ST. LOUIS — The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod today (July 12) formally declared that it is in church fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK).   Delegates to the Synod’s 62nd Regular Convention rose in applause and sang a…

ST. LOUIS — Delegates to the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod returned Dr. Raymond L. Hartwig to his office as Secretary of the Synod during elections held this afternoon (July 12).   Also returned to his position…

ST. LOUIS — Delegates at the 62nd Convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod today (July 12) voted to require rostered church workers who are employees of LCMS Recognized Service Organizations (RSOs) to be members of the “geographical district in which…

ST. LOUIS – Delegates to the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod July 11 adopted a bylaw change that precludes accepting floor nominations that could make someone already on a slate of candidates ineligible for election, unless the…

ST. LOUIS – Delegates to the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod adopted a resolution July 12 encouraging the Synod’s colleges, universities and seminaries to include educational study relating to mission and leadership development.    Delegates also adopted…

ST. LOUIS — Delegates today (July 11) voted to affirm a resolution to expand The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s mission efforts worldwide by encouraging:   • “confessional and mission-minded” outreach in a “world that continues to change”;   • affirmation of…

ST. LOUIS — Delegates to the 62nd Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod elected the remainder of the praesidium (second through fifth vice presidents) in balloting this afternoon (July 11).   On the second ballot, Dr. Paul L. Maier was…

ST. LOUIS — “Have we forgotten that we are exiles?” Dr. Jeffrey Gibbs asked in a Bible study today (July 11) during the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, here July 10–15.   Addressing nearly 1,200 voting delegates…

ST. LOUIS — LCMS World Mission took advantage of the Synod’s 62nd Regular Convention to host several pre-convention events to mark the success of one bold initiative and the ambitious start of another. Hundreds of current and former missionaries, some…

ST. LOUIS — LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick told the Synod’s 62nd Regular Convention today (July 11) that if it disagrees with a 2001 convention resolution upon which he said he based approval for a district president’s decision to participate in…

ST. LOUIS — Delegates to the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod today (July 11) elected Dr. Gerald Kieschnick to his second three-year term as president of the 2.5 million-member church body.   The convention also elected Oklahoma…

ST. LOUIS – Through a series of short stories, Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick, president of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, called on members to seek those who are lost and “save them.”   Kieschnick, delivering the sermon at the July 11…

ST. LOUIS — With three bangs of the gavel, LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick July 11 opened the 62nd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, “in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”…

A 36-hour “singing marathon” will take place over the July 3-4 weekend on the campus of the Lutheran University of Brazil (known by its Portuguese acronym ULBRA) in Canoas. The marathon of uninterrupted singing will be performed by Lutheran singers…