Linda Hartke began serving Feb. 22 as president and chief executive officer of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) in Baltimore. Hartke most recently served as executive director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland, an international network of…

Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) is taking pre-orders for a reprint of Santa Biblia, its free Spanish-language Bible combined with Luther’s Small Catechism.  The volume may be used by congregations and others as they reach out with the Gospel to Hispanics…

By Linda C. Hoops At its Feb. 11-13 meeting, the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) adopted “in principle” a document responding to 2007 convention Res. 3-06 requesting it “to develop a biblical and confessional report on responsible Christian…

The LCMS Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is finishing work on resources to help congregations and other church communities observe what it is suggesting as a first-time “Ministerial Wellness Week” in the Synod for May 16-22 with an…

Beginning with the March 2010 edition, all delegates to the 2010 Synod convention are receiving the printed and mailed Reporter, the official monthly newspaper of the LCMS.  Clergy delegates and other Synod-rostered workers, as well as some congregational officers, are already on…

Larry Lumpe of St. Louis began work Feb. 12 as executive director of Concordia Historical Institute (CHI), which is the Synod’s Department of Archives and History.  A CHI news release notes that he is serving in the position “on a…

LCMS Campus Ministry, in partnership with National Lutheran Student Fellowship, invites college students and campus ministry leaders and volunteers to its annual Campus Mission Confabulation gathering May 28-30 (Memorial Day weekend) in Omaha, Neb. “‘Confabulation’ essentially means ‘chat,’ and a…

The president of the LCMS Chilean partner church body says that its members, pastors, and facilities are safe following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile Feb. 27, as assessment of damage continues. “By God’s grace [none] of our church…

CARL R. LAMPITT, Hanceville, Ala.; and MICHAEL PICKHARDT, Ixonia, Wis., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  MARK MATTHEWS EWALD, Neoga, Ill.; KATHERINE A. JONES, Lansing, Mich.; DAVID SCHNURSTEIN, Apple Valley, Calif.;…

Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), St. Louis, Mo., seeks to fill an immediate vacancy for the position of division director of International Ministries.  Sought for this position is an experienced manager to direct the operation of all international LHM offices, project…

Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted Vogel’s Cross Reference and Index to the…

The following report of the Committee for Convention Nominations provides nominees for many of the officer, board, and commission positions to be filled by the 2010 convention of the Synod.  District membership or origin is also provided.  The elections will…

President, Concordia University, Irvine Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., has scheduled the election of a new president for May 4. The following persons were nominated in conformity with the LCMS Handbook, and having accepted nomination, become candidates: Rev. Dr. James Bachman…

Registration is now open for the Third Biennial Conference of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), located on the campus of Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon. The conference, scheduled for April 16-18 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Milwaukee, will…