We are Lutheran congregational leaders and church body staff promoting and discussing best practices to improve mission in these five basic areas of congregational life:

• worship
• discipleship
• outreach
• service
• church leadership.

The Ablaze Partners Network uses its website to bring congregational lay and staff leaders together for learning and mutual support.  The site has these three major divisions: resources, forums and webinars.

1) Resources

Partners/members are invited to submit articles, study outlines, series outlines, music, videos and overviews of books that they find to be best practices in their area of interest. Most will be free for downloading. The site will have a PayPal store to purchase for downloading material for which the author wishes reimbursement. Users will be able to rate the value of a particular resource.

2. Forums

Partners can post a blog statement of best practice and invite comments back again from other users. Content for Forum and well as for Resources is organized around the five basic mission areas: worship, discipleship, outreach, service and church leadership. Each area will have suggested sub-topics, such as for worship: contemporary worship, traditional worship, prayer, drama, worship technology. These can be further sub-divided. New topics can be made as interest emerges among partners.

One basic use of the site will be to have those who submit a specific resource draw attention to it through a posting in the Forum division, inviting reaction. Such a posting can trigger an email message to users who have indicated their interest in that area. This ability to draw attention to a new blog posting is known as Weblog 2.0. 

3. Webinars

The Ablaze Partners Network aims to facilitate online seminars that present best practices in any of the five areas of congregational life. It is expected that such webinars will be offered by Lutheran leaders, and ordinarily done on Saturdays and weekday evenings. The Network will provide a webinar platform and help a presenter learn how to use it as well as publicize each webinar and collect any fees the presenter expects. The presenter is expected to answer inquiries, handle registrations, and prepare the participants for the scheduled event. Contact webmaster@ablazepartners.net

For further information, contact:

Rev. David S. Luecke, Ph.D.
Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church
11680 Royalton Rd
North Royalton Ohio 44133

email: David.luecke@ablazepartners.net

telephone: 440-237-7958, x 106