Lutheran Christians and Their Beliefs
Book II
Jerry Schmalenberger

Lutheran Christians and Their Beliefs, Book II is the follow up to Jerry Schmalenberger’s six-part study booklet, Lutheran Christians and Their Beliefs, for people who are considering membership in a Lutheran church and want to learn more about the faith. It will also be useful to people who desire to refresh their knowledge about the history and reasons why Lutherans believe what they do.

Book II has been developed in similar fashion to Book I, but for people who have recently joined a Lutheran congregation. It is written to motivate further development of Christian discipleship. Book II uses inclusive language throughout, so as not to put down other denominations, and the tone of the book is to see all Christians in a positive way. As with Book I, you will want to read this book with your Bible in hand.

Jerry L. Schmalenberger is the author of many books and articles related to the church and the Christian faith. He graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and from Hamma Divinity School located on the same campus. In 1976 he earned a Doctor of Ministry degree and in 1984 was honored in Wittenberg with the Doctor of Divinity degree.

The author was Senior Pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa, where he preached to an average of 1,000 worshipers each weekend. He has served as Pastor/Evangelist in the Lutheran Church in America for ten years and directed that program for two of the ten. Schmalenberger is a member of the Board of Directors of Wittenberg University and Grand View College. He has taught courses at Trinity Seminary at Columbus, Ohio; the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; Wittenberg University; and Urbana College, Heidelberg College, and Sinclair College, all in Ohio.

Schmalenberger is the author of such books as Lutheran Christians and Their Beliefs, Book I, Saints Who Shaped the Church, Great Nights of the Bible, Stewards of Creation, Iowa Psalms, Iowa Parables, and Letters from the Pulpit.

Rev. Dr.Schmalenberger has served the Lutheran Church in America on it’s Consulting Committee for Minority Group interests. He has traveled to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Russia, Central and South America. His wife, Carol, a graduate of Grand View College in Des Moines, served as editor for this book.