Our Mission:
The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau (ALPB), established in 1914, is a non-profit organization independent of official church control, linked by faith and confession to the Church it serves. Committed to an understanding of Lutheran tradition as evangelical and catholic, the ALPB affirms the Church's scriptural and confessional foundations in order to foster renewal within the Lutheran bodies of North America, Lutheran churches abroad, and the wider ecumenical community. The ALPB holds that all those under Christ who hold fast the Scriptures and Lutheran Confessions have a common life, with a distinctive role to play in conveying the Gospel message. In an era in which the Church in North America must address an increasingly post-Christian and secular culture, the ALPB makes the theological, liturgical and devotional resources of our confessional heritage accessible and relevant to all Lutherans as well as to friends in other communions.
Our Board of Directors
ALPB Board of Directors and Staff, 2011: Seated, left to right: Dr. Ruth Zerner, Dorothy Zelenko, Treasurer; Captain Raymond Brown, USCG (Ret.), Secretary; Pr. John Hannah, President; Dcs. Raquel Rojas, Donna Roche, Office Manager; Josh Messner, Pr. Frederick Schumacher, Executive Director. Standing, left to right: Pr. Ray Kibler III, Lois M. Hinds-Bowman, Pr. Paul Sauer, Dr.Robert Benne, Hope Wittrock, Pr. James Corgee, Vice President; Dr. Jeffrey Gaab, Pr. Eric Mathsen, Pr. Gregory Fryer, Pr. Rodney Eberhardt, Dr. Stephen Hultgren, Raymond Keating, Pr. Robert Hartwell. Not pictured: Forum Letter Editor Richard O. Johnson, Forum Letter Associate Editor Peter A. Speckhard, and Lutheran Forum Editor Sarah Hinlicky Wilson.
