Concordia University, Austin, Texas, seeks applicants to fill faculty positions in the disciplines listed below. Enrollment and budget projections will determine which positions are funded for the 2004-05 academic year.  Each candidate should possess a minimum of a master’s degree…

Nominating ballots–2004 Convention The official nominating ballots for the offices of President, First Vice President and other Vice Presidents have been mailed to every member congregation of the Synod according to the list of member congregations maintained by the Synod’s…

Registrations are now being accepted for the 2004 Black Ministry Family Convocation, July 7-11 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis.  Theme of the convocation is “King of Kings.” The convocation, held annually, brings together LCMS members involved in Black…

 By Joe Isenhower Jr. OMAHA, Neb. — There is no single formula for increasing worship  attendance in Synod congregations, but lots of ideas and a range of approaches to share. That is one way to sum up the Nov. 14-15 “One Mission…

By David L. Mahsman MIAMI, Fla.— Merle Freitag, president of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, urged participants at this year’s LCEF Fall Leadership Conference to get behind the “one mission, one message, one people” vision laid out by Synod President…

Praying in Jesus’ name Regarding my decision to pray in Jesus’ name at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting (“Letters,” Oct. ’03): I am concerned that some Christian leaders believe that keeping the right and left kingdoms separate…

New from Concordia Publishing House is Meditations on Divine Mercy, a contemporary translation of Johann Gerhard’s Daily Exercise of Piety, a collection of more than 40 prayers written in the early 1600s to comfort people as they faced the problems…

For the first time, LCMS World Relief/Human Care Ministries is offering free online resources for Life Sunday, which marks the anniversary of the date on which the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion. The resources for the Jan 18 observance include…

The registration deadline is Jan. 9 for the 2004 symposia series at Concordia Theological Seminary (CTS), Fort Wayne, Jan. 20-23. “Echoes of Scripture in the Life of the Church” is the theme for the Jan. 20-21 exegetical-theology symposium. The theme…

“Construction INC” (In the Name of Christ), a new vacation Bible school program for 2004, is available this month from Concordia Publishing House. The program is available in two kits that are packaged in “tool boxes”: * The “starter kit” ($54.99,…

The founder of Habitat for Humanity International and a former Miss America who is now a broadcast journalist are scheduled keynote speakers for the 2004 educational conference of the Association of Lutheran Development Executives (ALDE). Marking ALDE’s 25th anniversary, the…

Dec. 1, 2003 — The Synod’s Board of Directors has adopted in principle a policy intended to increase the amount of contributions forwarded to the Synod’s national budget by its 35 districts. The Board plans to ask next summer’s Synod…

In an attempt to further streamline its administrative structure — matching staffing needs to its new strategic plan — LCMS World Mission has eliminated a dozen area-director positions and is replacing them with “regional directors” for four world areas. Eliminated,…

By David L. Mahsman The Synod’s Board of Directors has taken issue with eight opinions rendered by the Commission on Constitutional Matters (CCM) and declared them to be “of no effect.” Five of the opinions define limits to the Board’s…