“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…

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…

(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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

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…