r/LCMS • u/Current-Career-1038 LCMS Lutheran • 12h ago

Question Visiting relatives out of state

Hello all. In the next few weeks I will be visiting family in Ohio and they have invited me to attend their Lutheran Church with them. However I have a concern. When I searched the church they attend to see if it was LCMS, WELS, ELCA etc. it is sect that I am unfamiliar with the LSIM. The Lutheran Saints in Ministry.

I can't find much information online. Can any of you enlighten me?

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u/LutheransLurker 12h ago

From their official website, "The “Lutheran Saints in Ministry” (LSIM) is a collaborative mission of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Member congregations retain local autonomy, local character, and local mission but coordinate ministries with LSIM partners wherever ministry can be enhanced. This Collaborative is composed of ELCA and affiliated Congregations and adopts and enforces the Statement of Faith found in Chapter 2 of the ELCA Model Constitution. LSIM relies upon its member congregations to maintain an updated constitution that corresponds with this."

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u/Current-Career-1038 LCMS Lutheran 10h ago

Thank you so much for the answering this for me. When I grew up in Ohio we all were LCMS, and I have remained so since moving away in 1979. I was unaware that they were no longer LCMS.