Pastoral Meanderings: Baptists Elect Luteran President...

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Baptists Elect Luteran President...

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Pointing heavenward and wiping away tears, the Rev. Fred Luter was elected Tuesday (June 19) as the first black president of the predominantly white Southern Baptist Convention.

I guess he is the first of the Luterans to be elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention... we have no word yet on whether this might effect a change of status for the Augsburg Confession with respect to this denomination... wait and see!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I wonder how many blacks will convert to the Baptist faith under the leadership of Pastor Luter. Are the Southern Baptists struggling to return to their roots? Is Pastor Luter the "Matt Harrison" of the SBC?

How much interest is there in confessional Lutheranism among Lutherans and non-Lutherans as a result of the efforts of Pastor Harrison?; June 22, 2012 at 9:41 PM

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This is the Means of Grace Window that is above the altar of Grace Lutheran Church where I serve. It reminds us of the keys (confession and absolution), the wheat(the bread which is the Body of Christ), the cup (which is His Blood), the Word (Scripture), and the Pastoral Office (the red stole). In this one wonderful window we see the treasures of the Church in the Word and Sacraments and I love that it is available for all to see. I realize that this image has been stolen all over the internet but it is a real window, a copyrighted image, belonging to Grace Lutheran Church, Clarksville, Tennessee, which has kindly allowed my use of it...