21.   Thiemann, a theologian and Lutheran minister, says he writes from a perspective of ultimate loyalty not to the state but to God.

22.   Under the national rules, a Lutheran minister can remain as clergy after resigning as pastor only if a regional synod grants the privilege.

23.   An ordained Lutheran minister, Bondevik promised voters he would increase cash payments to mothers who stayed home to take care of their young children.

24.   Furler was a former Lutheran minister who had recently started his own congregation, the Christ Our Refuge Church.

25.   Sikakane, son of a Lutheran minister, grew up with books.

26.   Some Lutheran ministers have performed same-sex church marriages and none have been reprimanded for it.

27.   The demonstration was organized by Orla Villekjaer, a militant anti-abortionist Lutheran minister.

28.   The Rev. David Snyder is the first Lutheran minister to take on an all-Episcopal congregation in New England.