How can a pastor transfer from the to the ULMA?
Since we are not a synodical body, you cannot “transfer” to the ULMA. A pastor who takes a call to one of our mission congregations would effectively be leaving whatever prior synodical affiliation he was part of (if any) since the mission congregations sponsored by the ULMA are Independent. If a pastor and the congregation he serves were to join the ULMA, they would not be leaving any synodical membership they have. The current (September 2005) member congregations of the ULMA did leave the LCMS, but that is not a requirement of Association membership.
