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Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries (PLM) of Philadelphia, Pa., a new Recognized Service Organization of LCMS World Mission, seeks a project leader who will: provide and develop a vision for Northeast Philadelphia that PLM and the LCMS congregations of this area can…

MICHAEL ANTHONY MERAZ, Jackson, Mo., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. JILL MARIE (BOETTCHER) DEHNE, Columbus, Ind.; DEBRA D. ERICKSON, Riverside, Calif.; NOWELL (RENSNER) HERR, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; LINDA MARGARET RAE…

Members of LCMS congregations are invited to take part in a national 24-hour, seven-day prayer vigil that will take place during the week of the Synod convention. The vigil will begin on Sunday, July 11, at 8 a.m., which is…

CHICAGO (ELCA) — Top leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod discussed in-depth the theological implications of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly decisions on human sexuality. The church leaders met here April 12-13 as…

By Linda C. Hoops The LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) hopes to hold a series of congregational workshops on Christian stewardship of the environment in conjunction with its adoption of a new report on the topic. The…

By Joe Isenhower Jr.   “Amazing, edifying, encouraging, affirming, equipping, and worshipful” is how songwriter Mia Koehne of Phoenix began describing for Reporter her thoughts and impressions of the first LCMS songwriters conference April 21-23 at St. John Lutheran Church, Ellisville,…

The Board of Regents of Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., has named Dr. Kurt Krueger president-elect of the university.  Krueger accepted the position May 5. He plans to take office July 1, and will be installed as president this fall. Krueger has served…

BATON ROUGE (RNS) — People qualified to carry concealed weapons should be able to keep them strapped on in a church or temple as a way to enhance security, a state House committee decided April 28. The House Committee on…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A divided Supreme Court on April 28 overruled a lower court that had said Congress erred when it transferred a war memorial cross in the Mojave National Preserve into private hands. The 5-4 ruling means the five-foot…

GENEVA (RNS/ENI) — Lutherans in Poland lost a second bishop to tragedy when Bishop Mieczyslaw Cieslar died in a car accident as he returned from the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash that also…

“ONE People — Sharing Christ’s Love” is the theme for the LCMS 2010 National Offering that will provide funding where needed most for the mission and ministry of the Synod to support local congregations and international ministries. Monetary gifts for…

By Sarah Schafer Three families in Jacmel, Haiti, soon will have new homes, thanks to the “Building Homes and Hope in Haiti” project, a partnership of LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti…

Registration is open for the 2010 National LCMS Children’s Ministry Workshop, to be held Aug. 12-13 in Wausau, Wis. The theme for the workshop, “INsideOUT,” based on Psalm 78:4-6, is about “gathering and sending — the inhalation and exhalation of…

Is God calling you, or someone you know, to consider public ministry? Challenges — both joyful and stressful — await the man and his family when he feels that God is calling him to leave one vocation to study at…

By Paula Schlueter Ross The first time Dawn Modlin attended a national conference of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), in 2008, she was surprised to learn that women in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod may serve as presidents of their congregations. …