By Linda C. Hoops How much more would the events of the week leading up to Christ’s death and resurrection mean to you if you could actually taste the vinegar Christ was given on the cross or hear the crack…

Even if you can’t travel to Washington, D.C., for the “March for Life” on Jan. 22, you can still get up-to-date information and insights from marching Lutherans through online coverage by LCMS World Relief and Human Care, at www.lcms.org/marchforlife. The…

LCMS President Gerald B. Kieschnick on Jan. 16 issued the statement which follows, sharing his thoughts as inauguration day approaches. Barack Obama will be inaugurated January 20, 2009, as the 44th president of the United States of America. As he…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will hold a men’s retreat titled “Real Men Follow Jesus” Feb. 1-2, on its campus. The retreat is designed to re-engage men in their local congregations.  Studies have shown that while women and children thrive…

Lutheran Hour Ministries has designated Feb. 22 for a special Sunday to emphasize its mission and services. The LHM Sunday will tap volunteers to make announcements or presentations about the ministry during worship services, Bible studies, or special gatherings. Lutheran Hour…

Lutheran schools and their sponsoring congregations may order a variety of resources from LCMS District and Congregational Services — School Ministry to promote National Lutheran Schools Week (NLSW), set for March 1-7.  To guarantee delivery in time for that week,…

Rev. Andrew Mbugo Elisa, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan (ELCS) — an emerging Lutheran church body that works with LCMS missionaries and others — died Dec. 31 as the result of an aggressive glioma (tumor) in the…

Registration opens March 2 for the 33rd Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML), set for June 25-28 in Portland, Ore. The theme of the upcoming convention is “Look to the Hills … God Reigns” from Ps. 121:1-2…

All 35 LCMS districts hold their triennial conventions this year — starting with North Dakota’s, Jan. 18-21 in Minot, N.D., and ending with Central Illinois’, July 5-7 in Springfield, Ill. Reporter plans to carry a summary story on each convention,…

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald Kieschnick issued on Jan. 8 the following statement about the conflict in Gaza. It’s only 139 square miles in area, 25 miles long, and 4 to 7.5 miles wide –- a strip of land along…

By James Neuendorf Missionaries from all over Latin America and the Caribbean gathered Dec. 2-5 for the 2008 LCMS World Mission Regional Missionary Retreat.  It was the first LCMS World Mission retreat to include partner-church missionaries.  The gathering, which took…

Wheat Ridge Ministries of Itasca, Ill., announced that it is awarding more than $237,000 in grants to 14 congregations and to help seven new projects of other ministries.  The congregations include six in the Missouri Synod. Grants totaling $211,231 are going…

Dr. L. Dean Hempelmann — who was instrumental in forming the What a Way initiative to support recruitment and retention of Synod-rostered professional church workers — is now that initiative’s first director, on a part-time, deployed basis.   Hempelmann retired…

With the input of a small group of scientists, pastors, teachers, and church workers, the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) expects to gain input for a future report on Christian stewardship of the environment — plus ideas…