Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, are beneficiaries of a $2.48 million bequest from the estate of a Texas donor.  It is the largest bequest ever made to the seminaries by an individual. The “Andrew, Martha…

The Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church, an LCMS partner church known by its German acronym, SELK, is offering a weeklong camp to Lutheran teens and young adults next summer in Wittenberg, Germany. “LutherCamp,” set for July 30-Aug. 8 in a campground…

Dr. Donald B. Gourlay, mission facilitator for the Synod’s Northern Illinois District, is one of four Lutherans to be recognized by Wheat Ridge Ministries at its 11th Annual Seeds of Hope Award Dinner, Feb. 6 in Arlington Heights, Ill. Gourlay,…

Nine Synod leaders issued a statement today, Dec. 16, regarding the church body’s two seminaries, in St. Louis and Fort Wayne, Ind. Following is the statement, in its entirety: In recent months, speculation concerning the possible sale of one or…

The Milwaukee Business Journal has named Dr. Patrick T. Ferry, president of Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, one of the Milwaukee area’s “most influential people” in the field of education. The distinction was profiled in the Journal’s first Power Book issue,…

“Care of the Aged and the Chronically Ill: A Medical Mission Approach” is the theme for the Sixth Annual Needs and Resources Forum, to be held March 19-20 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The forum is sponsored by Lutherans in…

By Linda C. Hoops Believing that the delegates to next year’s Synod convention have a “right to hear and that I have a duty to share my thoughts, affirmations, concerns, and recommendations” on the report of the Blue Ribbon Task…

LCMS World Mission presented its 2009 Ablaze! Awards Nov. 18 in Tampa, Fla.  The awards recognize the efforts of individuals and groups in furthering the goal of Ablaze! — to share the Gospel with 100 million “unreached and uncommitted” people…

The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League is offering its mite box in a new size.  In addition to the traditional smaller box and the larger display box, a medium-size mite box (measuring 12-by-5-by-7 inches, when assembled) is now available. LWML members…

Concordia Publishing House is offering puppets from its past vacation Bible school programs at a special price. The first 200 customers to order the “Puppet Friends Four Pack” will receive four puppets for $34.99.  The puppets regularly cost about $20 each.…

Dr. Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer, who has served as the fifth president of Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., for the past four years, has announced his resignation, effective Dec. 31. The university’s Board of Regents has asked Senior Vice President Charles…

Wheat Ridge Ministries of Itasca, Ill., is awarding $251,800 in grants to fund efforts of eight “health and hope” ministries, including four related to The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. “We are so grateful for the support we receive from the thousands of…

Members of the board that is supervising a joint U.S.-German effort toward Gospel outreach in Wittenberg, Germany, were warmly received when they met in separate meetings last month with the Synod’s Board of Directors, Council of Presidents, and Board for…

A dinosaur fossil unearthed by students from Concordia International School Shanghai (CISS) is expected to be featured in a National Geographic television special in mid-2010. The fossil, found by the students while on an archeological dig in the Gansu Province…

The Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) Chorus, under the direction of Rev. Henry V. Gerike, will present choral music for the season of Advent at congregations in St. Louis and Illinois during its 2009 Advent Tour. The Concordia Seminary Chorus is…