In the business and administration of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren’s ministry, God is glorified; he provides the means and multiplies the harvest by our hands and feet.

Let us not shrink back. Let us continue in good works. Let us love one another. Let us partner in mission, let us unleash new leaders, let us multiply new disciples. Let us live such good lives among those lost in darkness that they wonder where our hope comes from. 

We need the same posture that Jesus had in John 13 when he knelt down to wash his disciples’ feet―a posture of serving those who will be unleashed so they will go on to serve with humility, love, courage, and strength.

The reason we talk so much about developing new leaders is because we desperately need them. Across denominations, churches face the reality of aging leadership and a shortage of people prepared to lead ministries into the future. 

Disciples make disciples; leaders make leaders; congregations make congregations, who are then unleashed to birth new generations! The Bible is less an assembly manual on how to construct a disciple than it is a photo album of a family with kids.

 Rejoicing in the Lord’s gifts, the intent of this paper is to set forth God’s good design for women in the church, so they participate and serve with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.

As the greater CLB family of North America comes together this year to mark the 125th anniversary of our founding as a synod and seek the Lord’s direction and guidance for the future, it is entirely fitting that we should choose this occasion to reprint The Quiet Hour, which stands as a literary testimonial—an Ebenezer stone—to God’s unbroken arc of faithfulness to us across the generations.

God’s grace overflows into every aspect of our callings. We do not need to do them perfectly; we can step out imperfectly because Jesus lived perfectly on our behalf. The Cross covers us and sends us out to tell of the good news of Jesus Christ!

Celebrating the CLB 125th Anniversary at BC26 was a foretaste of heaven. Is that sentiment too strong? This gathering was a reunion of saints. The Lord was present among us through his Word and Sacrament.

July/August 2026 issue of Faith & Fellowship

Question #3 for the 2026 Presidential Nominees:
“What is your vision for the Shared Ministries of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren?”

Question #2 for the 2026 Presidential Nominees:
“What does the Church of the Lutheran Brethren’s vision to be a Disciple-Making Church mean to you?”

Question #1 for the 2026 Presidential Nominees:
“Share how God has brought you to an assurance of your salvation and how he has continued to shape your relationship with him.”

May/June 2026 issue of Faith & Fellowship

In 1954, delegates at the annual convention in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, approved a landmark constitutional amendment that dissolved the long-standing CLB Mission Board and replaced it with two new independent boards: a Board of Foreign Missions and a Board of Home Missions.

North American Mission has a history of coming alongside churches and assisting to lead our denomination in three ministry areas: youth and young adults, church planting, and church vitality.

I’ve been involved with leading weekly Sunday worship gatherings in some capacity since 2007. But my calling to worship ministry began about three years before that, when I was thirteen years old.

As the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, we are committed to being a disciple-making movement. A vital part of that mission is developing and equipping the next generation to not only be part of the Church, but to take ownership within it.

The Rooted Gap Year program is quickly coming to the close of its second year, and it’s an interesting time, living in three different years. We pour our hearts into this year’s students; we interact with the students who inquire about next year; and finally, we stay connected with last year’s students, hearing how God is continuing to grow and shape them.

March 11, 2011. 15 years have passed since that tragic day. The day northern Japan was hit by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, giant tsunami waves, and a nuclear disaster. The day when life, as we knew it before, changed forever… As I have been glancing through 15 years of prayer letter updates, however, the theme I see over and over is God’s faithfulness in providing exactly what was needed, at exactly the right time.