GOALS OF THIS BOOK:1. To provide a resource for lay people who want to start or keep their own LCMS congregation2. To preserve the practice of congregational self-government in all LCMS congregations3. To encourage the LCMS Convention to reaffirm congregational voters’ assemblies as the official policy of all LCMS congregations.4. To serve as a reference book for basic quotes from the Bible, the Lutheran Confessions, Luther, and Walther on how to start or keep your own LCMS congregation.
