Katie’s Story on Women Pastors Website

Reverend Katherine Hines-Shah has shared how the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod helped to define her call into ordained ministry on the Women Pastors website.  She is currently Lead Pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hinsdale, Illinois.  Here is a link to Pastor Katie discussing Lent on You Tube.     If you’d like to share your […]

Letting Women Off Easy, he said

“[EXCOMMUNICATION] IS LETTING YOU OFF EASY.  IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THEY BURNED HERETICS AT THE STAKE.” These words were included in a post left recently on the Ordain Women Now Facebook page.  The man’s complete message can be read below.  From some of the words he used, I surmised that he intended to leave the […]

A Time For Everything

What’s changed in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod over the past 50+ years?  When will women be ordained in the LCMS and how will this change occur?  The Rev. Dr. George F. Lobien addresses these questions and more in his article, A Time for Everything.  Pastor Lobien is a graduate of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis […]

Coming Very Soon! Women Pastors

We’re on track to go live with the Women Pastors site next week and will continue to update it as we receive new stories and materials.  Please help spread the word to women who grew up in the LCMS and moved on to become ordained in other denominations.  We’d love to hear from you and […]

Coming Soon: Women Pastors

The Equal in Faith event that was held in Washington, DC a couple of weeks ago was a wonderful time when women from various traditions gathered to speak truth about the situation of women within our religious traditions.  Our stories were different with regard to detail but there was a commonality revealed in the form […]

Equal in Faith Fast

The Equal in Faith fast for gender justice will occur one week from today on Monday, August 26, 2013.  Please follow the link to the Equal in Faith Event page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/events/548948465166297/ to register your support.  You do not need to be physically in Washington, DC on that day to be “going.”  The event is being sponsored by […]