The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions described below: Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, Neb., seeks to fill the following faculty position: education (special education). Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., seeks to fill the…

DALLAS — Discussion about the benefits of face-to-face communication for mutual trust and understanding characterized a three-hour meeting of the LCMS Board of Directors and Commission on Constitutional Matters (CCM) here Nov. 16. That’s somewhat of a different approach for…

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 1971-72 student directory for Concordia Senior College. …

By Joe Isenhower Jr. DALLAS — Luther Goehring half-jokingly said he “felt real withdrawal” from not attending last year’s Lutheran Church Extension Fund Fall Leadership Conference in Orlando, after years of never missing one when serving two terms on the LCEF…

Statistics I am commenting on the November Reporter story about Synod statistical information for 2006. Your data on congregations’ membership and giving are reported with a deceptive precision and conclusions.  Given the limited number of congregations reporting, what is the…

Concordia University College of Alberta, Edmonton, seeks to fill the three positions listed below.  A member of the AUCC, Concordia is authorized to grant bachelor’s degrees in Arts, Science, Management, Education, and Environmental Health, and a master’s degree in Information…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. DALLAS — In a two-hour joint meeting here Nov. 15, the Synod’s Council of Presidents (COP) and Board of Directors identified some 50 initial “discussion points” as they began the work assigned them by the 2007…

Laurence E. “Larry” Lumpe, president of the Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute (CHI), Nov. 8 received the institute’s Distinguished Service Award. Lumpe, who also served as CHI’s vice president for nine years, was presented with the institute’s highest…

In support of the Ablaze! outreach movement, the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) and LCMS World Mission have established a “Mission Planting Fund” to provide low-cost loans for new mission starts in the United States. “We are committed to providing…

The 2007-08 Lutheran World Relief (LWR) Handcraft Project catalog — featuring hundreds of handmade items from artisans around the world — is now available. Included in the full-color catalog are food and home-décor items, baskets, crosses, jewelry, Christmas ornaments, nativity…

“Aggressive” is the way representatives of the LCMS seminaries in St. Louis, Mo., and Fort Wayne, Ind., describe their recruitment efforts as they do their part in addressing the projected shortage of parish pastors. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has three full-time recruitment…

By Roland Lovstad Better health practices, engaging retired clergy, and student recruitment are among efforts that seek to deal with a projected shortage of pastors during the coming decade. The projections show the Synod will need 300 to 350 new…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host its winter 2008 Lay Bible Institute from 7 to 9 p.m. on four consecutive Wednesdays — Jan. 9 through 30. The topic, “Paul through the Ages: A Look at the Message of Galatians in…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is sponsoring a first-ever multi-ethnic symposium, “Expressions of Hope,” Jan. 28-29 on its campus. The event is beind conducted in partnership with the Synod’s National Mission Affiliates, an LCMS World Mission umbrella organization that represents 10…

Dr. Leopoldo Sánchez is the first occupant of the newly established Werner R.H. and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Chair for Hispanic Ministries at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Sánchez is associate professor of systematic theology and director of the seminary’s Center for…