Reversing the trend in LCMS membership

Recently there have been a number of articles attempting to attend to the declining membership in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.   

Journal of Lutheran Mission
A District-Level Examination of Demographic Trends and Membership Trends within LCMS Districts — by George Hawley
The LCMS in the Face of Demographic and Social Change: A Social Science Perspective — by George Hawley
Generational Generosity: Handing Down Our Faith to Our Children and Our Children’s Children — by Ryan C. McPherson

The Lutheran Reporter
Reversing the LCMS membership decline: not just by having more children
which highlights the important steps to be:

• Evangelism and outreach. 
• Re-invigorating congregations. 
• Healthy workers. 
• Church planting. 
• Resolution of internal issues that cause conflict.