Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #27 – January 22, 2023

Today we begin a class on the LCMS after 1981 within our study of The Lutheran Bodies in North America.

Handout 1: Part-9-after-1981-LCMS.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #26: January 15, 2023

Today we return to our study on Lutheran Bodies in North America with an examination of the formation of the ELCA in 1988.

Handout 1: Part-7-Progressives-in-LCMS-final-2-1.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

 

Bible Class #3 St. Luke Two – January 8, 2023

Bible Class #3 on St. Luke Chapters One and Two:  January 8, 2023

On January 15, we will return to examine the formation of the ELCA in 1988.

Handout 1:  St-Luke-Chapters-One-and-Two.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

 

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #25: December 18, 2022

Today we discussed the LCMS history of the walkout and seminex.  On January 8, we will examine the formation of the ELCA in 1988.  For the next three Sundays, we will have a special study on St. Luke chapter 1 and 2.

Handout 1:  Part-7-Progressives-in-LCMS-final.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #24:  December 11, 2022

Today we examine the LCMS history of the walkout and seminex.  We also look at the fellowship between the LCMS and ALC between 1969-1980.

Handout 1:  Part-7-Progressives-in-LCMS-final.pdf
Handout 2: Part-6-Nineteen-Sixties.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #23: December 4, 2022

Today we continue the history of the Lutheran church bodies in North America with the mergers of The American Lutheran Church (ALC 1960) and the Lutheran Church in America (LCA 1962).
Handout 1:  Part-6-A New Direction with the 1960s.pdf
Handout 2: Historical-Critical-Method-Debunked.pdf
Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #22 – November 27, 2022

Today we continue the history of the Lutheran church bodies in North America after the Americanization.

Handout 1:  Part-4-After-Americanization.pdf
Handout 2:  Part-5-After-the-Brief-Statement.pdf
Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #21, November 20, 2022

Today we continue to look at how the dissolution of society in the 1920s affected the Lutheran church bodies in North America.

Handout 1:  Part-4-After-Americanization.pdf
Handout 2:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf
Handout 3:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf
Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

 

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #20 – November 13, 2022

Today we look at how the dissolution of society in the 1920s affected the Lutheran church bodies in North America.

Handout 1:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf
Handout 2:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf
Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #19 – November 6, 2022

Today we look at how the American Lutheran Church of 1930 came into being, as well as the reaction from the other Lutheran church bodies in North America.

Handout 1:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf
Handout 2:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf
Handout 3:  Law-and-Gospel-Lecture-24-Introduction-pages-348-351-Walther.pdf
Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Picture: Pastor Henson and Deacon Harroun at the All Saints’ Day Service on November 1, 2022.