The church is the group wherein God’s salvation from sin is found. It is the group that Jesus purchased with His own blood (Acts 20:28). Jesus is the head and director of this group, and He dictates what it may or may not do (Col. 1:18). Every immersed believer is admitted to this group, and once he or she becomes part of it, he or she remains there until he or she chooses otherwise. To Lutherans, the church is the assembly of all believers where the gospel is preached and the sacraments administered (Kolb 42). There is, however, a problematic position Lutherans hold regarding the church that requires refutation. This problem relates to church organization. Lutheranism, like most of its fellow evangelical sects, uses a pastor system (Jacobs
