Lutherans For Life (LFL) is offering two catalogs with resources that promote pro-life ministry: The Life Resource Catalog lists a wide variety of LFL’s “Word-based resources” on abortion, adoption, bioethics, chastity, Creation, end-of-life issues, family living, fetal development, “Life Sunday,”…
Team treats record numbers in Kenya
By Kim Plummer Krull On the last day of the most recent Mercy Medical Team (MMT) trip to western Kenya, members treated a record-breaking 454 patients in one day — and played a critical role in an emergency delivery that saved…
Seminary lengthens application timeline
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is extending its application period by four months so that prospective pastoral and deaconess students will have 11 months to apply instead of seven. Beginning this year, admission applications will be accepted from May 1 through…
CPH offers Lutheran Confessions at half price
In honor of the 479th anniversary of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession and the 429th anniversary of the publication of the entire Book of Concord — both on June 25 — Concordia Publishing House is offering editions of Concordia: The…
Benke re-elected to 7th term in Atlantic District
AtlanticJune 5-6Bronxville, N.Y. Elected: Dr. David H. Benke, Queens, N.Y., seventh term, by acclamation. Benke was unopposed. Rev. Charles W. Froehlich, Dix Hills, N.Y., first vice president (non-geographic). Rev. Deric A. Taylor, Tuckahoe, N.Y., second vice president, Region 2 –…
Kansas District re-elects Kohlmeier
KansasJune 4-6Topeka, Kan. Elected: Rev. Keith E. Kohlmeier, Topeka, president, third term, first ballot. Rev. Edward Trost, Overland Park, Kan., first vice president, Region 1. Rev. David Meier, Humboldt, Kan., second vice president, Region 3. Rev. Randall Jahnke, Dodge City,…
Klettke re-elected in New Jersey
New JerseyJune 4-6Swedesboro, N.J. Elected: Rev. William R. Klettke, Wrightstown, N.J., president, fourth term, first ballot. Rev. Paul Kritsch, Scotch Plains, N.J., first vice president. Rev. Stephen Gewecke, Lambertville, N.J., second vice president. Rev. Dennis Rockett, Mahwah, N.J., third vice…
Sommerfeld returned to top post in Nebraska
NebraskaJune 4-6Seward, Neb. Elected: Rev. Russell Sommerfeld, Seward, Neb., third term, first ballot. Rev. Richard Snow, Battle Creek, first vice president, representing Region C. Rev. Mark Middendorf, Scotia, second vice president, representing Region A. Rev. Arnold Jurchen, Goehner, third vice…
Urgent need: to help struggling church-work veterans
By Kim Plummer Krull At age 64, Rev. Edward Watson suffered a stroke that affected his speech and forced him to leave the pulpit. But this humble, soft-spoken pastor still manages to express his feelings about the small financial payments that…
How you can help Veterans of the Cross
When Rev. Stanley Rosenau entered the ministry in 1953, he earned $125 a month. His first congregations never participated in the Synod’s pension plan. For a time, Rosenau depended on small but regular Veterans of the Cross payments to make…
June/July Witness focuses on family
The June/July Lutheran Witness, mailed May 29, is the magazine’s annual combined issue. It is also a “family” issue this year. The cover story by Dr. John W. Oberdeck, assistant director for lay ministry and professor of theology at Concordia…
Shanghai school raises some $160,000 for education
Concordia International School Shanghai wrapped up its yearlong 10th anniversary celebration April 24-26 with a high-school performance of “The Sound of Music,” a gala dinner, an auction, a potluck brunch, and a “Celebration” worship service. The school-sponsored auction raised nearly…
Canada districts hold conventions
All three districts of the Lutheran Church–Canada held their conventions this spring, with one of them electing a new president. Among resolutions focusing on outreach and mission, the Alberta-British Columbia (ABC) District encouraged planned Christian witness to the thousands of…
Tiller killing prompts Lutheran responses
The shooting death of Dr. George Tiller, one of the few U.S. physicians who performed late-term abortions, has prompted statements from Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick, LCMS World Relief and Human Care and its Life Ministries office, Evangelical…
Requests for Reinstatement (June)
RICHARD A. HOWARD, Summit, Ill., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. CORRINE STEINBRENNER, Batavia, Ill., and MELINDA G. ZOCH, Elgin, Texas, have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Commissioned roster…
Call for Nominations (June)
Concordia College, Selma, Ala., seeks nominations for the position of president. The president is the chief executive officer of the college’s Board of Regents and serves as the college’s spiritual, academic, and administrative head. The official functions of the office…
