To provide a resource for lay people who want to start or keep their own LCMS congregation
To preserve the practice of congregational self-government in all LCMS congregations
To encourage the LCMS Convention to reaffirm congregational voters’ assemblies as the official policy of all LCMS congregations
To serve as a reference book for basic quotes from the Bible, the Lutheran Confessions, Luther, and Walther on how to start or keep your own LCMS congregation
