Slovak lutheran pastor
Yes, women are accepted as pastors in more liberal Lutheran churches.
No, he was, in fact, a Lutheran Pastor.
In 2012, the President of the Lutheran Church in Australia is Pastor Mike Semmler.
No you do not. The Pastor at my church was actually a Baptist Minister before he came to our church and he did not study at a Lutheran seminary. In Australia, the answer is yea. There are only two ways in which can become a Lutheran pastor: 1. Attend a Lutheran seminary 2. For an elder (or other established Lutheran parish member) to go through an alternative accredited programme externally via the Lutheran seminary, in order to serve in his home church.
Lutheran ministers are called a "minister" or a "pastor." (The term "priest" is not used because Lutherans do not use apostolic succession.)
There's no such thing as a bishop in a Lutheran church. We strictly have pastors, as well as board members who act in the absence of the pastor.
No, it is not the same process.
There is no Presbyterian rule that prohibits the pastor from doing so. The local church may have such a rule, and the pastor may have his or her own reasons for not doing the marriage.
In 1891, the Harcourt group created the Harcourt Evangelical Lutheran Church. A pastor was first hired in 1893. In 1963, the name of the church was changed to Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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