By Paula Schlueter Ross Laborers For Christ (LFC) is gearing up for a busy year and can use as many as 100 new people with “a heart for ministry” to help congregations throughout the country tackle building projects. The Synod’s church-construction group,…

Delegates to the 54th LCMS Southern Illinois District convention, Feb. 23-25 in Collinsville, re-elected Rev. Herbert Mueller of Waterloo to his fifth term as president and boosted the financial goal for congregations supporting the district’s partnership with the Lutheran Church…

An April 25-26 conference in Seattle for church workers and others interested in helping children and spouses who have been victims of domestic abuse will concentrate on faith issues raised by domestic volence and abuse and strategies for addressing them.…

“Confessions,” a photography exhibition by Gina Edwards, will be on display in the Library Art Gallery of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, through May 19. The exhibition of black-and-white photography explores the fundamental beliefs of Lutheran doctrine.  The exhibit features three cohesive…

Cal Thomas, a 35-year veteran of broadcast and print journalism, will deliver the eighth annual Hubert L. Dellinger Jr. Lecture at 7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The lecture, to be held in the seminary’s Clara and…

LCMS Second Vice President Dr. Paul L. Maier is one of four speakers to be featured in “The Da Vinci Code Evangelism Training,” a 90-minute video seminar to be broadcast via satellite March 28 and April 28 by the Church…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Journalist, college professor, and seminary scholar-in-residence Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto has a message for all Lutherans, especially laypeople: strive to become what Martin Luther called “God’s cooperators” in this world — get involved and serve others in…

Rev. Jeffery S. Schubert in early February accepted the call to be full-time executive director of the LCMS Board for District and Congregational Services (DCS), after the eight-member Synod Board voted unanimously at its Jan. 21-22 meeting in St. Louis…

Pioneer Camp and Retreat Center, Angola, N.Y., seeks applicants for the position of full-time, year-round, Director of Ministry Outreach.  Pioneer Camp and Retreat Center is a ministry of the Eastern District of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  Qualified individuals must be…

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The Board of Regents of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., proposes to nominate Dr. Klaus Detlev Schulz to the electors for promotion to a continuing-level (tenure) appointment status.  Correspondence regarding this proposal should be directed to the undersigned within…

JAMES BAUMAN, Glenview, Ill., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  Correspondence regarding this application should be directed to the undersigned for receipt no later than April 5. DARYL H. ETHERIDGE, Adrian,…

By Judith Christian Will Our Children Have Faith? is the title of a book written in 1976 by John Westerhoff, a well-known author and lecturer on topics pertaining to the church’s educational mission and ministry.  Today, 30 years later, the…

By Paula Schlueter Ross As always, the world offers “a huge opportunity to work with God in reaching people who are lost, who haven’t heard” the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ, says Erin Alter, placement counselor with LCMS World Mission. In…

By Paula Schlueter Ross His Christian faith is important to astronaut Jeff Williams, who wouldn’t dream of leaving home — or earth, for that matter — without it. Williams, a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Houston, says he plans to stay…