Introductions... Thread on the Lutherans.com Forums

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I'm a youth director at a mid-large size elca congregation in the twin cities,mn. Also a seminary student pursuing my MDiv. God has been good to me; I didn't grow up Lutheran; I'm a recovering pentecoatal fundamentalist but am not ashamed of those roots. I love to lead worship, write curriculum and am a Book of Faith supporter.

Dec 8, 2011 - 03:28 pm

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Welcome, SolaFide!

Dec 9, 2011 - 10:45 am

LutheranChronicle

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yay!

Dec 9, 2011 - 12:24 pm

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I am a Lutheran pastor in a fairly rural part of the south. While I didn't grow up in a rural setting, ministry in my context has been quite interesting and has included some wonderful journeys in faith with some wonderful people.

I too have found that being a Lutheran in my community has had some interesting challenges, as much of our area is heavily Baptist influenced. I admire our Baptist neighbors in their focus on evangelism and outreach, while yet at times we've too found that our theological differences in areas such as baptism and understandings of theology (and especially in regards to "salvation") do make our work in being the body of Christ together a little challenging once in a while, though I wish this wasn't the case. This said, living in the Bible belt does have some significant benefits, as talking openly about God and faith is very common conversation.

I'm very glad to see this site come along and I hope Lutherans.com really takes off. I've not really found a place online where all Lutherans can come together (from all backgrounds: ELCA, LCMS, WELS and more) and have a great forum to learn and fellowship within - It's looking like Lutherans.com could indeed be that place!

Dec 11, 2011 - 10:28 pm

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Welcome, Pastor Andrew!

Dec 12, 2011 - 09:08 am

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Welcome Pastor Andrew, so glad you are on the forums! I look forward to dialog on here w/ you and be sure to invite friends!

Dec 12, 2011 - 09:58 am

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I'm Dan O'Day, I'm not a pastor. I'm somewhat of a pan-Lutheran at the moment, although I attend an LCMS congregation. I am one of the authors over at Missional Lutherans (missionallutherans.org), and I work and teach in the field of information assurance and digital forensics.

Dec 13, 2011 - 12:38 am

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So glad to have you on the forums, Dan! I'll check out your website soon too

Dec 13, 2011 - 07:24 am

SolaFide

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Welcome back, Dan!

Dec 13, 2011 - 09:25 am

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LOL . . . just realized there was this thread. I just put up a new thread introducing myself elsewhere. Live and learn . . .

Dec 13, 2011 - 10:38 am

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Welcome, Pastor T!

I love that we're getting more and more Pastors on these forums.

Dec 13, 2011 - 10:41 am

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I am a life-long Lutheran layman, elder in my parish. Raised in the LCA/ELCA (Dad was a pastor), went to an ALC Lutheran college in the 70's. I've been in the LCMS for just over a decade now.

Jon

Dec 17, 2011 - 03:45 pm

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Welcome Jon! Glad you came.

Dec 17, 2011 - 05:52 pm

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