I also hold to the 1689 LBCF; but in visiting Presbyterian Churches on holidays over the years. I appreciated the how they read confessions etc..., but I did not squirm, or get the feeling they were telling everyone that if they repeated after the pastor, that they now true Christians.

Lutherans believe, unless I am misunderstanding them; but if so why did everybody I was with understand what the pastor said the same way?
In a Christmas Eve service, should a pastor tell people because they repeated a confession after him, that they are now Christians?

I am assured by Lutherans that they know what I heard is something all Lutheran synods do.

Even if I was wrong on my understanding of what happened during the Christmas Eve service at the Lutheran Church. I am left believing that they need to be careful on how they communicate. If I could misunderstand, can you imagine the message they gave to someone who goes to Church once or twice a year?

Tom