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Workshop: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Serving a Long-Term Pastorate -- Pastor Michael Knox

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Serving a Long-Term Pastorate -- Pastor Michael Knox

Pastor Michael Knox, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church--Cedar Falls, IA, will be leading a workshop entitled The Benefits and Drawbacks of...

Workshop: Reviving Confessional Lutheranism in the Congregation -- Pastor Stephen Preus

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Reviving Confessional Lutheranism in the Congregation -- Pastor Stephen Preus

Pastor Stephen Preus, Trinity Lutheran Church--Vinton, IA, will be leading a workshop entitled Reviving Confessional Lutheranism in the...

Workshop: Ruling Your Household Well: Putting 1 Timothy 3 into Practice -- Pastor Benjamin Ball

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Ruling Your Household Well: Putting 1 Timothy 3 into Practice -- Pastor Benjamin Ball

Pastor Benjamin Ball, Saint Paul Lutheran Church--Hamel, IL, will be leading a workshop entitled Ruling Your Household Well: Putting 1...

Workshop: Teaching the Fear of God in the Congregation -- Pastor Stephen Preus

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Teaching the Fear of God in the Congregation -- Pastor Stephen Preus

Pastor Stephen Preus, Trinity Lutheran Church--Vinton, IA, will be leading a workshop entitled Teaching the Fear of God in the...

Workshop: Spiritual Counsel in the Confessional--Pastor David Petersen

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Spiritual Counsel in the Confessional--Pastor David Petersen

Pastor David Petersen, Redeemer Lutheran Church--Fort Wayne, IN, will be leading a workshop entitled Spiritual Counsel in the...

Workshop: Reading the Bible for Preaching -- Pastor David Petersen

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Reading the Bible for Preaching -- Pastor David Petersen

Pastor David Petersen, Redeemer Lutheran Church--Fort Wayne, IN, will be leading a workshop entitled Reading the Bible for Preaching....

Workshop: Riding Herd: An Approach to Delinquents--Pastor Scott Adle

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Riding Herd: An Approach to Delinquents--Pastor Scott Adle

Pastor Scott Adle, Good Shepherdl Lutheran Church--Collinsville, IL, will be leading a workshop entitled Riding Herd: An Approach to...

Aaron Uphoff

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Pooling Parties

If you’re coming to the Bugenhagen Conference in three weeks and would like to find someone with whom you can split a hotel room or car...

Workshop: Building the Brotherhood in the Circuit--Pastor Benjamin T. Ball

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Jul 10, 20181 min read

Workshop: Building the Brotherhood in the Circuit--Pastor Benjamin T. Ball

Pastor Benjamin T. Ball, Saint Paul Lutheran Church--Hamel, IL, will be leading a workshop entitled Building the Brotherhood in the...

Aaron Uphoff

Jul 9, 20181 min read

Now Over 100 Registrants

As of July 9th, the Bugenhagen Conference has over 100 pastors registered to attend. But the best part is: there’s still time to...

Aaron Uphoff

Jun 7, 20181 min read

Leading along the Way

Implicit in the pastor's work as shepherd to his congregation is that he is their leader. He guides them not only through his preaching...

Aaron Uphoff

May 31, 20181 min read

Ministry Nuts and Bolts

The day-to-day work of parish ministry is more than reading, sermon and study writing, and pastoral visits. It involves strategic...

Aaron Uphoff

May 24, 20181 min read

Improving the Care of Souls

Pastors are shepherds and as such are charged with the care of the sheep under our charge. We will give an account for those the Lord...

Get the Selected Writings of Johannes Bugenhagen for $4.99!

Pr. David P. Ramirez

May 23, 20181 min read

Get the Selected Writings of Johannes Bugenhagen for $4.99!

There is a great deal on Amazon right now for the two volume set: "Johannes Bugenhagen: Selected Writings" (Kindle Edition). You can't...

Aaron Uphoff

May 17, 20181 min read

Worshipping Well

Second only to preaching and teaching, the interaction people in our churches have with Lutheran theology and practice comes in the...

Aaron Uphoff

May 9, 20181 min read

Our Most Visible Task

The sectional speaker topics at the Bugenhagen Conference are divided up into five categories. The first category concerns the most...

Aaron Uphoff

May 1, 20181 min read

More about the Man

Another place you'll find a good overview of Johannes Bugenhagen is at the Reformation 500 website of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Few...

The Commemoration of Johannes Bugenhagen

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Apr 20, 20181 min read

The Commemoration of Johannes Bugenhagen

What better way to commemorate Bugenhagen by studying his life and learning how God used him during the Reformation? This page on...

Pr. David P. Ramirez

Apr 20, 20181 min read

Johannes Bugenhagen: Selected Writings

If you are interested in learning more about Luther's pastor, friend, and colleague, Johannes Bugenhagen, then these two volumes are a...