The annual conference of the Association of Lutheran Mission Agencies (ALMA) will be held Jan. 14-16 at the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis under the theme “Growing in His Mission.” The conference, sponsored by LCMS World Mission, is open to…
Weekly Communion A recent letter to Reporter on every-Sunday Communion begs a reply. The well-intended writer seems to bemoan the increased frequency of Communion as having an adverse effect on a pious tradition of a bygone age, when people felt that…
Dr. Richard W. Bimler, president of Wheat Ridge Ministries since 1991, has announced that he plans to step down from his position on March 1, 2006. I thank the Lord for the opportunities and vision of Wheat Ridge and will…
Q: This question has to do with returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. There are a couple who have already come home, and several more deployed now in both countries who are either members of my parish or are part…
A list of 75 Servant Events planned for next summer in this country and in Germany was mailed in mid-November to all Synod congregations from LCMS Youth Ministry. The information, which includes details about registration, is in the form of a…
Wheat Ridge Ministries of Itasca, Ill., announced that 31 Lutheran congregations — including eight in the LCMS — are recipients of more than $53,000 in 2004 Congregation Health and Hope grants. An Oct. 26 Wheat Ridge news release says the purpose…
This notice is being printed to clarify the two different deadline dates printed on the constitutional amendment ballot mailing. The correct date for the return of ballots for the constitutional amendments is the date printed on the ballot itself, Feb.…
Results of the Lutheran Youth Fellowship Youth Poll from this year’s National LCMS Youth Gathering are “noteworthy for the fact that nothing changed much from the last poll taken three years ago,” said Rev. Terry Dittmer, director of LCMS Youth…
Dr. Scott J. Meyer of St. Louis Nov. 11 was presented with the Distinguished Service Award by Concordia Historical Institute (CHI). Meyer, a member of CHI’s Board of Governors since 1986, received the institute’s highest award “for his extraordinary commitment to…
CINCINNATI — Although Lutherans For Life (LFL) has spent the last 25 years “convincing in love … [and] listening to the gentle whisper of the Holy Spirit,” many people still do not understand that abortion is a “billion-dollar killing industry”…
Rev. Peter Gusuta, a Kenyan pastor serving with the Synod’s New Jersey District, died Nov. 16 in a fire that struck his family’s Jersey City home. Gusuta, 56, had worked nearly four years in the district as an urban missionary among…
By Paula Schlueter Ross A record number of women — especially young women — attended the “Leadership for Tomorrow” training conference sponsored by the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Nov. 12-14 in Chesterfield, Mo. As it has in the past, the LWML invited…
By Joe Isenhower Jr. DALLAS — Merle Freitag, president of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, encouraged participants at the annual LCEF Fall Leadership Conference here to “get involved, personally and organizationally, in a big way” with Ablaze!, LCMS World Mission’s initiative…
By Paula Schlueter Ross KATY, Texas — On a typical Sunday, 850 to 950 people worship at CrossPoint Community Church here. Only about 600 of them are members. But that’s OK with Pastor Bill Woolsey, who says the LCMS congregation’s goal is “to…
Concordia Publishing House has produced what is believed to be the most comprehensive collection in English of the hymns, ballads and chants composed or authored by Martin Luther. “Martin Luther — Hymns, Ballads, Chants, Truth” includes 39 tracks and is…
By Paula Schlueter Ross A new school year equals a new enrollment record for the Synod’s Concordia University System (CUS) schools. All 10 of the institutions reported increases in enrollment, bringing this fall’s CUS total to a record high of 17,500…
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