1952. An Update on Concordia University Texas’ Attempt to Reject the Governance and Oversight of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod – Tom Halverson, 7/14/23
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🗓️ 14 July 2023
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Tom Halvorson, attorney and author, “Two Simple Questions about Concordia Texas Throwing Off the Bylaws of the LCMS” The Sovereignty of Nebulous Ethos at Concordia Texas Two Simple Questions about Concordia Texas Throwing Off the Bylaws of the LCMS
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| 0:42.5 | I recently heard it compared to the 1974 walk out of Lutheran Church Missouri Synod's Concordia Seminary Faculty. |
| 0:52.0 | The majority of the faculty walked out. It was kind of a staged event. They came back eight lunch, |
| 0:57.0 | and then some of the students, it seems, made off with some of the books from the library. |
| 1:02.0 | They ended up at a library of a neighboring seminary. |
| 1:06.0 | Well, the actions of the rogue Board of Regents at Concordia University, Texas, |
| 1:13.0 | may just be a more well-planned walk out. This time they get to take the property with them too. |
| 1:20.0 | Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us for an update on an attempt |
| 1:24.0 | by Concordia University, Texas, to reject the governance and oversight of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. |
| 1:28.0 | Tom Halverson, he's an attorney in Montana, an author of an essay titled Two Simple Questions |
| 1:33.0 | about Concordia, Texas, throwing off the bylaws of the LCMS. Tom, welcome back. |
| 1:38.0 | Thank you, Pastor Wilkin. |
| 1:40.0 | Briefly summarize what we covered last time with you on this issue. |
| 1:46.0 | Well, we talked on the last episode about the action in November of 2022 |
| 1:52.0 | by the majority of the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Texas, |
| 1:57.0 | by which they claim to make themselves self-governing and self-perpetuating |
| 2:03.0 | in complete independence from the Concordia University system and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. |
| 2:11.0 | They took that action by amending the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the university |
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