Earlier this year the Synod’s official periodicals — Reporter and The Lutheran Witness — unveiled new Web sites that are designed to offer more to online visitors. The print Reporter’s Web-based counterpart, Reporter Online — at www.lcms.org/reporter — is the…
ELCA Assembly re-elects Hanson
The 2007 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly, meeting Aug. 6-11 in the Festival Hall convention facilities at Chicago’s Navy Pier, re-elected ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, 60, to a second six-year term in that office. Hanson…
St. Louis sem to host fall events
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is sponsoring several events in September. They include: its first-ever “Alumni Homecoming” on Monday, Sept. 17. The daylong celebration — open to former students from all graduating classes of the seminary — begins at 8:30 a.m.…
Letters to the Editor (September)
Thanks to delegates As the wife of a Missouri Synod pastor and the executive director of a domestic violence program in Virginia, I wish to commend the delegates to the 63rd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for adopting…
Commentary: Tithing
Tithing — A church leader asks if it’s ‘time to talk more’ about it By Philip E. Meinzen Isn’t it time to talk more about tithing? The promise in the tithe, or giving the first one-tenth of our income to…
Pressure Points (September)
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: I have been an LCMS member for my whole life, and I have held various elected positions in my congregation. And I have always been bothered by how we make difficult decisions in the congregation.…
Items wanted, available (September)
Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase. Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted Seasonal hanging worship banners and stand for…
Positions (September)
LCMS General Services, St. Louis, seeks to fill the position of manager of electronic media. Electronic media leads the cooperative efforts of the Synod’s program units for the application of electronic media, including Internet, Web sites, compressed/streaming video, e-mail, and…
Official Notice: Audits available
The audits and summary budgets of the Synod’s 35 districts have been completed and are available upon written request. Write or contact your district office directly. The address of each district is published in The Lutheran Annual. The audits of…
Call for Nominations: Communications (September)
The LCMS Board for Communication Services, St. Louis, is accepting nominations for director of News and Information Services. This position reports to the executive director of the Board for Communication Services and is responsible for serving as the executive editor…
Requests for Reinstatement (September)
KURT A GOLCHERT, Sacramento, Calif.; ELIZABETH JACK, Costa Mesa, Calif.; CYNTHIA A. JOHNSON, Costa Mesa, Calif.; PAULA J. KAPELS, Creston, Neb.; ROBIN K. (HEIN) MENCH, Hermantown, Minn.; DIANE L. (HAPPEL) NORDMAN, Barrington, Ill.; LINDA L. SCHROEDER, Batavia, Ill.; and AMY…
Wehrli credits God at Hall of Fame induction
Former St. Louis Cardinals football cornerback Roger Wehrli thanked his coaches, teammates, fans, family — and God — at the ceremony to induct the Lutheran into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Aug. 4 in Canton, Ohio. Wehrli, 59, is…
Katrina pastors get respite
By Kim Krull It was just about two years ago that Rev. Eric Hollar’s home filled with four feet of water, his church sustained major damage and, almost overnight, his Biloxi, Miss., ministry ballooned to include many more homeless and hungry…
Deaconess murdered; suspect arrested
By Paula Schlueter Ross A man who was helped by a kind and well-loved deaconess with a heart for helping the less fortunate has been arrested for her murder. Benjamin Fish, 47, is being held by police in Wichita, Kan.,…
Fort Wayne seminary plans celebration
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, celebrates the 50th anniversary of its campus Sept. 9. Designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen — whose projects include the St. Louis Gateway Arch and Washington’s Dulles International Airport — the Fort Wayne campus opened…
Youth Gathering provides more than 'snapshot images'
By Joe Isenhower Jr. At the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering, July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., countless young people and adults slapped exhuberant high-fives with friends and strangers all over the Orange County Convention Center and elsewhere. And in a quieter…
