GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — Middle school is no picnic for a lot of students, but for Alec McGuire, it was intolerable. He transferred from one Catholic school to another in eighth grade to get away from another student whom…

Concordia Plan Services (CPS) received a first-place “Award of Excellence” from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) for work on a 2010 growth campaign for the Concordia Retirement Savings Plan (CRSP). Founded in 1970, the IABC is a network…

The 2011-12 edition of Chapel Talks for Lutheran Schools is now available for order through LCMS School Ministry. That volume is titled “Equipped to Serve,” based on 2 Tim. 3:16-17, which reads, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and…

By Paula Schlueter Ross PEORIA, Ill. — Delegates to the 34th Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, meeting here June 23-26, adopted a new mission goal of $1.825 million for the 2011-2013 biennium. The goal is the same…

DETROIT — The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, and the United Nations Foundation announced June 27 an unprecedented partnership to mobilize Lutherans in the United States in the fight against malaria in Africa. The Lutheran Malaria Initiative…

By James Heine ST. LOUIS — Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod continued their talks regarding “cooperation in externals” during a meeting here May 25-26. The top leaders of North America’s two…