Joanne B. Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies teacher and author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She has received her Master of Science degree in Psychology/Christian Counseling with honors from Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on the history of development of the Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a Protestant Christian denomination with its headquarters in Mankato, Minnesota. They claim to be a conservative confessional Lutheran body following the traditions of Martin Luther.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is considered a mainline Protestant denomination. It was formed in 1988 when it merged with three North American Lutheran church bodies; the American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.