First, Repent
As the season of Lent draws near, I would like to invite you to join me again this year in a day of repentance on Ash Wednesday, February 26th. As
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Seminary Church Planting Forums and Labs
How do seminary students become interested in church planting? How do we identify students who might be church planters? The answers to those questions may lie in a project piloted
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Church Planting Gains Momentum in San Antonio
This fall Rev. Philip Doublestein joined the team of LINC San Antonio, with the prayerful intention of starting a new church in this fast-growing city. Although a specific location for
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Grandma Eva’s Story
Grandma Eva was baptized at age 83 on Sept. 22, 2019, by Pastor Richard Mittwede, Missionary/Campus Pastor of University Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas. After coming to America many years ago,
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See Goliath Fall
What are the giants that threaten the Christian Church today? Atheism? Secularism? Materialism? Self-indulgence? Ego? Immorality? Lethargy and Apathy? A culture of death and violence? A context of division and
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Kramer to Diaz
The very first president of the Texas District of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod was Rev. A.W. Kramer. Just recently, I met his great-granddaughter! Pastor Kramer began his ministry in Texas
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Rally Day To Support LINC Austin
On Sunday, August 18, Beautiful Savior in Austin had two guest speakers from LINC Austin. Haleh and Kevin Kersten shared information about LINC Austin, a network of churches and organizations
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The Texas District Is Multiplying Churches!
Earlier this fall, all four churches of the ACTS Network came together for worship at Brazos Hall in downtown Austin. With united voice, they praised God for His plan and
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Kristina’s Story—Baptized and Deployed
On July 13, Fortress celebrated its first baptism! Kristina, a 29-year-old Army soldier, was baptized into the faith. Raised as a Muslim and Hindu, she had not learned about the
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Reaching Every Tribe From Every Nation
“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
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