A Challenge to LCMS Liberals: Present Your Defense of Our Savior Arlington

Will anyone will step up to present a compelling defense of what has been going on in the Synod's Southeastern District and at OSLCS, Arlington, VA?

Editor’s note: Rev. Dr. David Benke says the questions are a set up. We can fix that: you are free to ignore the specific issues to present a defense of OSLCS and the SED.

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Since Ad Crucem News started reporting the scandal involving theology and governance failures at Our Savior Lutheran Church and School (OSLCS) in Arlington, VA, many parishioners and rostered members of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in the Southeastern and Atlantic Districts seem very upset that it was ever made public, and that one resignation resulted.

Consequently, we are offering unlimited publishing space to anyone who will mount a biblically grounded defense of the issues and parties involved. Subtweets and vague booking will not count. Written, video, audio, and/or multimedia submissions will be accepted as long as they address:

1. A pastor modeling a transgender stole in the sanctuary.

2. Lutheran school first graders attending a queer musical.

3. Synod rostered members making public affirmations of LGBTQIA2S+ dogma.

4. Christians attending and/or participating in same-sex ‘weddings’.

5. Islamic supremacy in school library books.

6. The District President’s handling of the situation.

7. The duration and process of the investigation.

8. OSLCS governance, especially with respect to depriving the complainants of their membership rights.

9. The response of the Synod President.

10. Is a single resignation an appropriate outcome?

11. DP Harmon’s and Rev. Kloha’s handling of the Sunday service of Nov. 30, 2025.

12. Ad Crucem’s approach to making the scandal public and following up (as it unfolded is sequenced below).

Doctrine, Governance, and Due Process Dispute at LCMS Congregation

Prolegomena to a Para-Procrustean Paradigm of Ecclesiastical Excoriation: A Dialectical Disquisition on the Semiotics of Synodal Sanctions

205 Days To Reconcile an LCMS Pastor Modeling a Transgender Stole in the Chancel?

Takeaways from the LCMS Southeastern District Scandal

LCMS Southeastern District Chaos Intensifies

How Institutional Governance Has Evolved: What the LCMS Can Learn