“Encourage One Another” is the theme for the 18th International Lutheran Single Adult conference, to be held June 30-July 3 at Concordia University, River Forest, Ill. The event is held annually to provide opportunities for fellowship, learning, outreach, worship, and service…

The Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) is considering revising its policy for how it responds to those who notify the commission that they dissent from a doctrinal resolution or statement of the Synod. At its Feb. 14-16 meeting in…

By Paula Schlueter Ross The last time Rev. Andrew Elisa, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan, spoke with Reporter, his church body had about 5,000 members in 23 congregations, and he was the only ordained pastor. That was in November…

This year’s Outreach Leadership Institute will be held July 14-16 at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., under the theme “Building Blocks for Today’s Great Commission Congregations.”  The outreach training event is sponsored annually by the Oswald Hoffmann School of Christian…

Missouri Synod Navy Chaplain Ed Jack died of a heart attack Jan. 29 while serving aboard the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard in the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf.  Jack, 51, a lieutenant commander in the Navy, served as chaplain for the…

Dr. LeRoy Wilke, executive director of the LCMS Board for District and Congregational Services (DCS) since 2000, announced last month his intent to retire June 30.   The board, meeting Feb. 4-5 in St. Louis, appointed Rev. Jeffery Schubert, its director…

Registration opens March 1 for the 31st biennial convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, to be held June 16-19 in Tampa, Fla. Theme of the four-day convention is “Live Joyfully as Salt and Light,” from Matt. 5:13-16. Keynote speaker will be…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Want to show teenagers how precious God’s gift of life really is?  Let them hold babies! That’s the view of Becky Ferber, whose sanctity-of-life Bible study for seventh- and eighth-graders is now in its 10th year at Immanuel…

Log cabins of Saxon immigrants who helped form the Missouri Synod in 1847 are expected to be part of “Back to the Blueprint: Log Home” — a new video documentary about the American log cabin scheduled for airing at 1…

Amendment A to the Synod’s Constitution has failed to receive the two-thirds affirmative vote of congregations necessary to make it effective, while Amendment B has been affirmed. Amendment A would have changed the wording of Constitution Article XI F 2, dealing…

Synod members and other Lutherans continue to give in record amounts for South Asia tsunami relief. Through Feb. 14 — the latest figures available — tsunami-relief donations to LCMS World Relief/Human Care totaled $4.1 million.  By early February, gifts to Lutheran…

“Chosen” is the choice for the theme of the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering, set for July 28-Aug. 1 that year in New Orleans. The theme came out of a Jan. 14-16 meeting in New Orleans involving the staff of LCMS…

By Kim Plummer Krull Posting personnel in Sri Lanka and Indonesia as quickly as possible and focusing on projects that assist with the “incredible” challenges of massive cleanup and long-term rebuilding are among key recommendations from two LCMS assessment teams…

As soon as LCMS mission-assessment teams recommended efforts for continuing relief work in tsunami-ravaged countries, LCMS World Relief/Human Care and LCMS World Mission began working to turn some key proposals into action. Dennis Denow, an LCMS World Mission education specialist,…

By Paula Schlueter Ross This year’s Association of Lutheran Mission Agencies (ALMA) conference attracted a few non-members, which actually makes a lot of sense, according to Rev. B. Steve Hughey, LCMS World Mission’s adviser to the organization. ALMA is a network of…

Concordia University, Portland, seeks nominations and applications for a level IV staff position, beginning this spring.  This position is responsible for administration and supervision of the Academic Applications Division of Information and Technology Services at Concordia.  This division provides direct…