1. An even stronger critique came from another Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Christian Fuehrer. 2. Anderson told Lutheran pastors at a conferencethat ended Wednesday that American churches can fill a spiritual vacuum. 3. Bread for the World, begun by a Lutheran pastor, lobbies on hunger issues, backing its efforts with research and church-level education. 4. Dodson said that when he was interviewed for the job, Knoll, the Lutheran associate pastor, was concerned that he would preach too much. 5. His victims included a retired Lutheran pastor and several elderly parishioners. 6. In return, the Episcopal Church has agreed to accept all the current Lutheran pastors and bishops who have not been ordained in the Episcopal tradition. 7. It means, for instance, that a Lutheran pastor in a rural area also could serve as the pastor for the local Episcopal Church, and vice versa. 8. Now, a Lutheran pastor could serve in an Episcopal church and vice versa, or one pastor could serve several congregations in both denominations. 9. The congregations agreed to hire their first cleric from the ranks of the Episcopal priesthood and to hire a Lutheran pastor the next time. 10. The disease went into remission and a recent checkup showed Johanna to be cancer-free, said her father, Richard, a Lutheran pastor. |