As in previous LCMS convention years, Reporter and The Lutheran Witness asked the five nominees for Synod president this year to answer in writing four questions related to issues in the Synod — some of which will be addressed during…

Two Synod ministries –- LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) and LCMS World Mission — are receiving a total $304,437 in funds resulting from the vote of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members on where to distribute $1 million for charity. The…

By Kim Plummer Krull Helping Saint Paul Lutheran High School remodel the gym marks Norm Hoppmann’s 12th project for churches and schools – but his first prom. “I ended up with the dubious name of ‘Grandpa Prom,” said Hoppmann, who…

Registration is open for a number of off-campus continuing-education workshops both Synod seminaries are offering around the country this summer. The cost for each of the 15 Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, workshops is $125 (with the exception of the three…

Dr. Eugene and Bernice Bunkowske, pioneering missionaries in West African Bible translation and in mission service around the world, have been honored with the “Lutheran Bible Translators [LBT] Lifetime Achievement Award.” The award was presented to them in recognition of…

(RNS) A federal judge has rejected a motion filed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to dismiss a California lawsuit that challenges tax breaks ministers can receive on housing. Section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code allows housing-related tax…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of an Arizona program that provides state tax breaks for donations to private school scholarship programs. As part of the 13-year-old tax-tuition program, taxpayers receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in…