Information to Obtain from Congregations Seeking Membership in the United Lutheran Mission Association. Last Updated: October 12, 2005 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Please provide the following along with an official letter affirming that the voters' assembly and the pastor(s) of the congregation uphold the ULMA Constitution and ULMA's Constitutional Guidelines for Mission Congregations. You may import the following items into your word processing package for completion. Send the completed form and letter to: ULMA Commission c/o Pilgrim Lutheran Church 2155 N Oakland Ave Decatur IL 62526 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Date: Name of congregation: Address: Telephone number: FAX number (if available): Email address (if available): Name of Pastor(s): For each Pastor, state length of service: For each Pastor, list seminary attended: Present synodical affiliation: Synodical affiliation past 10 years: Names and positions of congregational officers: Name of congregation's contact person/representative: Contact information for representative (if different than above): Reason(s) why congregation seeks membership into ULMA: Do the congregation and its Pastor(s) accept, without reservation, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired, inerrant, written Word of God? Do the congregation and its Pastor(s) accept, without reservation, the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, contained in the "Book of Concord of 1580" as true and unadulterated statements and expositions of the Word of God? Do the congregation and its Pastor(s) accept the "Constitution of the United Lutheran Mission Association" and the "Constitutional Guidelines for Mission Congregations of the United Lutheran Mission Association"? How did you learn about the ULMA?