Official notice: Requests for reinstatement (Aug. 2025)

Official notice regarding requests for reinstatement to the ordained or commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Official notice: Colloquies (Aug. 2025)

Official notice regarding applications for colloquy in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Positions (Aug. 2025)

Positions are available at Concordia University Chicago.

Position announcement: CEO, Concordia Plan Services

Concordia Plan Services provides health, retirement, disability and other employee benefits to LCMS workers and ministries.

Official notice: RSO update (Aug. 2025)

A listing of new LCMS Recognized Service Organizations (RSOs), those whose RSO status has been renewed, and those whose RSO status has been removed.

In Memoriam (August 2025)

Obituaries for ordained and commissioned ministers.

Congregational Anniversaries (August 2025)

Announcements featuring special church anniversaries.

‘A significant step’: The Gospel goes forth in Italy

Two men who learned about confessional Lutheranism from LCMS pastors were recently ordained as pastors in the Confessional Lutheran Church of Italy.

Paper outlines state of LCMS, WELS, ELS talks

The three church bodies have been holding informal meetings since 2012.

‘Lutherans Engage’: Quiet and humble service

The Summer 2025 issue of ‘Lutherans Engage the World’ is now available.

From the mission field: Teaching the faith in Italy

The Rev. Tyler McMiller serves as an LCMS missionary to the Eurasia region.

Today’s educators, tomorrow’s educational leaders

The School Leadership Development (SLED) project identifies, recruits and equips educators to serve as leaders in their schools.

‘Faithfully and diligently’: Forming the next generation of church workers

Forming the next generation of church workers means forming them in the Lutheran Confessions.

Mission boards look to convention

The LCMS Boards for International Mission and National Mission met in St. Louis May 1–2 and May 8–9, respectively.

Higher education in the LCMS: Part 3

This article in the series explores how the Concordia University System schools are operating to maintain fiscal strength.

Campus ministry leaders gather in Irvine

More than 50 LCMS church workers and lay leaders gathered May 28–30 for the LCMS U Campus Ministry Staff Conference.