LCMS Florida-Georgia District Lutheran Church Extension Fund seeks applications and nominations for the position of vice president.  The individual selected for this position will serve on the Florida-Georgia District Executive Team and be responsible for the operation and promotion of…

Concordia International School Shanghai, Shanghai, China, seeks to fill the position of elementary school principal.  Application deadline is Nov. 30. For more information about this position, including job description, qualifications, and application process, visit www.ciss.com.cn/employment, and then click on “Job…

RICHARD LATTERNER, Jordan, Minn., and  KURT OVERWAY, Hudsonville, Mich., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  JENNIFER STOLLENWERK, Waukesha, Wis., and CHERYL WILLIG, Indianapolis, Ind., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers…

“It would be a blessing to our ongoing cooperative relationships” if decisions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly allowing non-celibate homosexuals to serve as rostered leaders in that church body “were not implemented,” Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick…

Rev. John Sundaram, who was president of the India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) from 1980 to 1985, died Sept. 5 of a heart attack. He was 69. A funeral service was held the following day in Ambur, India. At the…

In a Sept. 10 memo to the LCMS Council of Presidents (COP), Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick advises COP members to “consider and heed counsel” on five points “as you approach and engage in joint work with members of the…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. The International Lutheran Council (ILC), an association of 34 confessional Lutheran church bodies (including the LCMS) from six continents, has unanimously adopted a statement emphasizing commitment to the Bible’s position on homosexual behavior. The action was…

Registration for the 2010 National LCMS Youth Gathering, with the theme of “We Believe,” is now open. To begin the process and find step-by-step instructions on registration, congregations may log onto the Gathering Web site at www.lcmsgathering.com.  For more information…

Concordia Publishing House has released a DVD-based Bible study that focuses on communication and teamwork in the marriage relationship. The Power of We: God’s Gift of Marriage, designed for use in premarital and early marriage counseling or as a marriage…

After 14 years of war, it has taken four Lutheran church bodies in Liberia, West Africa, just two years to come together and form the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia. “At the meeting two years ago when they promised each…

Chaplain Ernest F. Wentzel, 80, former director of the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces, died of a heart attack Aug. 31 in Maryville, Ill.  A funeral service was held Sept. 4 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Collinsville, Ill.…

Research indicates that as older adults age, they actually feel progressively younger. The first issue of a new electronic newsletter from LCMS District and Congregational Services — Family Ministry explores this phenomenon and what it means for ministry with older people in…

Concordia Publishing House has announced that the hardback edition of The Lutheran Study Bible is available for purchase — five weeks earlier than scheduled — with the leather editions available by the end of September.  Pre-ordering sale prices are still…

Lutheran Hour Ministries has announced that follow-up training for its “Equipping to Share” witnessing workshop is available online.  The online site includes additional materials such as Scripture references, resources for further study, training articles, tips for sharing one’s faith, and…

Created in God’s image or evolved from a lower species?  Living in the promise of God’s eternal care or survival of the fittest? Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will address questions such as these at an Oct. 9-10 conference titled…