# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S124 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 124 OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS •• Dr. Chris Cunningham, pharmaceutical sciences and administration, “Endocannabinoid Transport Proteins: Discovery of Tools to Study Sterol Carrier Protein-2” in Methods in Enzymology: Cannabinoids and their Receptors, chapter in academic book, May 2017. October 2018 oo •• Dr. Erin Laverick, English, Project-Based Learning, academic book, November 1, 2018. December 2018 oo Dr. Patrick Steele, history, The Home of the Braves: The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee, academic book, March 27, 2018. Concordia University Ann Arbor’s sim lab now includes “the world’s most advanced pediatric patient simulator” CUW physician assistant alum becomes one of only eight geriatric ER directors in the nation Connect with Concordia University: cuw.edu; cuaa.edu Patrick T. Ferry, President Rev. Dr. Jonathan Mumme, theology, Luther at Leipzig: Martin Luther, the Leipzig Debate, and the Sixteenth Century Reformations, academic book, August 1, 2018. Uncommon Champions for Access and Opportunity CUWAA is dedicated to ensuring that lifelong Lutheran education becomes accessible to more students and not fewer. In 2016, we introduced the Luther Promise, an institutionally funded tuition guarantee that provides up to $20K annually for qualified undergraduate students. Four new scholarships introduced in 2019 further support access for adult and posttraditional learners. Ranging from $150–$500 per three-credit course, our Uncommon Scholarships are available to qualified employees of our Church, corporate, and academic partners, and alumni. In 2018, the University unveiled its first full-tuition scholarship. The Lutheran City Educator Scholarship is a competitive scholarship that provides full tuition (exclusive of room and board) for up to three undergraduate students per year. The Lutheran City Educator Scholarship is renewable for four years, if the student maintains a 3.0 GPA or higher, remains designated as a Lutheran education major, and remains actively teaching at a Lutheran elementary or secondary city-based school for at least five years after graduation. Uncommon Achievements •• March 2016 oo •• •• •• •• Green Bay Packers introduce Concordia University as ‘Preferred MBA Program’ July 2018 oo •• CUAA receives national recognition for its campus safety August 2018 oo Concordia honored among National Colleges of Distinction October 2018 oo INTRODUCTION—LCRL BASICS The mission of the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty (LCRL), as the LCMS, two-kingdom, First Amendment organization in Washington DC, is to ignite and fuel a uniquely Lutheran response to increasing intrusions by the government in the realm of the Church while educating, encouraging, and equipping LCMS members and organizations to take informed action in support of religious freedom for the sake of the Gospel ministries of our churches, our schools, and our universities. Purpose and Services The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), through the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty (LCRL), will monitor and protect First Amendment rights—guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution—in the public square. It will equip Lutherans and Lutheran organizations to: 1. Engage federal and state officials through advocacy and defensive legal strategies; 2. Educate future generations about serving God through vocations in government, law, and public policy; and 3. Connect with Lutherans involved in government affairs. Where the government, the culture, and faith conflict, Lutherans can and must speak up and out in support of religious liberty. CUW campus ranked safest in state, second in nation August 2017 oo Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty CUAA student satisfaction results top national average April 2017 oo R17 CUW’s academic advising team receives global academic tech company’s highest honor 2019 Convention Workbook Why This Matters We are living in a time when Christian values and morals no longer hold sway, where the culture of the day has permeated society in an effort to •• Chip away at Americans’ most basic religious liberties despite the protections of the First Amendment •• Rapidly deconstruct the biblical definition of marriage, redefining the definition of the family, the very building block of our culture •• Write off as inconsequential the lives of 55 million preborn Americans; and •• Castigate the public expression of our Christian