Newtown 'debacle' reopens old wounds for Missouri Synod
The Rev. Matthew Harrison was elected July 13, 2010 as the president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. RNS photo courtesy LCMS.
ST. LOUIS (RNS) A decision to censure a pastor for participating in a prayer service for victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre has reopened old wounds for the often politically divided Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.