2025 Conference
September 29-30, 2025
Zion Lutheran Church
121 2nd St. S.
Ellendale, ND 58436
Church Fellowship in the LC-MS
It is no secret that the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod has congregations and pastors that cover a wide range of practices and doctrinal positions. This brings up a number of important questions: what does church fellowship mean in the LC-MS? Is it possible to have church division inside of a church body? What unites the LC-MS as a denominational fellowship?
2025 Conference
September 29-30, 2025
(This was the schedule for 2024. We will update it once we have finalized the details.)
Monday, September 16
12:30 – 12:55 Arrival and Check In
12:55 – 1:00 Welcome and Introductions: Rev. Paul Preus
1:00 – 1:45 Keynote #1: Rev. Dr. David Hasselbrook
1:45 – 2:00 Questions
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:00 Paper #1: Rev. Michael Grieve: And He Shall Rule Over You: Rule in the Church After the Fall
3:00 – 3:15 Questions
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:15 Paper #2: Rev. Josef Muench: How to Behave in the Household of God: Insights from the Early
Church
4:15 – 4:30 Questions
4:30 – 4:45 Break
4:45 – 5:30 Keynote #2: Rev. Dr. David Hasselbrook
5:30 – 5:45 Questions
5:45 – 6:45 Supper
6:45 – 7:30 Vespers
7:30 – ? Gemütlichkeit
Tuesday, September 17
8:00 – 8:45 Matins
8:45 – 9:30 Keynote #3: Rev. Dr. David Hasselbrook
9:30 – 9:45 Questions
9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:45 Paper #3: Rev. Martin Diers: The Vocation of Woman
10:45 – 11:00 Questions
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:00 Paper #4: Rev. Joeph Greenmeyer: Because of the Angels, As Saith the Law: Veiling and Silence of Women in 1 Corinthians 11 and 14
12:00 – 12:15 Questions
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 Paper #5: Rev. Zelwyn Heide: Philip’s Daughters: Understanding Prophetesses in the New Testament
2:00 – 2:15 Questions
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:15 Keynote #4: Rev. Dr. David Hasselbrook
3:15 – 3:30 Questions
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:45 Roundtable Discussion
4:45 – 5:00 Responsive Prayer 2