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LCMS Barrier Breakers Revisited: How Far Should We Go?

October 21, 2025 • Unite Leadership Collective • Episode 93

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The LCMS is wrestling with a familiar question: are we keeping distinctions or breaking barriers?

Pastor Tim Ahlman, Jack Kalleberg, and Pastor Jonathan Dinger return to one of Lead Time’s most popular conversations—this time reframed around access.

- What does it mean to create access to the Gospel without compromising theological depth?
- How do local contexts—from Arizona to Idaho—shape the way churches live out the confessions?
- And what happens when fear, control, or mistrust shape our leadership more than faith and freedom?

👀 Listen till the end for insight on pastoral formation, SMP and CMC programs, and the future of Lutheran identity heading into the next Synod Convention.

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