All attempts to build Christian congregations without placing at their center the congregation-forming Sacrament of the Altar are just as much condemned to failure as are efforts to renew the Divine Service without renewing the Lords Supper. The sad experiences of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in this area only confirm the lessons the past. The enormous effort made in the area of church planting during recent generations must be regarded as a failure. It has produced a wealth of societies and card files, but not a single congregation. Herman Sasse, The Lonely Way 1, 1938.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:30:01 +0000
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