By Adriane Dorr Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany was elected chairman of the International Lutheran Council (ILC) during the council’s most recent meeting Sept. 16-21 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.   The Rev. Dr. Albert B.…

(RNS) — Cheerleaders at an East Texas high school are fighting their school district’s orders to stop using Bible quotes on their signs at football games. In August, a school with fewer than 500 students 30 miles north of Beaumont, Texas,…

(RNS) — U.S. Sikhs are taking heart in a widely publicized Senate hearing on hate crimes and a pledge by the Justice Department to consider tracking hate crimes directed at their community. The Sept. 19 hearing featured Harpreet Singh Saini,…

JOE C. FAIRCHILD, Huntsville, Ala., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. JAN BRENNAN, Spring, Texas; JILL RACHELLE DURAN (nee STEVENS), Broken Arrow, Okla.; THEODORE L. HENN, Reisterstown, Md.; LINDA M. MCGAW,…

The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions: Concordia College Alabama, Selma, Ala., seeks to fill a position in biology. Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., seeks a center director (Dearborn Heights). Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward,…

The Board of Trustees of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Foundation herewith calls for nominations for the position of president of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Foundation.  The president reports to the Board of Trustees of the Foundation and relates to the…

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Bylaw 3.3.3.1 (c) calls upon the secretary of the Synod to “publish the names of the members of the Committee for Convention Nominations (CCN) in an official periodical of the Synod as soon as possible after they have been elected.” …

The deadline established by bylaw for the submission of reports and overtures to the 2013 convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is March 2, 2013. Boards and commissions of the Synod are asked to submit their reports to the convention…

TORONTO (RNS) — A group of conservative Christian and Muslim parents in Ontario want schools to notify them before their children are taught about sexuality, birth control, “environmental worship” and occult practices. Just days after Ontario passed an anti-bullying law that…

(RNS) — The typical American underestimates how many Protestants there are in the U.S., and vastly overestimates the number of religious minorities such as Mormons, Muslims and atheist/agnostics, according to a new study. Grey Matter Research and Consulting asked 747 U.S.…

(RNS) — Pope Benedict XVI Sept. 16 took the unusual step of directly appealing to Arab countries to find “workable solutions” to the conflict in Syria and tensions throughout the Middle East. The appeal came at the end of an open-air…

(RNS) — Coptic Christian leaders in the United States distanced themselves from an anti-Muslim film that has sparked protests in more than 24 countries, and denounced the Copts who reportedly produced and promoted the film. “We reject any allegation that the…

By Adriane Dorr Calling the gender-neutral language found in the New International Version (2011) translation of the Bible “a serious theological weakness and a misguided attempt to make the truth of God’s Word more easily understood,” the executive staff of…

By Joe Isenhower Jr.  ST. LOUIS — Concordia International School Hanoi now has the LCMS Board of Directors’ approval to enter a loan agreement allowing the school to purchase land rights to a 6.5-acre park-like site in Hanoi and develop…

“Youth Ministry 2013” (YM 13) — a Jan. 7-8 symposium for all “who are serious about youth ministry” in the Synod — will explore how effective youth ministry “cuts across generational lines,” says the Rev. Dr. Terry Dittmer, director of LCMS Youth…