Short-term volunteer teams of eight to 12 members each are being sought by LCMS World Mission and LCMS World Relief and Human Care to serve a week in Lucumo, Peru, in May and June. Teams would help rebuild the community’s…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Before a devastating earthquake hit Peru on Aug. 15, 2007, staff of LCMS World Mission had considered the South American country as a likely spot for new mission work, perhaps within the next couple of years.…

Can you imagine what an encounter between Jesus and a Muslim person would be like today?  Do you think Jesus would unleash a barrage of condemnation?  Or do you think He’d ask for an invitation to dine in a Muslim’s…

Lutheran congregations, schools, colleges, and universities for the first time are being invited to join in Lutheran Services in America’s (LSA) eBay “Trading Graces” auction to raise funds for their ministries. LSA is not only expanding its Feb. 5-12 national…

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans announced in December that it is increasing by $20 million its commitment to “Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity” — the national affordable-housing effort it shares with Habitat for Humanity International, and the largest four-year commitment…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. In the tally of the Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF) Youth Poll conducted at last year’s National LCMS Gathering in Orlando, young people saw “my own faith” as their number-one concern. Of the 2,152 participants who took…

Two Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod missionary couples stationed outside of Nairobi, Kenya, are safe and do not appear to be in harm’s way despite five days of post-election rioting in the city that has led to more than 300 deaths, widespread…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. May 14 is the postmark deadline for congregations and their pastors to apply for grants of up to $45,000 each from the Lilly Endowment Inc. in its 2008 “National Clergy Renewal” program for pastors’ sabbaticals and…