Join Concordia Monday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. for a presentation and question and answer session by Lyman Stone on the topic of LCMS demographics and the state of the family. His talk is free and open to the public.
Stone is a member of the LCMS who converted as an adult from nondenominational Christianity. He and his wife have lived and worked as part of Lutheran missionary teams in Hong Kong and Canada. They and their two daughters (2 and 9 months) attend a SELC District church while outside of the United States and are members at an English District church.
Stone is the Director of Research at the consulting firm Demographic Intelligence, and a PhD candidate in demography at McGill University. He is also a fellow at several policy research institutions, including the Institute for Family Studies and Cardus. He has testified on policy and demographic issues at hearings of the U.S. Congress and numerous state legislatures, has published articles on family and demography in almost every major paper of record in America and several in Asia, and is a regular speaker and advisor for international policy organizations working on issues of marriage, fertility and the sanctity of human life. He is a frequent guest on Lutheran podcasts and radio shows. He has no formal training in theology and is not a professional church worker or pastor. Views expressed in this study are solely those of the author.
