When Rev. Stanley Rosenau entered the ministry in 1953, he earned $125 a month. His first congregations never participated in the Synod’s pension plan. For a time, Rosenau depended on small but regular Veterans of the Cross payments to make…

The June/July Lutheran Witness, mailed May 29, is the magazine’s annual combined issue. It is also a “family” issue this year. The cover story by Dr. John W. Oberdeck, assistant director for lay ministry and professor of theology at Concordia…

Concordia International School Shanghai wrapped up its yearlong 10th anniversary celebration April 24-26 with a high-school performance of “The Sound of Music,” a gala dinner, an auction, a potluck brunch, and a “Celebration” worship service. The school-sponsored auction raised nearly…

All three districts of the Lutheran Church–Canada held their conventions this spring, with one of them electing a new president. Among resolutions focusing on outreach and mission, the Alberta-British Columbia (ABC) District encouraged planned Christian witness to the thousands of…

The shooting death of Dr. George Tiller, one of the few U.S. physicians who performed late-term abortions, has prompted statements from Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick, LCMS World Relief and Human Care and its Life Ministries office, Evangelical…

RICHARD A. HOWARD, Summit, Ill., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  CORRINE STEINBRENNER, Batavia, Ill., and MELINDA G. ZOCH, Elgin, Texas, have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Commissioned roster…

Concordia College, Selma, Ala., seeks nominations for the position of president.  The president is the chief executive officer of the college’s Board of Regents and serves as the college’s spiritual, academic, and administrative head.  The official functions of the office…

The International Center (IC) of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) seeks to fill the position of executive director of Human Resources (HR).  This position provides strategic HR leadership at the LCMS IC.  Organizations supported include the LCMS Foundation, The Lutheran…

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Proposals from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance are available on the LCMS Web site. They are the same proposals that task force members are presenting to district conventions for consideration and feedback. The task force…

The Synod’s two seminaries are sponsoring events this summer for high-school students. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is accepting nominations for high school men and women to attend its June 27-July 2 11th annual Vocatio (formerly called “Exploring Church Careers Event”).…

A new Retired Lutheran Educators Network informally known as “EncourAGEnet” is now active among eight peer networks formed by and operating in Lutheran Education Association (LEA). This is the only LEA network open — with some restrictions — to those who are not…

Lutheran history — past, present, and future — will go on display in a new location next month when Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) opens its museum at the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis. Beginning July 27, the museum will be open…

Concordia Publishing House now offers stained-glass windows and church steeples to help congregations with their renovation projects. The stained-glass windows are from IHS Studios, featuring artist Dennis Roberts and craftsmen.  The artists create custom stained-glass windows in a variety of…

By adding four more members to its board of directors, the convention of the Synod’s California-Nevada-Hawaii District has formed Nevada and Hawaii into regions. In action during the convention, May 15-17 in Fremont, Calif., the convention added two regional vice…

The Open Arms Institute is sponsoring a conference on “Church Planting and Gospel Outreach through Childcare Ministry” Aug. 20-22 in Raleigh, N.C. The three-day conference is open to anyone with an interest in starting a Lutheran child care center —…