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The anonymity and scale of Lutheranism in Britain ...

2005-10-23T21:06:00.000+01:00

The anonymity and scale of Lutheranism in Britain are an obvious handicap. There are a couple of different ways to react to this. One is to resign to it and remain a fringe church catering for a captive market of existing Lutherans - "keeping the pot warm" is how I like to describe it - and welcoming the odd stray new arrival. Another is to be oblivious to the smallness and anonymity and have the right kind of churchly self-belief that mountains are moveable. Whether the Lord wishes the mountains to move in this respect is another matter, but thinking small should not be an option.

It is heartening to see that things are being done. The University Lutheran Society movement is great and so are the more local initiatives of various congregations. These we should pray for, while constantly seeking different ways to spread the Word, afresh and anew, around Britain.

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I mentioned at the recent brainstorming session of...

2005-03-30T10:29:00.000+01:00

I mentioned at the recent brainstorming session of the ELCE that we have no guarantee in the Scriptures that the Lutheran Church will continue for all time in the UK, but that THE Church will continue until the Last Day, somewhere in the world. Having said that, the main responsibility of the ELCE seems to be continuing this emphasis on teaching so that, by the Lord's blessing, the Lord's Church will continue in the UK. We are to teach the pure Gospel and give out the Sacraments according to that Gospel. This should be done with the clergy by giving them the highest level of education at the ELCE's seminary. This will in turn be done among the laity because those pastors will then be teaching the people in the congregations.

I'm not from England either, but I did attend a wo...

2005-03-29T18:20:00.000+01:00

I'm not from England either, but I did attend a worship service at Luther-Tyndale in Kentishtown. I enjoyed it--the liturgy was familiar but still a little different. The people were pleasant and seemed to be sincere. There was just not too many of them.

Anyway, promoting Lutheran teachings in the UK may be difficult as to my eyes the visibility of Lutherans in general and ELCE in particular in England is almost nill. The good news is that I read a survey that basically said that many English do not attend church because there is no teaching going on, and one things Lutherans can do is teach?

Are there Lutheran parochial schools in England? I ask because the LC-MS has the second largest parochial school system in the USA--a distant second to the RCC. :-) Schools are an excellent way to reach out into the community. Of course, I am not aware of any gov't requirements for a private school.

I'm not from England, and this is probably wildly ...

2005-03-28T20:47:00.000+01:00

I'm not from England, and this is probably wildly over-ambitious, but . . .

Particularly in the English context, it would seem in point 3, you are so important for showing that taking sides in the Anglo-Catholic vs. Evangelical divide in the CoE is not the only way to be a faithful Christian. Live out the "Evangelical Catholic" ideal and Lord willing, you will have a vital message.