Our essayist for the 104th District Convention will be Rev. Dr. Lucas V. Woodford.
Rev. Dr. Lucas V. Woodford, MDiv, STM, DMin, is President of the Minnesota South District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and Associate Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Farmington, Minn. He is the author of Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? (2012). He is co-author with Harold Senkbeil of Pastoral Leadership: for the Care of Souls (2021) and their book on contextual mission, Culture of the Word, is forthcoming. He has written numerous articles, including the monograph What does this mean? Responding to Social Justice and Critical Race Theory (2021).
Woodford is a member of the Board of Regents of Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn. He has served as an adjunct instructor for Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. and the Institute of Lutheran Theology in Brookings, S.D. Dr. Woodford is a Fellow in the Collegium of DOXOLOGY, charged with research, writing, and speaking regarding the care of souls in the contemporary context. He frequently presents on matters related to soul care, missiology, marriage, sex and gender issues, as well as critical race theory. He is a husband to Becca and father to their seven children.