-Religious Freedom

'I have learned that the important thing for the church is not to have leaders and parish buildings, but to have Christians in the individual parishes who take the Gospel and the sacraments seriously. ...This was a lesson for us.

We had always had the church as an institution. The pastor would go to the mayor and ask for money to fix the roof. The pastor got his money and had a lifelong job; he could lose it only for reasons of immorality...In the Confessing Church, we learned to give all this up--and to learn this in only twelve years is a great gift.'

--Pastor Friedemann M.,
...remembering his years under Hitler
-(Separation, Sacrifice)

What does Jesus ask us to do? "Deny yourself, take up your cross daily and follow me."