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Keynote Address
Challenges in Church and Ministry in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
--A.L. Barry...................................................................................................................................Page 1

Presentation I
*God's Character and the Calling of God's People: Contextual Relations
--Dean Wenthe..........................................................................................................................Page 25
     Response by Jeffrey Gibbs.............................................................................................Page 59
     Response by Arleigh Lutz...............................................................................................Page 68

Presentation II
*The Office of the Pastoral Ministry: Scriptural and Confessional Considerations
--John Johnson...........................................................................................................................Page 77
    Response by Kurt Marquart............................................................................................Page 100 
    Response by William Diekelman...................................................................................Page 113

Presentation III
The Pastor: God's Servant for God's People
--James Kalthoff..........................................................................................................................Page 123
    Response by Leopoldo Heimann...................................................................................Page 163 
    Response by Diethardt Roth...........................................................................................Page 168
    Response by Richard Warneck.......................................................................................Page 177
 
Presentation IV
*Contemporary Issues Regarding the Universal Priesthood
--Raymond Hartwig.....................................................................................................................Page 185
    Response by Masao Shimodate......................................................................................Page 219
    Response by Edward Kettner...........................................................................................Page 225
    Response by Cameron MacKenzie..................................................................................Page 233

Commentators' Responses to the Convocation
    Paul Kofi Fynn...........................................................................................................................Page 241
    J.A.O. Preus III.........................................................................................................................Page 246
    Lance G. Steicke......................................................................................................................Page 253
    George Wollenburg................................................................................................................Page 261

* Second Model Theological Conference Attendee Advance Readings

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