Throughout time, the Church continues to reform and repent, dialogue and discern. This issue focuses on the community of believers who call themselves Lutheran and the confession they make as a result.

Table of Contents

• From the President: Ecumenical and Mission Opportunities and Blessings — by Matthew C. Harrison
• LCMS, LCC and NALC Leaders Release Joint Statement on Scripture
• God’s Word Forever Shall Abide: A Guiding Statement on the Character and Proper Use of the Sacred Scriptures
• Interchurch Relationships of the LCMS — by Albert B. Collver III and Darin Storkson
• Reformation Then and Now: Ecclesia Semper Reformanda — by Werner Klän
• The First Lutheran Congregation: 1566–1585 and Beyond — by Gijsbertus van Hattem
• Mission as Nota Eccesiae?: Testing the Scope of Augsburg Confession 7 and 8 — by Klaus Detlev Schulz
• A Review and Comment of The Self-Understanding of the Lutheran Communion — by Albert B. Collver III
• Rejoice: The Church Is Built on the Rock — by Berhanu Ofgaa
• A Theological Statement for Mission in the 21st Century — by Matthew C. Harrison
• Book Review: Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare in America — by Leonard Astrowski
• Book Review: Build on the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets: Sola Scriptura in Context — by Brian Flamme
• Book Review: Martin Luther: Preacher of the Cross — A Study of Luther’s Pastoral Theology — by Ely Preto
• Book Review: Becoming a Level Five Multiplying Church: Field Guide — by Tim Droegemueller
• Book Review: Feasting in a Famine of the Word: Lutheran Preaching in the Twenty-First Century — by Joshua C. Miller