Unionism and Confessional Lutheranism
Theological Conference 2025

PROGRAM

Monday 13 October

12.30-13.30Housing check-in and conference registration
13.45-14.00Opening of the Conference
14.00-15.15Klaus Detlev Schulz – Unionism and Sasse
15.15-15.30Discussion
15.30-16.00Break/refreshment
16.00-17.15David Preus – Doctrina qua: Lutheran Union in Doctrine and Practice
17.15-17.30Discussion
17.45Devotional service
18.30Dinner

Tuesday 14 October

07.00-08.00Breakfast
08.00Devotional service
08.30-09.45Jonathan Shaw – Holding to Christ’s Word Alone: Addressing the Fellowship Failures and Fiascos of Assorted Agreements, Concords, and Organizations
09.45-10.00Discussion
10.00-10.30Break/refreshment
10.30-11.45Darius Petkūnas – The Prussian Union Agenda and the Awakening of Lutheran Confessional Consciousness
11.45-12.00Discussion
12.15-13.00Lunch
13.15-14.15Józef Szymeczek – An attempt to integrate Lutheran congregations in Cieszyn Silesia into the structures of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (1945-1950)
14.15-14.30Discussion
14.30-14.45Break
14.45-15.45Miloslav Gdovin – Lutheran identity in the territory of today’s Slovakia then and now (16th – 21st centuries). The struggle for the purity of doctrine
15.45-16.00Discussion
16.00Free time to rest or wander about Krakow

(Supper is on your own, not provided by the conference fee)

Wednesday 15 October

07.00-08.00Breakfast
08.00Devotional service
08.30-09.45Martin Grombiřík – Unionism Czech Way
09.45-10.00Discussion
10.00-11.00CHECK-OUT OF HOTEL & Break/refreshment
11.00-12.15Panel Discussion: Unionism and Confessional Lutheranism
12.15-12.30Closing of the Conference
12.45Lunch & Departure