With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: What were you doing in Cleveland, Ohio, May 19? A: I confess that I made up this question, so that I may address in this column what I was doing in Cleveland that day. Because…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: Over the years of teaching [for several decades at the elementary level in the LCMS system], I have noticed that my own faith life is not what it was at one time. When I first…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: Over the years of teaching [for several decades at the elementary level in the LCMS system], I have noticed that my own faith life is not what it was at one time. … I just…
A new Web site launched by the Lutheran Society for Missiology could be dubbed “everything you always wanted to know about LCMS missionaries — and more!” The Web site, which has been “live” for about two months, profiles 54 veteran…
In a March 19 memo to the LCMS Board of Directors, Synod Vice President-Finance/Treasurer Tom Kuchta noted that the national Synod’s “unrestricted revenues have decreased every year after June 30, 2001” — the end of the fiscal year when unrestricted revenues…
By Paula Schlueter Ross In his keynote to the 26th National Conference of Lutherans For Life (LFL), July 24-25 in St. Louis, Bobby Schindler said his sister, Terri Schindler Schiavo, did not die a peaceful death, as her husband has…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Delegates to the 33rd Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, held here June 25-28, adopted a new mission goal of $1.825 million for the 2009-11 biennium. It is the largest in the organization’s 67-year history…
By Kim Plummer Krull Jose Zarate decided to devote his summer break to working on a construction project for an LCMS congregation after an inspiring chapel presentation at Concordia University Chicago. “The message was about how we should make our…
By Sarah Schafer and James Neuendorf For most of their lives, Gladys Hamann of Paraguay and other Lutheran women throughout Latin America and the Caribbean have cared for the needy in the name of Christ. But for the first time,…
Iowa WestJune 21-24 Milford, Iowa Elected: Rev. Paul Sieveking, Fort Dodge, Iowa, president, fourth term, first ballot. Rev. Steven Turner, Algona, Iowa, first vice president. Rev. Steven Schulz, Storm Lake, Iowa, second vice president. Under the theme “Joy in Serving,”…
New EnglandJune 4-6Springfield, Mass. Elected: Rev. James E. Keurulainen, Dedham, Mass., fifth term, by acclamation. Rev. Timothy Yeadon, New Hartford, Conn., first vice president. Rev. Larry Nichols, Smithfield, R.I., second vice president. Rev. Scott Schuett, Lebanon, Conn., third vice president.…
MissouriJune 14-16Columbia, Mo. Elected: Dr. Ray Mirly, St. Louis, second term, first ballot. Rev. Alan Wollenburg, Sikeston, Mo., first vice president. Dr. Ken Schurb, Moberly, Mo., second vice president. Dr. Ronald Rall, St. Louis, third vice president. Rev. William Marler,…
IndianaJune 25-26Fort Wayne, Ind. Elected: Dr. Daniel P. May, Fort Wayne, Ind., president, third term, first ballot. Rev. Roger Rohde, Bremen, Ind., first vice president (Northwest Region). Dr. John Fiene, Zionsville, Ind., second vice president (Central Region). Rev. David Mommens,…
MichiganJune 28-July 1Ann Arbor, Mich. Elected: Rev. David P.E. Maier, Dimondale, Mich., president, first term, first ballot. Maier, 52, is senior pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Lansing, where he has served since 1989. He has been the district’s first…
MontanaJune 15-18Billings, Mont. Elected: Rev. Terry Forke, Billings, Mont., president, second term, first ballot. Rev. Arlo Pullmann, Laurel, Mont., first vice president. Rev. Chris Tabbert, Eureka, Mont., second vice president. Forke and other officers were installed during the district’s 31st…
Collaboration between Concordia Theological Seminary and Lutheran Ministries Media (LMM), producer of a weekly “Worship for Shut-Ins” program, is resulting in a new television production center on the seminary campus in Fort Wayne. Construction began this summer on a 2,000-square-foot video…
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