This question makes it sound like being is a Christian fulfilling requirements. But what if being a Christian is not about what we do but trusting the promise of what God does for us in Christ ? That changes the question. Instead we ask, “Do I GET TO be Baptized or go to church to be a Christian?” Answer: Yes! Of course! Who would want to turn down gifts like these?
Steven is a retired Lutheran pastor living in Zionsville, Indiana. He served various congregations for 46 years in the AELC and ELCA in Indiana. He graduated from Concordia Seminary in Exile where he received an M.Div. and S.T.M. and then a D.Min. from The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Steve is a member of the Crossings Board and has contributed various projects to the Crossings mission for the last 20 years. He has published several books of sermons and considers preaching the most important part of his ministry.
In the early 1970s two seminary professors listened to the plea of some lay Christians. “Can you help us live out our faith in the world of daily work?” they asked. “Can you help us connect Sunday worship with our lives the other six days of the week?” That is how Crossings was born.
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