• The Election Controversy in Midwestern Lutheranism (PDF)

What's New at the LMS-USA Website

We have the latest issue of Table Talk, check it out:

• Current Issue -- August 2018 (PDF)

Below, you will find listed our Subscriptional Documents -- including many classic Lutheran texts:

• The Statement on the Word

• The Deerfield Statement on the Lutheran Confessions

  • The Unaltered Augsburg Confession

  • Apology of the Augsburg Confession

  • Smalcald Articles

  • Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope

  • Small Catechism

  • Large Catechism

  • Formula of Concord

  • The Three Ecumenical Creeds

• The Constitution of the LMS-USA

• Statement on the Holy Spirit and His Proper Work

All of our Membership Application Information is now online for interested parties to view and/or complete. If you are a pastor or member of a church exploring a change in affiliation, please have a look here for all the documents you will need.

• Congregational Application for Membership

• Clergy Application for Membership

• Financial Programs and Benefits

We have several new Positional Documents available including discussions about:

• Statement on the Holy Spirit and His Proper Work

• Principles of Biblical Interpretation

• The Holy Spirit and His Gifts

• Two Kinds of Authority, One Abiding Purpose

• The Divinely Inspired, Inerrant and Infallible Original Autographs

• Understanding the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

The Official Newsletter of the LMS-USA -- Table Talk -- we've archived the past issues and put the current issue up for you to check out. Table Talk is the quarterly newsletter of the LMS-USA and has lots of great features.

The Charismatic Movement in the Lutheran Church

by Rev. Julius V. Kimpel. This booklet details many of the key concepts of the Charismatic Movement in the Lutheran Church, including important foundational principles of the LMS-USA (the Four Solas). Be sure to check it out!!!