Articles by Linda Anderson-Little
Linda Anderson-Little is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and has served congregations in Detroit, Michigan, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Florissant, Missouri. She is the author of Motherhood Calling: Experiencing God in Everyday Family Life, and is working toward a Certificate of Spiritual Direction through Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. Linda and her husband, the Rev. Dr. Dan Anderson-Little, recently relocated to Frisco, Texas, where Dan serves Legacy Presbyterian Church. Linda is currently pursuing a new calling in the area and can be reached at soulstorywriter.net where she publishes a blog.
by Linda Anderson-Little
According to Rick Rouse and Craig Van Gelder, certain shifts in identity must be undertaken by a congregation that desires to transform its traditional ministry to one that engages millennials, the “spiritual but not religious,” and “nones” from maintenance to mission; membership to discipleship; pastor centered to lay empowered; chaplaincy to hospitality; self-focus to global-focus; and settled to abroad.
