Delegates to the 20th convention of the Synod’s Indiana District elected the Rev. Dr. Daniel P. May to a fourth term as president and, in resolutions, called on congregations to join in celebrating the district’s 50th anniversary in 2013.   May, 69,…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Missouri Synod leaders were part of a 15-person delegation organized by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) — including former refugees — that visited with members of Congress and others in Washington, D.C., June 20 to…

When the LCMS director of digital media and the editors of the July Reporter purchased an Associated Press photograph to accompany a story about the wildfires raging in the western United States, they had no idea the couple hugging on…

Some 370 voting delegates to the LCMS Pacific Southwest (PSW) District convention, meeting July 27-29 in Irvine, Calif., re-elected the Rev. Dr. Larry A. Stoterau to his fifth three-year term as the district’s president. The convention’s theme was “Proclaiming the Mysteries…

The Rev. Dr. David P. Stechholz of Livonia, Mich., was elected to his third term as bishop and president of the LCMS English District during the district’s 54th convention, June 27-30 in St. Louis. Stechholz, 64, was elected on the…

Delegates to the 38th convention of the LCMS Iowa District East (IDE), June 29-30 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, re-elected the Rev. Dr. Brian S. Saunders to his second three-year term as district president.  They also re-elected the two district vice-presidents. The…

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By Pamela Nielsen ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some 150 LCMS Hispanic ministry leaders from across the nation gathered June 19-22 at Concordia University here for the IV Convención Nacional Hispanic (Spanish for Fourth National Hispanic Lutheran Convention). They discussed concerns such…

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The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod seeks to fill the following positions: assistant director, Office of National Mission, International Center, St. Louis. For more information, click here. director, Rural and Small Town Ministry, Concordia, Mo. For more information, click here. Posted July…

By Adriane Dorr The Supreme Court of the United States June 28 ruled largely to let stand the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the controversial health-care reform legislation.  The 5-4 ruling on the individual mandate leaves intact two prominent pieces…

At the LCMS SELC District’s 16th convention, June 21-24 in Oviedo, Fla., delegates re-elected by acclamation the Rev. Dr. Carl H. Krueger of Cudahy, Wis., to his sixth three-year term as district president. Krueger and the following vice-presidents — also elected…

Twenty-three new career and short-term missionaries and educators, along with their spouses and children, began a 13-day orientation in St. Louis June 24 to help prepare them for service abroad later this year. The annual event, held at the International Center,…

By Sarah Schafer At least three LCMS families in Montana and Colorado are known to have lost their homes to wildfires and others are facing that possibility. On Montana’s Northern Cheyenne Reservation, two families at Circle of Life Lutheran Church in Lame Deer are among…