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) — More than two dozen Christian conservatives are trying to put theological debates about presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormonism to rest by focusing on the policies outlined in the Republican Party’s new national platform. In a letter delivered Sept. 7…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) — For John Mahony, a retired U.S. Army colonel who was managing projects for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, instinct came before analysis as he fought to stay on his feet the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “The building jerked…

Patricia “Pat” Anne (McCleary) Bohlmann, married for 53 years to LCMS President Emeritus Rev. Dr. Ralph A. Bohlmann, died Sept. 14 after a two-and-a-half year battle with cancer. Bohlmann, 78, died at her home in Des Peres, Mo., a suburb…

The Apocrypha — 14 books of writings produced in the 400 years between the Old and New Testaments — is now available for the first time in English with Lutheran notes.For centuries, every Lutheran’s Bible (Martin Luther’s German translation) included…

By Adriane Dorr The Lutheran Witness is older than time … Time magazine, that is. Published prior even to the creation of National Geographic, the first issue of the Synod’s official publication was produced in May 1882. Then, the magazine’s…

By Sarah Schafer For five days after Hurricane Isaac, the Rev. Jerome Terry and his wife, Nora, were stuck inside their LaPlace, La., home without power or running water, and with three inches of floodwater soaking into the carpet and…

By Kim Plummer Krull LCMS leaders from Hispanic ministries and the president’s office took a step toward their mutual goal of strengthening ministry to and with Latinos in the United States when they began work on a mission statement and…

(RNS) — African-American clergy are joining forces with civil-rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth. “We must…

CLEVELAND (RNS) — Law officers testified Sept. 5 about the chaotic and bizarre scene they discovered the night of Oct. 4, 2011, when they arrived at the Holmes County, Ohio, home of Raymond Hershberger, a 79-year-old Amish bishop. The officers…

By Sarah Schafer Even as the remnant of Hurricane Isaac brought heavy rainfall and strong wind to the East Coast late Tuesday, Sept. 4, the LCMS continued to take stock of its damages and reach out with mercy to those affected.  At…