My comments are few, but basic. Our own experience and a phone conversation just ending reveals several basic values. One is a depreciation of the priesthood of believers, another a papistic belief in the authority of the pastor, a third is that when God leaves it to His priesthhood of believers to work out what is good, right, and helpful to proclaiming the Gospel or general ministry, one opinion has more authority than another. Thank you for your gift of "Church and Ministry". We have too many pastors who do not believe that Walther is an authority for them. As an 89 yr. old retired mission developer I would welcome a pastoral conference dedicated to the subject of pastoral authority. Fred Riemer