown on 9th Mar 2011
As a member of a congregation that has recently joined the LCMC I found this to be a very interesting read. It is more a collection of essays about different aspects of the formation and growth of the LCMC. I suppose the format is very much in keeping with the structure of the LCMC. I found it very interesting how individuals and individual congregations have throved once they were freed from a top down organiazation. Often the LCMC is portrayed as a response to the absuses of the ELCA but I came away from the book with a very different view. The congregational based structure is the essence of the LCMC and modern communication has allowed us to be freed of onerous top heavy structures. I suspect you will see more denominational models along the lines of the LCMC in the future.