LCMS World Relief/Human Care wants to make 2007 the year of mercy. The ministry will host the first LCMS Conference on Mercy April 30-May 2 in St. Louis as a national platform to equip and energize caring Christians for what…

As the son of a pastor and a church worker himself, Dr. Kurt Krueger says serving God as a pastor, teacher, or other professional church worker can be extremely fulfilling. “It’s a great life for those of us who’ve been…

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Synod’s Board of Directors has approved a resolution that, starting no sooner than next July 1, will transfer “Level 1” fundraising activities for the Synod’s Board for Mission Services (BFMS) from the LCMS Foundation to the…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Thank God for graduate programs, which are continuing to draw ever-increasing numbers of students to the Synod’s universities with each passing year. This fall’s total undergraduate and graduate enrollment of 20,091 for the 10 Concordia University…

The Institute on Lay Vocation at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is offering audio files from its Nov. 3-4 forum, “Called to Engage the Postmodern World: The Lutheran Voice in Contemporary America.” The audio files in MP3 format are available free…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has scheduled its 15th Annual “Schola Cantorum: An Adult Choir Member Workshop” for Saturday, Jan. 20. The daylong workshop is open to all choir members, choir directors, and ministers of music. Dr. Timothy Peter, professor of…

Three schools operated by LCMS congregations — one in Minnesota and two in Texas — are among 50 private “No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools” named by the U.S. Department of Education for this year.  They are Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran…

By Roland Lovstad While three out of four LCMS-rostered workers are comfortable with their current levels of debt, about one-third of them say debt has negatively affected their personal lives or ministries sometime during their careers. Rising health insurance costs was…

Robert J. Ziegler, principal of St. Michael Lutheran School, Fort Myers, Fla., has been named a “National Distinguished Principal” for 2006.  He received the award along with 64 other principals at an Oct. 27 ceremony in Washington, D.C. Ziegler is the…

Almost two dozen presentations from the “In the Image of God” love and marriage conference — held this fall on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne — are now available on compact disk. The conference was sponsored by…

Seven Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod churches are among 29 Lutheran congregations that received a total of $48,318 in the latest round of Wheat Ridge Ministries’ Congregation Health and Hope Grants. Open to all Lutheran congregations — individually or in partnerships — the grants…

Dr. Carlos Walter Winterle, former president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, is now serving as a missionary in Kenya, East Africa. Winterle was installed Nov. 5 as English-speaking pastor of Uhuru Highway Lutheran Cathedral in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. …

Lutherans For Life (LFL) has produced a DVD that’s designed to help people understand the basics of stem-cell research and cloning, and how God’s Word can be applied to those technologies. Hosted by LFL Executive Director Dr. James I. Lamb,…

“Reflections on Water,” an art exhibit by Karl Fay, will open Dec. 1 at the library art gallery of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and will be on display through Feb. 16. An opening reception with wine and refreshments will be…

If you don’t live in the Washington, D.C., area but you’d like to take part in the 34th national “March for Life” on Monday, Jan. 22, all you have to do is get there — members of the Lutherans For…

Although a two-week “priority window” ended Nov. 8 for registrations for next year’s LCMS National Youth Gathering, registrations will continue to be accepted beyond that date. “We want to assure those who still want to register for the Youth Gathering and…