Organizations Worth Checking Out

The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - the international Synod of Lutheran churches which Our Redeemer Lutheran Church is a part of.

Concordia Publishing House - the publishing arm of the LCMS with lots of great books, studies and other church supplies.

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO - an LCMS seminary website with information on its educational programs for pastors and deaconesses as well as other valuable on-line educational resources for pastors and laity.

Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN - another LCMS seminary website with information on its educational programs for pastors and deaconesses as well as other valuable on-line educational resources for pastors and laity.

Mission to Guinea, West Africa - this site connects to Our Redeemer's Together-In-Mission partner, Rev. Tim Heiney, who serves as a missionary to Guinea West Africa.

Lutheran Heritage Foundation - a mission organization which we financially support and that provides confessional Lutheran materials around the world.

Creation Instruction Association - an incredible site dedicated to the teaching of Scientific Creationism as opposed to the theory of Evolution.

Institute for Creation Research - another great group dedicated "to equipping believers with evidence of the Bible's accuracy and authority through scientific research, programs and media presentations all conducted within a thoroughly biblical framework."

Lutherans for Life - a Lutheran organization dedicated to "the witnessing to the sanctity of human life, through education, based on the Word of God."

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans - a fraternal benefit society that provides financial products to Lutherans and which also helps Lutherans give back to their congregations and wider communities.

Great Educational Resources

The 1580 Book of Concord on-line - background information plus the actual texts of the documents that make Lutherans to be Lutherans.

Adult Information Class videos - these videos are of the adult instruction class of Messiah Lutheran Church - Seattle, Washington.  A great intro to the teachings of the Lutheran church by Pastor Ernie Lassman.

Issues, Etc. on-line radio program - Christ-centered and cross-focused conversations with some of the church's great thinkers on a wide variety of topics impacting the church today.  Radio doesn't get any better than this!

Concordia Seminary on I-Tunes University - after loading "I-Tunes" onto your computer you can view a wealth of introductory to more advanced classes including even learning Biblical Greek and Hebrew!

Creation Instruction Association resources - writings, video and audio recordings on topics related to a wide variety of topics - particularly Scripture, creation, science, and evangelism.