The Synod’s Board for Campus Ministry has appointed Jon E. Jensen of St. Louis as interim executive director of the Lutheran Campus Ministry Association (LCMA), an LCMS-affiliated mission society also known as LCMS Campus Ministry. Jensen, a member of the…
In a statement released Aug. 14, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick acknowledges that the health-care reform issue is “complicated and still evolving,” but stresses that the Synod “would not endorse any component of a plan that includes funding…
Concordia Publishing House is offering two new Bible studies written especially for women. Both of the four-session studies are available only as “downloads” from CPH’s Web site. Beautiful Feet ($30, item no. 20-3482WEB), by Deb Burma, is based on Rom.…
Two Christians from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea expressed appreciation to The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod for both the Gospel message and for economic development during an Aug. 3 visit to the International Center. The visitors were Ezekiel Peter,…
Concordia Publishing House employees handed some 600 neighborhood school children new backpacks, along with school supplies and Christ-centered literature during the Synod publisher’s 2009 “Operation FUN (For a United Neighborhood) –– Tools for Schools” event Aug. 5. Providing school supplies — mostly purchased…
Beginning this fall, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will offer an online Master of Arts in its Deaconess Studies program. Those accepted into the program will complete their studies through a combination of electronic distance learning and on-campus intensives. The…
As of July 30, Fan into Flame, the capital campaign to raise $100 million for new Ablaze!-related ministries, was halfway to its goal, having raised more than $50 million in gifts and pledges since it was authorized by the Synod…
Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) President Merle Freitag announced July 22 that he will retire from that position Jan. 15. “In 1998, when I interviewed with the [LCEF] Board of Directors, I indicated that I would serve for 10 years,” Freitag…
The joint project in Wittenberg, Germany, of the LCMS and its German sister church entered a new phase July 22 with the appointment of a new managing director and election of a new chairman for its supervisory board. Meeting in…
LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) has awarded more than $325,000 in domestic development grants this year to support efforts to share Christ’s mercy with people in physical and spiritual need. Receiving the grants were 25 congregations, districts, Recognized Service…
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League President Janice Wendorf has started a “blog,” or Web-based log, to share her thoughts about the auxiliary and her activities as its president. To read the blog, go to www.lwml.org/blog or visit the LWML’S Web site…
Bylaw 3.3.3.1 (c) calls upon the Secretary of the Synod to “publish the names of the members of the Committee for Convention Nominations in an official periodical of the Synod as soon as possible after they have been elected.” All…
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The LCMS Board for Communication Services (BCS), St. Louis, seeks nominations and applications for director of News and Information Services. This position reports to the executive director of Communications and is responsible for: serving as executive editor of the Synod’s…
MICHAEL A. NICOL, Wapakoneta, Ohio, has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. JASON D. CROWDER, Warrenton, Mo.; JULAINE KAMMRATH, Aurora, Ill.; KAREN KROTZ, Carrollton, Ill.; GARY LYVERE, Hemlock, Mich., and KAREN HARTMAN…
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