LCMS District and Congregational Services (DCS)–Youth Ministry has announced that plans are now firm to hold the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering in Orlando, Fla., instead of in New Orleans.  The Gathering is set for July 28-Aug. 1.   Youth…

LCMS World Relief/Human Care is accepting donations for emergency relief for the millions affected by the Oct. 8 South Asia earthquake that killed an estimated 30,000 people in Pakistan and 1,400 in India, with fewer deaths also reported in Afghanistan. …

LCMS World Mission and “Point of Truth,” The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s half-hour television worship program, are teaming up to produce eight special Ablaze!-themed episodes. Scheduled to air Oct. 30-Dec. 18, the episodes are designed to teach Christians to share their…

Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer will be installed Nov. 4 as the fifth president of Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., and says he’s looking forward to continued leadership at the school, which has seen a number of positive developments. Ahlersmeyer, 51, has…

Oct. 12 is now the earliest that the LCMS Youth Ministry staff plans to announce whether New Orleans is still the site for the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering. Rev. Terry Dittmer, director for LCMS District and Congregational Services —…

Eight “Lutheran college fairs” are planned for October and November at various sites around the country. Representatives of Lutheran colleges and universities nationwide — including those of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Concordia University System — will be at the fairs to…

Three Lutheran missionaries — including one from Brazil — have accepted calls to begin evangelistic and human-care work in the Dominican Republic, a West Indies nation sharing a border with Haiti. The missionaries — who were installed at an Aug. 27…

THE LUTHERAN CHURCH–MISSOURI SYNODSalary Information The Synod’s policy of full financial disclosure provides for making available to members of the Synod (congregations, pastors, teachers and others on the roster), on written request, the salary grid scales of all synodical and…

CAROL M. ARMBRECHT, Itasca, Ill.; MELVIN M. MEYER, Milford, Ill.; and DIANE LYNN STATZA, Menomonee Falls, Wis., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  Correspondence regarding these applications should be directed to…

Concordia University, Austin, Texas, is currently accepting applications for an associate/assistant professor of faculty in the College of Business in Marketing. Concordia University is a private university affiliated with The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and has a growing College of Business…

Note:  Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted Hymnal Supplement ’98 in good condition.  Faith…

Chaplain (Major) James Lucas returned home to his family in Nappanee, Ind., in September after spending nearly 11 months in Iraq.  And, while he’s happy to be home, he regrets “leaving the work behind” and is considering helping with hurricane…

Discernment takes time My letter concerns the encouragement mentioned in last month’s story on the Model Theological Conference in Scottsdale that laypeople be adept at judging doctrine. A layperson does not come up out of the baptismal water judging doctrine…

“Christian Faith and Human Beginnings,” a report concluding that human embryos, beginning with conception, are the unfolding of a unique human life, was adopted by the Commission on Theology and Church Relations at its meeting Sept. 22-25 in St. Louis.…

Five LCMS congregations’ church buildings in the area hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina may have to be demolished as a result of damage from the storm — this according to Rev. David Lewis, the Southern District’s coordinator of District Disaster…