Rev. Jotham Johann of Centreville, Va., is serving on a contract basis as consultant to LCMS World Mission National Missions. Johann, 42, previously served LCMS World Mission the past four years as director of National Mission Affiliates, overseeing the Synod’s…

Registration is now open for the 2010 Black Ministry Family Convocation, to be held July 8-11 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Houston under the theme “Ablaze!, Empowered and Determined!,” from Phil. 3:13b-14. The convocation, held every other year, brings…

Concordia Publishing House and Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have teamed up to produce a new French hymnal.  It is the first Lutheran French hymnal to be published anywhere in the world since 1975, according to CPH. The new hymnal, titled Liturgies…

Free materials are available online that are designed to help congregations celebrate “Pastoral Education Month” in May.  The special observance is designed to highlight the preparation of men for the pastoral ministry. In an April 6 e-mail “blast” to congregations and…

Fan into Flame, the capital campaign to raise $100 million for new Ablaze!-related ministries, has raised a total of $55,974,047 — representing some 21,500 gifts and pledges — as of March 26. Of that total: $27,844,719 was received in cash…

NBC’s “Dateline” program scheduled to air at 6 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, March 28, may feature members of First Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cedarburg, Wis.; St. Paul Lutheran Church in Grafton, Wis.; and students at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon.…

Representatives from the LCMS and its partner church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti, were among dozens of people who spoke at the funeral of the man known as “the father of Lutheranism in Haiti,” Dr. Doris Jean Louis. Dr.…

MARTIN E. BERGSTROM, Bentonville, Ark.; and BARRY R. SOMMERFIELD, Sturgis, Mich., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  AMY CARRIER, Warren, Mich.; and PAUL LINDBLAD, Des Plaines, Ill., have applied for reinstatement…

The following institutions of the Concordia University System are seeking candidates for positions: Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., seeks to fill faculty positions in business; accounting and finance. Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas, seeks to fill faculty positions in history;…

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Key to abbreviations C = Chairman SVP = Synod Vice PresidentDP = District President VOM = Voting Ordained MinisterVL = Voting Layperson AOM = Advisory Ordained Minister ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS:AT = Atlantic CI = Central Illinois…

By Linda C. Hoops Convention delegates who attended the regional gatherings hosted last winter by the Office of the President generally gave a “thumbs up” to all but one of the 70 recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on…

A new 96-page book compiled by the LCMS president’s staff summarizes the Synod’s position on 50 alphabetized topics — from “abortion” to “worship practices.” Titled This We Believe: Selected Topics of Faith and Practice in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the 8…

By Sarah Schafer “This event in Chile is far worse than ever imagined,” said Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of Disaster Response with LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), who arrived in Chile March 19 with WR-HC’s Rev. Carlos Hernandez…

‘Educated’ response to loss The March commentary by Mark Blanke titled “An ‘educated’ response to membership loss” was a welcomed read. I have thought for a long time now that it is the hours spent in fellowship and Sunday adult…