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Church Growth

Legalistic LCMS Churches Force Members To Follow Church Growth Laws

Sunday worship, Hollywood-style

Church Growth Promises Guaranteed Blessings To 10% Givers

Sex and the Seeker Service

Rock 'n' Roll Church Stirs Up Detroiters
David Crumm - The Detroit Free Press

Who's the Seeker?  The Focus of Worship Should be God, Not Man
William H. Smith - WORLD Magazine

A Tale of Two LCMS Seminaries and PLI

Jesus First?

Do Manhattan Churches Signal A Trend For The US?

Luther On God's Purpose For Us

BHE to Vote on PLI For a Third Time

Jesus First Copies Outback Steakhouse

75-Year-Old Woman Stops PLI Leader Dr. Oesch

Target Store Manager: Model for LCMS Pastors?

Report on Meeting Between Oesch & Cascione

BHE Trashes LCMS Clergy in National Press

Letter to BHE From Ladies Against PLI

An Open Letter Regarding PLI (Pastoral Leadership Institute)
Rev. Fred Hertwig

PLI Moves Closer to Opening Third LCMS Seminary

Balance: Two Years Too Late on PLI

BHE Minutes Favor Third LCMS Seminary - Plus Observations

Challenge to PLI and Norbert Oesch

"Traditional" LCMS Mission Congregation Keeps Growing

Indiana Exec Replies to Article on Advent Lutheran Church

Lutheran Architectural Renaissance Begins June 25, in Houston, Texas

Three Eyewitness Reports of Our Savior Dedication in Houston, Texas

Indiana District President's Response and Our Reply on Mission Congregations

Barry Meets With PLI & Reclaim News Response

Teaching LCMS Pastors to be CEO's

Foundation and LCEF Losses Don't Stop Support for PLI to Change LCMS

Letter to BHE Objecting to RSO Status for PLI by California Committee

Letter from LCEF and Reply

St. Louis Seminary Professor Defends And Teaches For PLI

Concordia Ann Arbor Offers Power Surge in Chapel

PLI Receives Funds After LCMS $40 Million Loss Over CCM Objection

St. Louis Not Giving Credit For PLI: Our Reply to Dr. Bartelt

Oesch Objects to Cascione Walther Conference Paper

Oesch and Cascione to Meet in California: Is There a PLI Conspiracy?

PLI: The Test of Evil or Church - Oesch and Cascione Rockwell Meeting

No Reply From Oesch After 10 Days

BHE Reconsiders PLI (for the 4th time!) at Irvine

Oesch Replies to "Ten Tests of Evil",
Endorses Seminex Manifesto and Dumps Walther, and
Rescinds Seminex Endorsement But Still Rejects Walther

PLI Rebuttal to BHE Rejection and Possible Tax Problems for PLI?

"Jesus First" Faces Tough Times in Worship Land

What's Right About The Church Growth Study Committee Report

What's Wrong With The Church Growth Study Committee Report

"Jesus First" Challenges the Church Growth Study Committee Report

New Book for Lay People: How to Start or Keep an LCMS Congregation

Lutheran Architectural Landmark Dedicated in Houston Texas

Texas Concord Review of "How to Start or Keep Your Own LCMS Congregation"
Rev. Al Loeschman

A Review of "How to Start or Keep Your Own LCMS Congregation"
Rev. William Bischoff

A Negative Review of "How To Start Or Keep Your Own LCMS Church"

Our Conclusions on the Pastoral Leadership Institute
Vanguard of Confessional Lutherans

Just Desserts Offered by PLI to Convention Delegates

Reader Wants PLI - St. Louis Sem Connection Exposed

Is Your Congregation Becoming A PLI/Church Growth Movement Church?
Georgann McKee and Florence Missildine

New Video From Texas Will Change American Lutheranism

District President Answers Congressman Dannemeyer About PLI

"The Recycled Lutheran Church" aka Lamb of God Lutheran Church
Florence Missildine

Saint Louis Seminary to Grant 18 Graduate Credits to PLI Students

Mega-Churches

A Tour of America's Largest New Mega-Church: Southeast Christian

Mega-Churches Carving Up LCMS

Will the Mega-Churches Run Out of Money?

New Opulent Architectural Style Emerging Among Evangelicals

LCEF Loans to Mega-Churches in Default?

1999 Reclaiming Texas Tour

Congregation Can't Repay $14,000,000.00 LCEF Loan: Pastor Resigns

Concordia San Antonio Continues to Shrink

Concordia San Antonio Debt Reported at $22,000,000.00