For shorter versions of key Reporter stories, downloadable in PDF format and suitable for use in congregational newsletters, go to the online Reporter Digest. The January 2006 Digest is scheduled to be posted by Jan. 12. Posted Dec. 16, 2005…
`Reporter Digest` offers news in brief
For shorter versions of key Reporter stories, downloadable in PDF format and suitable for use in congregational newsletters, go to the online Reporter Digest. The January 2006 Digest is scheduled to be posted by Jan. 12. Posted Dec. 16, 2005…
`Reporter Digest` offers news in brief
For shorter versions of key Reporter stories, downloadable in PDF format and suitable for use in congregational newsletters, go to the online Reporter Digest. The January 2006 Digest is scheduled to be posted by Jan. 12. Posted Dec. 16, 2005…
Wenthe reappointed as seminary president
The Board of Regents of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, has reappointed Dr. Dean O. Wenthe to another five-year term as seminary president. Wenthe, 61, has served in the post since 1996. The board made its decision unanimously at a…
LWML offers Christmas card, ornament
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League has issued a new Christmas card and Christmas-tree ornament for 2005. Designed by St. Louis graphic artist and LWML member Judy Newell, the card features a watercolor wash depicting Bethlehem and the star, surrounded by…
2006 wall calendar available
A limited number of 2006 wall calendars designed and distributed by Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., are available free for the asking. The calendars, produced by the seminary each year, feature photos of the campus and student body. Scripture…
Fort Wayne sem to host Bonhoeffer Conference
The Pastoral Ministry and Missions department of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will host a Dietrich Bonhoeffer Conference Feb. 3-4. The conference, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the German theologian’s birthday, is open to scholars, pastors, students, laypeople,…
Do you have a good Christmas story?
Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), St. Louis, is looking for an interesting children’s story that reflects the “true meaning of Christmas” and is sponsoring a writing contest to find it. The author of the winning story will receive a cash prize…
Former LCMS school student dies in Indiana tornado
A former preschool student at an Evansville, Ind.-area Synod congregation’s school died and at least one family who are members of another nearby congregation lost their home when a Nov. 6 tornado cut a 40-mile swath of destruction across southwestern…
Registration opens for Youth Workers Conference
Registration is now open for the 2006 National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference, sponsored by LCMS District and Congregational Services — Youth Ministry. The registration fee is $250 per person ($225 for those registering by Dec. 31). Special rates are available for…
Asian partners share plans for `Ablaze!`
By Karin L. Semler HONG KONG — Leaders from LCMS partner churches in Asia described how they are embracing the vision of Ablaze! during the first-ever Asia Ablaze! Summit, held here Nov. 25-27. More than 280 Lutheran workers — including…
LCEF fall conference focuses on `Ablaze!`
By Joe Isenhower Jr. Lee Brandt says the information he gets at events like this year’s Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) Fall Leadership Conference in California is “amazing.” Brandt, 34, was one of some 700 participating at the conference Nov. 18-20 in…
First bioethics conference offers `lots to chew on`
Many of the more than 300 participants say they hope the first national bioethics conference sponsored by three Lutheran pro-life organizations is not the last. “These aren’t abstract and obscure issues about things going on in some faraway Petri dish. …
Board of Directors accepts Martinez`s resignation
During its Nov. 17-18 meeting in Indian Wells, Calif., the Synod’s Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Julie Martinez — one of its members — and called for Synod leaders to develop a “comprehensive plan” before the next Synod…
COP continues discussion of `nurturing relationships`
By Roland Lovstad Synodical procedures and responsibilities for professional workers, including disciplining pastors, calling commissioned ministers, and overseeing lay ministers, occupied the agenda of the Council of Presidents, meeting Nov. 14-17 in Palm Springs, Calif. The council heard a presentation…
CTCR: `Care, not kill` applies to all human embryos
By Roland Lovstad “Always to care, never to kill” is a principle that applies to all human embryos, even those developed outside the womb through scientific methods such as in-vitro fertilization, concludes a new report from the LCMS Commission on…
