The Admission Department of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is posting daily devotions on the seminary’s Web site during Advent. “The coming weeks are a time of reflection as we consider the ways our Lord Jesus comes to us and…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has announced its intention to sell the 8.2-acre former Christian Brothers College (CBC) High School campus that is adjacent to the seminary’s 72-acre historic campus. The Marvin M. Schwan Charitable Foundation purchased the CBC campus in…

After 15 years of overseeing 500 projects, Curt Connolly has stepped down as director of the Synod’s Laborers For Christ (LFC) program. But he’s not exactly leaving LFC, a program in which retired Lutherans help build or remodel churches and…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, last month launched a new Web site that’s designed to provide a place for the seminary’s faculty to “engage relevant theological topics in a timely manner” and encourage “constructive, ongoing theological discussion between faculty, pastors, and…

Within the next few months, Lutheran Blind Mission (LBM) expects to produce the new hymnal, Lutheran Service Book, in both large-type and braille versions. St. Louis-based LBM is an LCMS mission agency that offers free blind-ministry resources and operates a…

With goals to develop “learning communities” in congregations and advocates in districts, two stewardship projects were approved for block grants from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans when the LCMS Board of Directors met in late November. Both projects should be well…

Offering both a Lutheran response and critique of the popular Left Behind series, a Bible study from the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations is now available online. Adopted by the CTCR in May, the study can be obtained…

The colleges, universities, and seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod admit students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the college, university, or…

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Concordia University at Austin, Austin, Texas, seeks applicants for two faculty positions: Communications faculty.  The successful candidate will teach communication technology, media production, media analysis and criticism, and other communication courses as…

More than 23,000 laypeople, pastors, and other church leaders participated in some 280 workshops this fall to introduce Lutheran Service Book (LSB), the Synod’s new hymnal. “The total number of registrants exceeded our wildest expectations,” said Dr. Paul Grime, executive director…

The deadline established by bylaw for the submission of reports and overtures to the 2007 convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is March 10, 2007. The boards and commissions of the Synod are being asked to submit their reports to…

After Hurricane Katrina, trucker Craig Hansen delivered everything from diapers to generators to families on the Gulf Coast as part of 15 relief shipments sponsored by LCMS World Relief/Human Care and Orphan Grain Train. Now the 30-year trucking veteran hopes…

The Board of Regents of Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wis., herewith gives notice of intent to promote to a continuing-level appointment the following: DR. JAMES BURKEE, DR. REID NELSON, and DR. RICHARD SCHNAKE.  Any comments concerning this intent should be…

Funding the mission Considering how the Synod’s national “common good” services might be funded, it seems appropriate to examine the manner in which the monies forwarded by congregations to their respective district offices are apportioned.   In passing, I would note…

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