To these general bodies there
belong various synods. There are also a number of Independent Synods
which are not connected with any general body. Synods are often
subdivided into Conferences.
HER WORK. The Lutheran Church, like the Church in general, is to make
disciples (Christians) of men. She is all the more bound to do her work,
because she is the Church of the Pure Gospel. Her work is done in local
congregations, in Home Missions, Foreign Missions, Inner Missions, and
in maintaining the necessary institutions of learning (colleges,
seminaries, etc.) and of mercy (orphanages, asylums, hospitals).
DUTIES OF HER MEMBERS. It is the duty of her members to lead a Christian
life, to be loyal to their own Church, and to co-operate heartily in all
her local and general work, for the glory of God and the salvation of
immortal souls.
QUESTIONS.--1. What is the Christian Church? 2. Why do we call it the
Workmanship of the Holy Ghost? 3. When was it founded? 4. Is the Church
visible or invisible? 5. What are the marks of the Church? 6.
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