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Redeemer will host a free conference on Monday January 18, 2010 A+D. The theme of the conference are the perceived problems of the Brief Statement. The Brief Statement is one of the official doctrinal statements of the LC-MS. Our congregations, pastors, and teachers have vowed to uphold its teachings. It has, however, some problems, as recent examination by disaffected members of the ELCA has revealed. It seems bold, and outdated, in its assertion that the pope is the antichrist. It has a very weak view of the Office of the Ministry and reads Matthew 28 in a novel way, unknown to the Church fathers, Luther, or the Lutheran fathers. And it embraces the terminology of “verbal inspiration” and “inerrancy” to describe the inspiration of the Scriptures, terms that some think are loaded with the baggage of American fundamentalism. The answers to these problems are not forgone. We make no promise that we will answer them fully. But we will attempt to address them together, fraternally, and to seek to better understand the document and its setting, its application and implementation in today's Church, and the concerns being raised by Confessional Lutherans. To help us do this we will employ a panel consisting of three theologians and a historian. Our historian, Dr. Mark Kalthoff will set the Statement into by a brief, 15 minute, explanation of how what was happening in American Christianity at the time. Then Rev. David Ramirez will give a 15 minute presentation on the situation in the Missouri Synod and American Lutheranism at the time of the Brief Statement. The first dogmatician, the Rev. Dr. Karl Fabrizius, will explain the details of the problems listed above, again in 15 minutes. Finally, our second dogmatician, the Rev. Robert Zagore, will make an apology for the Statement in 15 minutes. Then we will allow the panelists to respond to one another for a half hour, when we will break for lunch. We will then reconvene and open the panel to the floor. Those in attendance may ask questions or make statements, either way the panelists will respond. This format has been chosen specifically to keep the conference from being boring, but also to ensure that the panelists actually address real world issues and concerns and so that we might all learn not only from them but also from those in attendance. The conference itself is free, but lunch is not. We will order in pizza and take a collection to cover the cost for those who stay. You may, of course, choose to go elsewhere for lunch or to bring your own lunch. The conference will begin with the panelists at 11 but be preceded by an opportunity for Private Confession with Rev. Petersen in the Chapel beginning at 9:30 am and the Holy Communion at 10:30. We will also have the opportunity to learn better how to read and sing Gregorian chant as presented in the Brotherhood Prayer Book under the tutelage of the Rev. Dr. Ben Mayes at 3:30 pm and then to pray Vespers together from the Prayer Book in the Chapel at 4:30. Here is the schedule: Monday January 18, 2010 A+D 9:30 Private Confession available with Petersen in Redeemer's chapel 10:30 Low Mass in the Chapel 11:00 A 15 minute Survey of the American context of the Brief Statement by Dr. Mark Kalthof 1:15 A 15 Minute survery of the Missouri and American Lutheran situation. 1:30 A 15 minute critique of the Brief Statement by Rev. Dr. Karl Fabrizius 11:45 A 15 minute rebuttal and defense of the Brief Statement by Rev. Robert Zagore 12:00 The Panel responds to each other, and takes questions and considers statements from the floor if there is time. 12:30 Lunch - order in pizza, pitch in for costs 2:00 The Panel takes questions and considers statements from the floor 3:30 Gregorian choir practice/training with Dr. Ben Mayes for the LLPB Vespers 4:30 LLPB Vespers w/ Treasury Propers Redeemer Lutheran Church is located at 202 West Rudisill Boulevard in Ft. Wayne, 46807. No registration is necessary. You can come late or leave early, if you must. You can find documents regarding the Brief Statement to help you prepare here: http://www.redeemer-fortwayne.org/doctrinalstatementdocs.php -- Rev'd David H. 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