LCMS Official to Speak on Heritage Foundation Religious Freedom Panel


St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) February 24, 2012

Note: The panel discussion will be held between 2-3:30 p.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, and can be streamed lived at The Heritage Foundation?s website here.

What:????Maggie Karner, director of Life and Health Ministries for The Lutheran Church?Missouri Synod, will be one of five participants on a panel discussion sponsored by The Heritage Foundation and the National Review Institute about religious freedom.

When:????2-3:30 p.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, 2012

Where:????The Heritage Foundation?s Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachuesetts Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C.

Why:????Karner oversees the work of LCMS Life Ministry, which is devoted to upholding the sanctity of human life, both in our church body and the culture at large. Life Ministry is actively involved in a variety of domestic and international programs to support and encourage life ?in the image of God.?

LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison was one of several witnesses to testify during the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform?s recent hearing, ?Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?? Harrison also has issued two letters to the church about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? birth control rule. Harrison?s statements, videos, press releases and news story links about the issue can be found at http://www.lcms.org/hhsmandate.

About The Lutheran Church?Missouri Synod

The Lutheran Church?Missouri Synod (LCMS), is a mission-oriented, Bible-based, confessional Christian denomination headquartered in St. Louis, Mo. Founded in 1847, the LCMS has about 2.3 million baptized members in more than 6,000 congregations and more than 9,000 pastors. Two seminaries and 10 colleges and universities operate under the auspices of the LCMS, and its congregations operate the largest Protestant parochial school system in America. The church broadcasts the saving message of Jesus Christ over KFUO Radio, and it has relationships and active mission work in 89 countries around the world. In the last five years, the LCMS has awarded more than $ 35 million through more than 900 domestic and international grants for emergency response and disaster relief. Today, the LCMS is in full doctrinal fellowship with 33 other confessional Lutheran church bodies worldwide and is a founding partner of Lutheran Services in America, a social ministry organization serving one in every 50 Americans. For more information, visit http://www.lcms.org.

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Inspirational Christian Author Answers Questions in New Book, ‘Does Jesus Speak to You?’




Ada, Okla. (PRWEB) April 23, 2008

Inspirational Christian author Donna L. Ferrier’s new book, “Does Jesus Speak to You?” answers a variety of questions regarding faith. Inquiries responded to include, “Does Jesus speak to us today?” “How does he speak?” and “Why is this important?”

Donna says the book challenges professed born-again Christians to examine their walks with God to see whether they really have been transformed by the Lord.

“Sadly,” Donna says, “I’ve discovered that many professed Christians, for example, can’t even spiritually discern God’s Word enough to apply it to their lives. This is more indicative of someone who isn’t a Christian, however, than of someone who is.” Throughout the book, Donna uses personal testimonies combined with scripture to discuss how Jesus reveals Himself.

Donna says that the key to understanding a Christian’s personal relationship with Jesus Christ lies in verses like Romans 12:2: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will (NIV).”

“Unfortunately,” says Donna, “this transformation does not take place among so many who claim to know the Lord, and as a result, people who aren’t Christians look at professed believers getting drunk in bars or beating up their spouses and saying, ‘See, look, that person’s a Christian.’ Many false doctrines have been perpetuated because of that mindset.”

Donna believes that one of the greatest spiritual tragedies is that people who are searching for Christ ironically don’t want anything to do with Him because of all the false Christianity they mistake for the real thing. “Don’t get me wrong,” Donna says. “Everyone sins, and every Christian makes mistakes that disrupt our fellowship with the Lord and with one another. That’s why we as believers must be sure that our minds are being renewed on a daily basis. It’s the only way we can a) have the mind of Christ and b) let the world see what that really means.”

For more information on the news that is the subject of this release, contact Donna L. Ferrier, or visit www.DoesJesusSpeakToYou.com.

About the Author:

Donna L. Ferrier was born and raised in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and relocated to Ada, Oklahoma, in 2004. She became a Christian at the age of 21 in college in 1988, and has been active in numerous singles ministries since that time. Donna is now an inspirational author, editor, and book publisher, and is working toward her MA in Biblical Studies.

Contact: Donna L. Ferrier

Phone: 580-332-3288 or 580-310-6151

E-mail: jesusspeakstoyou @ aol.com

Website: www.DoesJesusSpeakToYou.com

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