Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary: Recent submissions
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Lutherans Responding to Crisis: 1529 and 2001
(2024)This paper explores the events of The Siege of Vienna in 1529 and the terrorist attack of 9/11/2001. In both situations, Lutheran voices responded to the two crises: Martin Luther in 1529, and the Wisconsin Evangelical ... -
Campus Ministry Affects the Culture of a Congregation
(2024)The problem this thesis addresses is how campus ministry affects a congregation and its mindset toward ministry. This research aims to analyze the reasons for a congregation engaging in campus ministry and how that ... -
The Voice of our Fathers on the Controversy of the Ministry: The Writings of Abraham Calov and Johann Andreas Quenstedt
(2024)The doctrine of the public ministry has long been an area of controversy between the confessional Lutheran churches of America. Differences between theologians of the Missouri Synod and the Wisconsin Synod came to light ... -
The Battle Against the Self: How Philosophy, Scripture, and Physiology Affect Self-Discipline
(2024)As mankind’s culture has shifted throughout history, the conflict of worldly culture and Christianity has always remained. However, in today’s culture we have seen a slight shift in how culture forms identity. No longer ... -
The Garden Temple: Analyzation and Implications of the Relationship between Eden and the Tabernacle/Temple
(2024)The garden of Eden was God’s non-architectural temple of creation. Adam was the first priest. The future blueprints of the tabernacle and temple which God directed to be built were concessions that allowed humans to remain ... -
A Pastor's Guide to Providing Care for his Congregation within the First Year of it Being Touched by Suicide
(2024)Suicide is as important an issue as any for a pastor to be prepared to handle. Over 34,000 people in the United States alone take their own lives each year.[1] Contemporary factors contributing to a rise in mental illness ... -
Academia Cristo and TELL English: Overcoming Challenges with these Mission Efforts
(2024)Academia Cristo is the multi-faceted effort of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Latin America mission team to spread the gospel and plant churches in the Spanish speaking world. TELL English is a Multi-Language ... -
"Can I Trust This Guy?": Evaluating the Potential for Pastoral Trust-Building in Evangelistic Outreach
(2024)How can a pastor demonstrate that he can be trusted? Today’s world is one in which the concept of interpersonal trust has drastically eroded. Societally, this is a serious issue. For the church, it could prove devastating. ... -
Examination Variability: One size Does Not Fit All
(2024)Examination before confirmation has been practiced since the early centuries of Christian Church history. Even with a practice this longstanding, the Lutheran Church does not have a uniform methodology or purpose for ... -
The “Mumbojumbo” of the Rite of Confirmation
(2024)This thesis aims to define the rite of confirmation used in the Wisconsin Synod. Confirmation is a mixed bag. Throughout history, no one knows what to do with the rite. Many congregational traditions make it almost ... -
The Harvest is Plentiful and the Potential Workers are Many: A Study of Ministry Recruitment in WELS Area Lutheran High Schools and Its Effectiveness among Students
(2024)The Area Lutheran High Schools of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod are ripe fields for ministry recruitment. According to surveys in three ALHSs, 31.28% of the WELS member students have at least considered a ... -
Here Be Dragons: Fantasy, Escapism, and a Christian Response
(2024)Fantasy may be criticized for its lack of practicality or its denial of reality. However, beauty and creativity are parts of creation to be used and enjoyed by mankind before, and fantasy is a valid expression of that ... -
Finding Your Role as a Musical Pastor: A Study of Vocation and Stewardship of Musical Acts
(2024)A pastor who is musically gifted should not feel that he must abandon music altogether for the sake of his ministry. Both can work together for the benefit of the church. If God has blessed a pastor with musical gifts, ... -
The Rise of the Cult of the Saints in the Western Church
(2024)This paper seeks to understand just why Saint Veneration emerged within the Western Church. It begins with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, citing sources such as the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the ... -
Worship and Outreach: An Observable Synergy - “The Gospel Goes to Work”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2010-09-20)In this keynote address, Pastor Christie provides a detailed exploration of the early development of the Church and the integral relationship between worship and outreach throughout the history of God's Church. As the ... -
A Reaction to the Essay of Rev. Donald W. Patterson: What Practical Experience Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2011-09-20)This is Michael J. Quandt's reaction to Donald W. Patterson's "What Practical Experience Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools" for 2011 Symposium on Lutheran Schools. -
[A] Reaction to President Mark Zarling’s Essay "Christian Education: A Matter of Life or Death"
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2011-09-19)This is Stephen H. Geiger's reaction to Mark G. Zarling "Christian Education: A Matter of Life or Death — What the Mission of the Church Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools" for 2011 Symposium on Lutheran Schools. -
Life Between Pride and Despair: Finding a Balance in Pastoral Ministry
(2024)This paper attempts to explore the role of a humble confidence in the pastoral ministry. The research for this paper is based on several books and interviews from experienced pastors, college and seminary professors, ... -
Alcanzando a Todos Nuestros Vecinos: WELS Hispanic Ministry As Model For Congregational Intercultural Integration
(2024)Intercultural communities are increasing in our nation’s cities and neighborhoods and are finding their way into WELS churches. How has WELS served them? This thesis looks at how WELS churches have served intercultural ... -
"Smells Like Pietism" Comparing Pietistic Conventicles to Modern Lutheran Small Groups
(2024)Pietism has been criticized throughout history and one of the main reasons is its use of conventicles. However, there is a growing trend within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) where congregations are starting ...