Recordings of presentations from the LCMS mission conference “New Directions in Mission Leadership ’05” are now available on compact disk. More than 100 people attended the New Directions conference, held April 28-May 1 in St. Louis under the theme “Responding…

Chaplain Ted Wuerffel of Shoreline, Wash., has accepted a call from the Synod’s Board for Mission Services to serve as associate director of Ministry to the Armed Forces, beginning July 1. Wuerffel, 61, currently serves as campus pastor for Agape…

Dr. Phillip A. Campbell, who has been serving as interim executive director of the Synod’s Board for Black Ministry Services for nearly three years, has accepted a call to serve in that post permanently.  He announced his decision May 16. Campbell…

By Paula Schlueter Ross IRVING, Texas — Dr. Elwin Johnson Rethinasamy of Williston Park, N.Y., leaned across a table during the last of eight “One Mission Ablaze — Igniting Congregations” events, held here May 13-14. Rethinasamy, who serves South Asians, mostly…

Dr. Dale A. Meyer of Collinsville, Ill., has accepted the call to serve as the 10th president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.  His installation is set for Sept. 4, during the opening service for the seminary’s 2005-06 academic year. Meyer…

Concordia University, Portland, Ore., will celebrate its 100th anniversary during a “Centennial Celebration Weekend” June 23-26. Anniversary activities include: a “Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance,” with Dr. Erhart Bauer. “21st Century Christianity,” an open forum and discussion with Synod President Gerald…

Reporter and The Lutheran Witness, the Synod’s two official periodicals, picked up several awards at last month’s Associated Church Press (ACP) and Evangelical Press Association (EPA) competitions for work done in 2004.  Awards presentations for the ACP and the EPA…

Colleges, universities, and seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church–Canada have given a number of honorary doctorates and awards so far this year — mostly at spring commencement exercises. Receiving honors from the schools are: CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYFort…

Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., seeks nominations for the position of president.  The president is the chief executive officer of the university’s Board of Regents and serves as the university’s spiritual, administrative, and academic head.  The official functions of the…

Information about religious organizations and movements — both Christian and non-Christian — is now accessible on the LCMS Web site as a service of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations.  The site currently provides summaries of the history, basic…

Three new exhibits with the overall theme “A Century of Caring” opened in April at Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) in St. Louis. CHI is the Department of Archives and History of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. On display there through Labor…

The Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) is seeking nominations and applications for the senior vice president of Ministry Services.  This position reports to the president of LCEF and is a member of the LCEF Cabinet.  The senior vice president promotes…