Lutherans, particularly more conservative Missouri Synod Lutherans, may be surprised to learn that the national church body they are a part of supports illegal immigration.  The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod subscribes to the historic “Lutheran Confessions,” that is, to the Christian Doctrines that were the basis for the Protestant Reformation in the 16th Century.  A core doctrine is that of the “Two Kingdoms”.  The Church recognizes that we live in both a civil realm and a spiritual realm.  In the civil realm, we are obligated to obey the laws of the Nation/State in which we live.  This civil realm is referred to as the kingdom of the left hand.  The spiritual realm, the kingdom of the right hand, has as its primary concern the eternal salvation of all people who hear the Gospel call and respond in faith.  These two realms are both ultimately under the rule of God.  The kingdom of the left hand has the power of the sword, that is, the right and duty to use force to compel obedience to its laws.  The kingdom of the right hand is forbidden from using the sword to compel obedience to the Word of God.

Lutherans teach that everyone is obligated to obey the laws of the Nation/State, insofar as those laws do not require them to disobey God’s Law.  However, the LCMS affiliated Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services agency promotes illegal immigration, encourages Lutherans to lobby for all of the rights and privileges of full citizenship to be given to illegal immigrants, and thus undermines the kingdom of the right hand and the Lutheran Confessions.  LIRS activities also decrease national security by inviting terrorists to illegally enter and live in the USA, and providing terrorists with aid and comfort as they live illegally in the USA.  Any Lutheran or Lutheran church body that supports LIRS is doing so in direct opposition to the historic Lutheran Confessions, and the Biblical standard for living in this world as Christians.