LONDON (RNS) — A top priest at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, where Prince Charles and Princess Diana were married in 1981, says fancy, multi-million-dollar weddings are now posing “a threat to marriage itself.” The Rev. Giles Fraser told BBC Radio’s…

MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) — The Russian Orthodox Church is praying for relief from the heat and drought that has gripped Russia for two months, as one archbishop condemned some retailers for profiteering from the extreme weather conditions. “That air conditioners sell…

Undeterred by heat approaching 100 degrees, Concordia Publishing House employees handed out 433 backpacks filled with school supplies and Christian books to neighborhood children and their families during the publisher’s “Operation F.U.N. [For a United Neighborhood] — Tools for Schools”…

By Adriane Dorr For some, the word “accreditation” brings to mind piles of paper, endless guidelines, and stacks of audits. But for Concordia Theological Seminary (CTS), Fort Wayne, receiving a 10-year accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) for…

The Open Arms Institute is offering two fall training events related to child care ministry: A conference, “Church Planting and Gospel Outreach through Child Development Ministry,” will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Bloomington, Minn.  Lodging and most sessions will…

By Linda C. Hoops As monsoon rains in Pakistan continue to cause widespread flooding that so far has killed 1,600 and affected nearly 14 million Pakistanis, LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) is responding through its inter-Lutheran partner Lutheran…

(RNS) — Same-sex couples can begin marrying in California again on Aug. 18 after a federal judge lifted a stay on his recent ruling that struck down California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. “Based on the trial record, which establishes that…

By Kim Plummer Krull LCMS World Relief and Human Care  (WR-HC) is organizing a Mercy Medical Team (MMT) to serve in October at the first of four new medical clinics preparing to open in Haiti. The clinic is located in…

News from the 64th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is still available. To read the status of resolutions, sorted by floor committee, click here. To read news stories, sorted by day, click here. To read Bible studies, view videos,…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) — When William Thornton goes to work in the morning, all he can see is a cross lifted against the sky as he swings around the steeple of First Methodist Church 100 feet above the petty concerns…

(RNS/ENInews) — The International Assistance Mission (IAM) has rejected Taliban claims that 10 staffers from the Christian aid agency who were killed in Afghanistan had been trying to convert Muslims. “Our faith motivates and inspires us, but we do not…

(RNS) — In a decision with enormous legal, political and religious implications, a federal judge on Aug. 4 struck down California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s watershed decision marks the first time a federal…

The installation of those elected at the Synod’s national convention — including the president, vice-presidents, other officers of the Synod and members of all boards and commissions — will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the…

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Someday the “horror of abortion will end in our country … because God is in charge and abortion grieves Him greatly,” Lutherans For Life (LFL) President Diane Schroeder told more than 200 people attending the LFL…

OMAHA, Neb. — “Spirit Driven” (2 Tim. 1:7) was the theme of the 93rd International Convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Lutheran Hour Ministries) held here July 22-25.  The theme was designed to remind attendees of the gifts necessary to…

By James H. Heine HOUSTON — On Tuesday, July 13, Rev. Matthew C. Harrison was elected president of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. On Friday, July 16, Reporter sat down with Harrison to talk about his election and his vision for the…