Representatives of the Japan Lutheran Church (JLC) and the LCMS will meet Aug. 30-31 for their fourth round of discussions concerning the two church bodies’ relationships in light of the JLC’s proposal to ordain women. The representatives made that decision…
Kieschnick visits Haiti to see damage, share encouragement
By Elizabeth Mowery Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick shared time with leaders and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) as he visited the disaster-struck nation March 1-2. While in Haiti, Kieschnick brought words of…
COP explores post-church culture, hosts AALC reps
By Roland Lovstad While the institutional church wrestles with worship forms, a new generation is just as likely to consider “church” to be coffee at Starbucks or a breakfast gathering with members of their tight-knit Christian community. Those emerging Christians seek to…
Kieschnick writes book about LCMS
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick has written a book about the LCMS titled Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Birth, Growth, Decline, and Rebirth of an American Church. “People in our church body have a right to know what’s…
CPH launches 'Help for Haiti' book campaign
Concordia Publishing House is inviting its customers to help send up to 20,000 children’s religious books to Haiti. Every $10 donation received in CPH’s “Help for Haiti” campaign — now through April 11 — will be used to provide a…
Hartke is new LIRS president, CEO
Linda Hartke began serving Feb. 22 as president and chief executive officer of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) in Baltimore. Hartke most recently served as executive director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland, an international network of…
LHF offers free Bibles in Spanish
Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) is taking pre-orders for a reprint of Santa Biblia, its free Spanish-language Bible combined with Luther’s Small Catechism. The volume may be used by congregations and others as they reach out with the Gospel to Hispanics…
CTCR adopts environment-stewardship report
By Linda C. Hoops At its Feb. 11-13 meeting, the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) adopted “in principle” a document responding to 2007 convention Res. 3-06 requesting it “to develop a biblical and confessional report on responsible Christian…
'Wellness Week' set for May 16-22
The LCMS Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is finishing work on resources to help congregations and other church communities observe what it is suggesting as a first-time “Ministerial Wellness Week” in the Synod for May 16-22 with an…
Convention delegates receive 'Reporter'
Beginning with the March 2010 edition, all delegates to the 2010 Synod convention are receiving the printed and mailed Reporter, the official monthly newspaper of the LCMS. Clergy delegates and other Synod-rostered workers, as well as some congregational officers, are already on…
Lumpe heads CHI staff
Larry Lumpe of St. Louis began work Feb. 12 as executive director of Concordia Historical Institute (CHI), which is the Synod’s Department of Archives and History. A CHI news release notes that he is serving in the position “on a…
Campus mission event set for May
LCMS Campus Ministry, in partnership with National Lutheran Student Fellowship, invites college students and campus ministry leaders and volunteers to its annual Campus Mission Confabulation gathering May 28-30 (Memorial Day weekend) in Omaha, Neb. “‘Confabulation’ essentially means ‘chat,’ and a…
Chile partners safe; LCMS pledges help
The president of the LCMS Chilean partner church body says that its members, pastors, and facilities are safe following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile Feb. 27, as assessment of damage continues. “By God’s grace [none] of our church…
Letters to the Editor (March 2010)
March for Life I am saddened to read the headline “Record 160-plus Lutherans join Jan. 22 ‘Life’ march” in the February 2010 Reporter. The article was written as though that number is outstanding, when indeed it is pitiful. I pray…
Official Notice: Convention Delegate Names and Addresses
Lists of names and addresses of all voting delegates to the 2010 convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod will be available on March 1 in printed or electronic form. Send requests to the Secretary’s Office. Include a check for $250…
Official Notice: Nominations — 2010 Synod Convention
The following report of the Committee for Convention Nominations provides nominees for many of the officer, board, and commission positions to be filled by the 2010 convention of the Synod. District membership or origin is also provided. The elections will…
