Rev. Dr. Thomas “Tom” Baker September 17, 1945 – October 10, 2024   Pastor Thomas “Tom” A. Baker was born in Windsor, Ontario on September 17, 1945, to Albert and Theresa Baker. After graduating from Concordia College in Fort Wayne, IN with a Bachelor of Arts (1967) Tom attended Concordia Seminary, St....

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return...

“Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like...

“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so...

“This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” Ephesians 3:6 St. Paul’s emphasis on togetherness in Ephesians includes the idea of Gentiles being “fellow heirs” or literally “heirs together” with Christ-confessing Jews. Sadly,...

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a...

Rev. Benjamin Charles Schumacher May 26, 1943 - August 30, 2024   Benjamin Charles Schumacher, 81 of St. Robert, MO, a Minister of the Gospel, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 in the Aurora Health and Rehab of Rolla, MO.   Pastor Schumacher is survived by his wife: Elaine Schumacher...

Rev. Dr. Victor A. Constien July 2, 1928 - August 31, 2024   Beloved husband of the late Dorothy K. Constien (nee Knoebel). Dear father of Daniel (Maria) Constien, Mary (David) Doering, Judith (Glenn) Olson, Andrew (Cheryl) Constien and Rev. Stephen (Elisabeth) Constien. Dear grandfather of John (Cori), Martin, Tim...

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places...

Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a...