In a new video available online for viewing and sharing, LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison offers a blessing and encourages the church to pray the Litany during this Lenten season. “Prayer is a great blessing,” Harrison says in…
By Adriane Dorr One of the largest Lutheran church bodies in the world, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), announced Feb. 5 that it had broken fellowship with “those churches who have openly accepted same-sex marriage,” namely, the Evangelical Lutheran…
By John Nunes The starting point for celebrations of African-American history month in February begins with the recognition of the unique struggles and toilsome successes of people of African descent. For Lutheran Christians, however, the celebrations do not end there.…
(RNS) — Not all Catholics appreciated Pope Benedict XVI’s staunch defense of Christian orthodoxy, traditional marriage and life from conception to natural death. But American evangelicals sure did. As word spread Feb. 11 of Benedict’s resignation, many evangelicals lamented the impending…
In a new video available online for viewing and sharing, LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison offers a blessing and encourages the church to pray the Litany during this Lenten season. “Prayer is a great blessing,” Harrison says in the…
Concordia Publishing House and Lutheran Hour Ministries are offering new Lenten resources for 2013. “Restore the Roar!,” by the Rev. Dr. R. Reed Lessing, is described by CPH as a “complete resource for Lent and Easter preaching and worship that…
LCMS congregations with email addresses should have received an email in late January from the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces regarding “Armed Forces Sunday” on May 19. The email is intended to let congregations know that if they want…
By Adriane Dorr The Church rightly spends a great deal of time speaking to and about married couples, families, grandparents and babies, but too often, it forgets about the youth. That is why the February special issue of The Lutheran…
Dr. Kurt Senske, chief executive officer of Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc. in Austin, Texas, has received the “Outstanding Executive Award” from the Association of Lutheran Development Executives (ALDE). The award was presented to Senske during ALDE’s International…
By Kim Plummer Krull Nearly three months after Superstorm Sandy, eight elderly, single women struggling to resume their lives along the hard-hit New Jersey Shore were among those offered a helping hand with debris and tree removal by Shepherd’s Heart…
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A high-ranking Vatican official voiced support Feb. 4 for giving unmarried couples some kind of legal protection even as he reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Council for…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung This month’s “Pressure Points” offers several reader responses to previous columns. Concerning the August column on social media (at http://reporter.lcms.org/?20229): [Facebook] really is … a giant place where friends bid for connection to each other. Occasionally,…
DAVID R. WILLIAMS, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Philippines, has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion–Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. JEAN A. DREESSEN, Fenton, Mo.; DEBORAH LEE GLISTER (nee Anderson), Verndale, Minn.; SARAH GAFFNEY (nee Utecht),…
Lutherans For Life, headquartered in Nevada, Iowa, is seeking a Renewal For Life (RFL) director. RFL, in cooperation with local pastors, seeks to identify and develop Life Teams and Life Team Leaders within congregations across the country. Such Life Teams…
The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions: Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., seeks to fill the following positions: associate dean of the School of Education; center director/student manager (Jackson center); non-traditional admission officer (Frankenmuth…
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