I thank God for each of the 5,668 of you have signed the petition. What's next?

Each of us has a different answer, and I have my own agenda. If you agree, please contact your district president who is responsible for the  teaching of sound doctrine in your local churches:

I hope that the LCMS and its school teach against the partiality of racism by affirming our unity in Christ and denying the doctrines of critical race theory.

I also pray that our schools teach the importance of marriage as a life-long, exclusive relationship between one man and one woman so that each child has the best chance of being raised by her own mother and father, and that each child is created in the image of God and deserves our protection from abortion and gender-affirming mutilation.

As my brother Dr. Rev. Peter Scaer has often said: "To deny the baby in the womb is to deny the Christ child. To deny marriage is to deny Christ as groom and the church as bride. To deny male and female is to deny God as creator, as well as God as our Father who art in heaven. If only the church were woke to urgency of the matter."

I'll go one further: Transgenderism and drag shows mock the mother of Christ.

Please let your district presidents and other church leaders know district, and its ministers and schools must affirm Christ's teaching.