Why Concord Matters for Missions: Church Planting and Mission Congregations

Let's talk about why the Lutheran Confessions matter in church planting and mission congregations. Hear from current church planters and pastors of mission congregations about whether we need to minimize or set-aside our Lutheran Confessions in church planting and mission work, the roll Lutheran Confessions play in a mission congregation how the doctrine of the Lutheran Confessions help overcome some of the struggles in doing the mission work in a newly established congregation, and what is distinctive in a confessional mission congregation. Guests joining host Rev. Sean Smith: First half: Pastors of Circuit 23 of the Texas District serving the new confessional church start congregation of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Bastrop, Texas Pastor Jason Kaspar, who is Called to serve Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in LaGrange, Texas Pastor Nate Hill, who serves St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester, Texas Pastor Dustin Beck, who serves Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda, Texas Pastor Timothy Appel, who serves Grace Lutheran Church in Smithville, Texas and is host of Sharper Iron on KFUO Radio Second half: Rev. Isaac Johnson, Pastor of New Hope Lutheran Church, a Mission Congregation of the Iowa District East in Charles City, Iowa Find your copy of The Augsburg Confession - Concordia Reader's Edition at cph.org or read online at bookofconcord.org/augsburg-confession.